IUCN is an international organisation dedicated to natural resource conservation, bringing together states, government agencies and international and national non-governmental organisations. It helps the world find pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environmental and development challenges.
IUCN's mission is to encourage societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable. IUCN has three components: member organisations, six scientific commissions, and a professional secretariat.
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IUCN Oceania region is comprised of the 24 countries and territories of Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, Australia and New Zealand.
Oceania is geographically one of IUCN’s largest regional programmes, covering over 100 million square kilometres of land and ocean. Oceania also contains a diverse range of ecosystems, from coral reefs to kelp forests, mangroves to montane forests, and wetlands to deserts.
The New Zealand based members of the IUCN collectively make up the IUCN New Zealand Committee.
This committee promotes the objectives of IUCN.
New Zealand government agency members include:
New Zealand non-government organisation members include:
Benefits of being a member of IUCN include:
The committee meets approximately every 2 months.