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Policy brief 2026Plastic pollution is one of the fastest-growing drivers of biodiversity loss, undermining ocean health, human well-being, and the potential of a circular plastics economy and a sustainable blue… -
Policy brief 2026Financing Implementation of the Global Plastics Treaty - Delivering Outcomes for People, Nature and Climate -
File 2026The UN Decade Ecosystem Restoration Hub connects the UN Decade restoration community in a digital meeting place and enables restoration implementors to connect and meet new partners, find initiatives… -
Policy brief 2026An overview of IUCN's activities at the 2026 High-Level Political Forum -
File 2026The UN Decade Ecosystem Restoration Hub connects the UN Decade restoration community in a digital meeting place and enables restoration implementors to connect and meet new partners, find initiatives… -
Publication 2026Agricultural standards and associated certification schemes can play a critical role in mainstreaming biodiversity conservation within farming practices.However, the diversity of standards and…
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Jointly published 2026This study explores how upstream dams have reshaped the dry season hydrology, raising minimum river levels by more than one meter during much of the dry season, and essentially erasing a period of… -
Brochure 2026Programme of the event - Blue threads: Water resilience, ecosystem restoration and global leadership -
Grey literature 2026The need for improved PCA effectiveness assessmentsOver the past two decades, there has been a growing global interest in understanding and demonstrating the effectiveness of… -
Policy brief 2026The following key messages reflect IUCN's institutional positions across the six thematic pillars of OOC11 and the additional theme of Local Community Engagement. They are grounded in IUCN's…
