BirdLife at the IUCN World Conservation Congress

By Melanie Heath, Director of Science, Policy & Information Despite the ongoing COVID pandemic, amid the escalating climate and biodiversity emergencies, BirdLife CEO Patricia Zurita led a small policy delegation to the just-closed International Union for the

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Assad Serhal Awarded Honorary Membership of IUCN

Assad Serhal, the Director General of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL),and BirdLife Partner Lebanon, was awarded the IUCN Honorary Membership Award at the council meeting of the World Conservation Congress 2020, which explored, this year, the link

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IUCN Members elect new leadership

Today, 8 September 2021, Members of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) elected Razan Al Mubarak as the new IUCN President at the ongoing World Conservation Congress in Marseille. IUCN Members also elected the Treasurer, Commission Chairs and Regional

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Anti-Poaching Unit (APU) visits Denniye

لإhe Anti-Poaching Unit (APU), which is part of the Middle East Sustainable Hunting Center (MESHC) and the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL), in partnership with the International Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS), visited the Denniye district,

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Update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™

The IUCN Red List now includes 138,374 species of which 38,543 are threatened with extinction. “Today’s IUCN Red List update is a powerful sign that, despite increasing pressures on our oceans, species can recover if states truly commit to sustainable practices,” said Dr

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