Our work
In the long term, sustainable green growth requires decoupling the economy from its adverse impacts on nature. Nature provides the basis that supports human prosperity and economic systems. The involvement of communities everywhere in the restoration and maintenance of biodiversity can itself generate human well-being and economic benefits.
– IUCN Nature 2030 Programme
To transform the way economies invest in and value nature, IUCN works with governments, civil society and businesses – small and large and across sectors – to identify how nature contributes to economies, economic activities impact biodiversity and climate, and find solutions.
IUCN carries out independent scientific assessments and develops policies, standards and tools with public and private sectors and multi-stakeholder initiatives. We help businesses, from extractives, energy and infrastructure to finance and agriculture, including forest and farm producers organisations, investors, project developers and policymakers, implement practices that conserve nature and benefit people, whose lives and livelihoods depend on natural resources.
We also mobilise and channel finance to small and large actors to strengthen skills for biodiversity conservation, climate adaptation and mitigation, implementing Nature-based Solutions at scale as well as contributing to more sustainable production systems.
With close to one trillion US dollars per year needed for conservation, more innovative partnerships and collective efforts are required to ensure financial flows support a nature-positive future.