International Union for Conservation of Nature
International Union for Conservation of Nature is an international, non-governmental organization that provides the World Heritage Committee with technical evaluations of natural heritage properties and, through its worldwide network of specialists, reports on the state of conservation of listed properties. With more than 1000 members, IUCN was established in 1948 and is located in Gland, Switzerland.
Partnerships / Activities (6)
- Africa Nature
- Enhancing our Heritage- Monitoring and managing for success in World Natural Heritage sites
- Guidance and Toolkit for Impact Assessments in a World Heritage Context
- Project to support the Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (Côte d'Ivoire/Guinea) for the empowerment of local communities and the finalization of the Desired State of conservation for the removal of a property from the List of World Heritage Danger (DSCOR)
- World Heritage and Biodiversity
- World Heritage at the IUCN World Parks Congress 2014: the promise of Sydney
News (35)
- New guidance set to help reduce impacts from development on World Heritage sites 29-Jul-2022
- Launch: Mentorship Programme for African World Heritage Professionals 07-Apr-2022
- Launching Ceremony: “Improving Management Effectiveness of World Heritage in Africa” 06-Apr-2022
- New research quantifies climate benefits from UNESCO World Heritage forests 28-Oct-2021
- Latin America and the Caribbean region starts the Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting Exercise 01-Oct-2021
- New publication ‘Visitors Count!' launched to measure the value of tourism in protected areas 19-Aug-2021
- African Protected Areas & Conservation (IUCN-Papaco) Programme offers new online courses 10-Feb-2021
- Climate change now top threat to natural World Heritage – IUCN report 02-Dec-2020
- Nominations open for the first-ever International Ranger Awards, deadline 31 Dec 28-Nov-2020
- Asia and the Pacific: Launch of the Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting Exercise 01-Oct-2020
- Global Debate: 'Culture, Tourism and COVID-19: Recovery, Resiliency and Rejuvenation', 28 September 2020 28-Sep-2020
- Angola, Botswana and Namibia co-manage shared river system of the Okavango Delta 04-Jun-2019
- Call for proposals, deadline 7 April: IUCN SOS - Save Our Species 06-Mar-2019
- UNESCO celebrates 70 years of nature conservation with IUCN 04-Sep-2018
- The 2016 IUCN World Conservation Congress calls for linking nature and culture for sustainable development 05-Sep-2016
- Consultancy contract: technical assistance on cultural heritage for the elaboration of a management planning document 03-Mar-2016
- Consultancy contract: technical assistance on nature conservation in the elaboration of a management planning document 03-Mar-2016
- Marine scientists gather in Paris to explore World Heritage potential in the Arctic 26-Feb-2016
- Annual Report 2015 World Heritage Marine Programme 19-Feb-2016
- Just Published for Comments: Draft Baseline Assessment report on the Lake Ohrid region in Albania 16-Feb-2016
- Consultancy contract: Drafting of a Local Plan for Integrated Solid Waste Management 16-Feb-2016
- The Promise of Sydney conveys World Heritage agenda for the next decade 19-Jan-2016
- Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation joins Marine World Heritage 27-Nov-2015
- UNESCO and IUCN welcome new no-go pledge for World Heritage sites by Tullow Oil 12-Nov-2015
- Albania supports UNESCO's efforts for the Lake Ohrid region 08-Oct-2015
- Second Transboundary Meeting for Lake Ohrid region 23-Sep-2015
- Vacancy: Integrated Management Planning Capacity Building Expert 28-Jul-2015
- Protected areas key to safeguarding the global environment Director-General tells Parks Congress 14-Nov-2014
- IUCN World Parks Congress 2014: Parks, people, planet: inspiring solutions 05-Nov-2014
- Managing Marine World Heritage: Our Crown Jewels of the Ocean 17-Oct-2013
- IUCN World Conservation Congress celebrates the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention and calls for maintaining the highest standards for World Heritage 18-Sep-2012
- IUCN World Conservation Congress begins in Jeju, Republic of Korea 07-Sep-2012
- GIS boundaries of natural and mixed World Heritage sites available 22-Mar-2012
- Dr Kenton R. Miller, nature conservation leader and former IUCN Director General, dies 11-May-2011
- World Heritage Rainforests in Madagascar threatened by illegal logging and trafficking of precious wood 03-Apr-2009
Events (26)
- World Heritage Site Managers' Forum 2021 07-Jul-2021-13-Jul-2021
- Online Training for the Periodic Reporting Exercise in Asia and the Pacific: Management Plans & Impact Assessments 25-Feb-2021-25-Feb-2021
- Online Training for the Periodic Reporting Exercise in Asia and the Pacific: Reporting on Natural Heritage 17-Dec-2020-17-Dec-2020
- IUCN World Heritage Outlook 3 Seminar 08-Dec-2020
- Online Training for the Periodic Reporting Exercise in Asia and the Pacific: Factors Affecting the Properties 03-Dec-2020-03-Dec-2020
- Online Training for the Periodic Reporting Exercise in Asia and the Pacific: Outstanding Universal Value & Attributes 12-Nov-2020-12-Nov-2020
- Sustainable Heritage Management Course Opening & Special Panel 09-Nov-2020-09-Nov-2020
- UNESCO’s World Heritage City Lab 17-Jun-2020-26-Jun-2020
- Harnessing the power of World Heritage for a better future: World Heritage and the Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework 14-Nov-2019-18-Nov-2019
- Technical meeting: Transboundary cooperation for protecting the Cubango-Okavango River Basin and improving the integrity of the Okavango Delta World Heritage property 25-Jul-2019-25-Aug-2019
- UNESCO-Africa-China Forum on World Heritage Capacity Building and Cooperation 03-Jun-2019-04-Jun-2019
- Workshop on mixed site management in the Asia-Pacific 03-Apr-2019-06-May-2019
- Call for Applications: regional meeting on transboundary cooperation for effective management of World Heritage sites in Africa 21-Oct-2018
- IUCN World Conservation Congress 01-Sep-2016-10-Sep-2016
- Call for application: TABE’A Programme Training Series: Tentative Lists and Nomination preparation for Natural World Heritage sites 07-Jun-2016-27-Jul-2016
- 3rd Transboundary Platform Meeting for the safeguarding of the Lake Ohrid region 07-Mar-2016
- Albania to host 3rd Management Planning Workshop and Thematic Training for the protection of Lake Ohrid region 07-Dec-2015-10-Dec-2015
- IUCN World Park Congress on Parks, People, Planet – Inspiring Solutions 12-Nov-2014-19-Nov-2014
- Second global World Heritage marine site managers meeting 18-Oct-2013-20-Oct-2013
- International Conference "Living with World Heritage in Africa" 26-Sep-2012-29-Sep-2012
- World Heritage and Impacts of Developments in the Africa region 23-May-2012-25-May-2012
- Regional Experts Meeting on Cultural Landscapes in Central America, San José, Costa Rica, September 27-29, 2000 27-Sep-2000-29-Sep-2000
- Regional Experts Meeting on Cultural Landscapes in Eastern Europe, Bialystok, Poland, 29 September - 3 October, 1999 29-Sep-1999-03-Oct-1999
- Expert Meeting on African Cultural Landscapes, Tiwi, Kenya, March 9-14, 1999 09-Mar-1999-14-Mar-1999
- Regional Thematic Meeting on Cultural Landscapes in the Andes, Arequipa / Chivay, Peru, May 17-22, 1998 17-May-1998-22-May-1998
- Expert Meeting on European Cultural Landscapes of Outstanding Universal Value, Vienna, Austria, 21 April 1996 21-Apr-1996