Environment House

World Conservation Union (IUCN)

IUCN - The World Conservation Union
28 rue Mauverney
CH-1196 Gland (Vaud)

Website: www.iucn.org
Telephone: (+41 22) 999 00 00
Fax: (+41 22) 999 00 02
Email: mail@iucn.ch

Contact: Mario Lague, Tél: (+41 22) 999 00 00, Email: mario.lague@iucn.org

Description

IUCN is a unique Union with 1,063 members from some 140 countries, including 83 states. More than 10,000 internationally recognized scientists and experts from more than 180 countries volunteer their services to its six global commissions. Its 1,000 staff members in offices around the world are working on some 500 projects.

Activities

The Union’s mission is to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable. The Union focuses its activities in 12 areas:

Biodiversity Policy – species, protected areas and sustainable use concerns together with the social, economic and political dimensions;
Climate Change – forests, wetlands/water, marine and coastal areas, desertification, species, protected areas, social policy, and environmental law;
Economics – encouraging the private sector to conserve biodiversity;
Education and Communication – integrating communication and education;
Environmental Law - using law to strengthen conservation efforts;
Forests – forest ecosystems and equitable distribution of forest goods and services;
Monitoring and Evaluation – improving methods and tools assessment;
Protected Areas – establishing and managing terrestrial and marine protected areas;
Social Policy – conservation strategies based on better understanding of the complex inter-linkages between the environment and people;
Species Survival – mobilizing action for species conservation;
Sustainable Use – social and biological factors affecting wild renewable resources; and
Water Resources – sustainable use of wetlands and water resources.

Type of organisation:	Non-governmental and business organizations
Established:	1948
Number of staff:	approx. 135 at headquarters, 1000 worldwide
Head/Director:	Director General: Julia Marton-Lefèvre

Cooperation

with 83 State Members, 110 government agencies, 749 NGOs, 82 international NGOs, 32 affiliate members.

Publications

Over 80 titles a year worldwide; see the website.

Keywords

agriculture & fisheries, atmosphere, biological diversity, biosafety, business & environment, capacity building, climate change, conservation, conventions, desertification, deforestation, disasters, economic instruments, education, energy, forests, freshwater, health, human settlements, indigenous peoples, information systems, land & landuse, law, mountains, oceans, poverty, protected areas, public awareness, refugees & IDPs, seas, standards, sustainable tourism, trade & environment, wetlands, wildlife, gender, water & sanitation

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