ABSTRACT
The vision of IUCN is ‘a just world that values and conserves nature’. The mission of IUCN is to influence, encourage, and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature. The objectives are:
to secure the conservation of nature, and especially of biological diversity, as an essential foundation for the future;
to ensure that, where the Earth’s natural resources are used, this is done in a wise, equitable way;
to guide the development of human communities towards ways of life that are both of good quality and in enduring harmony with other components of the biosphere.
