The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced on Tuesday 4 August that the European Commission, the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) and the IUCN are mobilising a total of €6 million in emergency funds to address biodiversity conservation needs arising from the Covid-19 pandemic.
The funds will be distributed through two programmes managed by IUCN, the aim of which is to alleviate the impact of the pandemic on the management of protected...