Unite for Nature on the path to 2045: A 20-year Strategic Vision for the Union sets out IUCN’s vision for “a just world that values and conserves nature”, while Nature 2030: One nature, one future. The IUCN Programme 2026-2029 defines the implementation plan.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress 2025 has been certified compliant with the ISO 20121:2024 certification for sustainable event management, recognising its commitment to organising a responsible and sustainable World Conservation Congress in 2025.

IUCN has announced that Panama will host the seventh IUCN World Protected and Conserved Areas Congress in 2027 – highlighting the country’s ambition to be a global leader in the conservation movement.

Members of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have elected the Union’s leadership team for the next four years. Her Excellency Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak will serve a second term as IUCN President, alongside newly elected leaders across its Commissions and Council. Together with IUCN Director General Dr Grethel Aguilar, the leadership team will guide and strengthen the organisation’s work over the next quadrennial.

The Abu Dhabi Call to Action sets out a focused set of key priorities that reflect the most pressing global challenges and opportunities discussed at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It brings together the collective outcomes, commitments, and calls for action expressed throughout Congress.

Three species of Arctic seal have moved closer to extinction, according to the latest update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Today’s update also reveals that more than half of bird species globally are in decline. Meanwhile, the global green sea turtle population is rebounding thanks to conservation.

How can sustainable forestry drive the bioeconomy without compromising nature? At the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025, global forestry leaders, scientists and indigenous voices came together to explore this question - highlighting the need for robust data, shared knowledge and collaboration across sectors. Read how new tools like the IUCN RHINO approach are helping chart a path toward truly nature-positive forestry.