Mongabay iconMongabayOct 21, 2026

IUCN’s Madhu Rao on the world’s protected areas: Progress, pressures and the race to 2030

A park ranger in the Democratic Republic of Congo survived an ambush that killed colleagues. In Cambodia, mines and dams are pressing against land set aside for wildlife. In the Amazon, illegal miners are changing tactics as authorities try to remove them from Indigenous territories. These are different places, with di

IUCN’s Madhu Rao on the world’s protected areas: Progress, pressures and the race to 2030

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