IUCN

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), established in 1948 and headquartered in Gland, Switzerland, is an organisation dedicated to nature conservation and the sustainable use of natural resources, active in data gathering and analysis, field research projects, and education on conservation, sustainable development and biodiversity. Its stated mission is to influence, encourage and assist societies across the world to conserve nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is both equitable and ecologically sustainable, work it carries out largely by partnering with and advising governments and industries. Among its most consequential outputs, the IUCN collects, compiles and publishes the IUCN Red List of threatened species and their conservation status worldwide, and it plays a central role in implementing several international conventions concerned with nature conservat …