International Union for the Conservation of Nature

IUCN
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Mission

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is a membership Union uniquely composed of both government and civil society organisations. It provides public, private and non-governmental organisations with the knowledge and tools that enable human progress, economic development and nature conservation to take place together.

Created in 1948, IUCN has evolved into the world’s largest and most diverse environmental network. It harnesses the experience, resources and reach of its 1,300 Member organisations and the input of over 10,000 experts. IUCN is the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it. The union’s experts are organised into six commissions dedicated to species survival, environmental law, protected areas, social and economic policy, ecosystem management, and education and communication.

By facilitating these solutions, IUCN provides governments and institutions at all levels with the impetus to achieve universal goals, including on biodiversity, climate change and sustainable development, which IUCN was instrumental in defining.

Disaster Reduction Goal
The new IUCN Programme 2013-2016 highlights the need for “Deploying nature-based solutions to global challenges in climate, food and development”. Through its work on Disaster Risk Reduction, the IUCN Ecosystem Management Programme aims to promote integration of ecosystem management, livelihoods, community vulnerability and climate change adaptation to disaster management.
DRR activities
Websites

http://www.iucn.org/ecosystems

Reducing underlying risk factors (HFA 4)

IUCN reaches HFA priority 4 through various activities, including but not limited to:
- Engaging with the Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction (www.PEDRR.net) to promote environmental management for disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and sustainable livelihoods.
- Implementing new projects to enhance DRR actions worldwide and provide support on the ground through IUCN regional offices.
- Collecting and disseminating lessons learned about projects and processes that integrate ecosystem management, sustainable livelihoods and disaster risk reduction at the regional level.
- Strengthening capacities and raising awareness through training of policy makers at national and sub-national levels.
- Raising awareness amongst policy makers and donors on the opportunities for green recovery and reconstruction.

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Meetings and conferences
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Online
The 15th Annual Session of Global Forum on Human Settlements
Background COVID-19 that is continuing to cause human tragedy, social upheaval and economic turmoil across the globe can be considered as a once-in-a-century ecological security crisis that creates an urgent need for an in-depth reflection on the
Background
Training event
Sendai
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In person
Ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction for sustainable development
As reconstruction and recovery efforts from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, the tsunami and Fukushima nuclear accidents progress it is critical to ensure that ecosystems are not further degraded by the reconstruction and recovery plans. Additionally
As reconstruction and recovery efforts from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, the tsunami and Fukushima nuclear accidents progress it is critical to ensure that ecosystems are not further degraded by the reconstruction and recovery plans.
Meetings and conferences
Tokyo
In person
International workshop on large-scale natural disaster and protected areas
The event will bring together national and international experts to exchange views on roles of Protected Areas, including World Heritage natural properties, for prevention of and recovery from the damage caused by large-scale natural disasters, such as
The event will bring together national and international experts to exchange views on roles of Protected Areas, including World Heritage natural properties, for prevention of and recovery from the damage caused by large-scale natural disasters, su
Documents and publications
Integrating environmental safeguards into flood relief, response and recovery

This document addresses the environmental issues, rarely considered during the recovery phase of a disaster. It recommends the use of a checklist of environmental safeguards for every step of disaster management with the ultimate goal of incorporating

International Union for the Conservation of Nature
This document addresses the environmental issues, rarely considered during the recovery phase of a disaster.
Documents and publications
Environmental stories: After tsunami

The Indian Ocean tsunami was one of the greatest tragedies of recent history. The toll in deaths, injuries and human suffering was enormous. Whole communities were destroyed and displaced. Damage to property, infrastructure and the environment was also

International Union for the Conservation of Nature
The Indian Ocean tsunami was one of the greatest tragedies of recent history. The toll in deaths, injuries and human suffering was enormous. Whole communities were destroyed and displaced.

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Voluntary Commitments

The organization has no registered commitments.

The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.

Contact information

https://www.iucn.org
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