Our mission: “To influence, encourage & assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity & diversity of nature & to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable & ecologically sustainable.” IUCN is a membership Union composed of both government and civil society organisations. It harnesses the experience, resources and reach of its more than 1 300 Member organisations and the input of more than 15 000 experts. This diversity and vast expertise makes IUCN the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it. The IUCN Secretariat works with Member organisations and IUCN Commissions to move the vision of IUCN’s