Abstract
The IUCN is a membership union uniquely composed of both government and civil society organizations. It provides public, private, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with the knowledge and tools that enable human progress, economic development, and nature conservation to take place together. Created in 1948, the IUCN has evolved into the world’s largest and most diverse environmental network. It harnesses the experience, resources, and reach of its 1,300 member organizations and the input of some 15,000 experts. The members of the IUCN are represented in the Council, which is the governing body. Headquartered in Switzerland, the IUCN Secretariat comprises 1,000 staff in forty-five countries. In 2017, the German government officially recognized the legal status of the IUCN as an ‘organization created by intergovernmental agreement,’ reaffirming the union’s important role on the global environmental and development stage. This decision recognizes the official functions that the IUCN carries out on behalf of its member states and affords the union a range of rights and benefits. The new legal status will allow the IUCN to build on its strong presence in the city of Bonn, which is home to the Environmental Law Centre (ELC).
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