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It seems to me "World Conservation Union" is not an official name of the IUCN, but its slogan. The logo makes it unclear, and thus the article does, too. -- 24.3.109.73 22:31, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
-- Svetovid 23:15, 28 May 2007 (UTC)What does IUCN stand for?
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.
Use of the name “World Conservation Union” began in 1990, but the full name and the acronym are often used together as many people still know the Union as IUCN.
The World Conservation Union was founded in October 1948 as the International Union for the Protection of Nature (or IUPN) following an international conference in Fontainebleau, France. The organization changed its name to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources in 1956.
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Please see the ongoing discussion on
Talk:Conservation status#Capitalisation of conservation statuses.
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Do we need to add list of international meetings? -- History of Geo ( talk) 06:48, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
I am going to have a go at improving this article: sort out structure and style, get better references, update the content and overall make it more neutral and 'encyclopedic'. If anyone wants to join in, feel free! Nl maclean ( talk) 12:55, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
Could this article be rewritten (or otherwise improved) to discuss the IUCN's role in renewable energy as part of the Sustainable Development Goals in the Post-2015 Development Agenda? MaynardClark ( talk) 02:03, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
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The Wikipedia article GONGO is about grey propaganda, not an association of government and non-government organizations. A Google Books search reveals four uses of the term GONGO in this sense, all in reference to IUPN. Given the lack of witnesses to this term, I don't think Wikipedia should use it. However, perhaps the claim about being the first association of government and non-government organizations should be clarified and added back with a good citation. Sondra.kinsey ( talk) 22:36, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
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Hi all,
I am adding the Third Party tag to the entire article. This is because every section except influence/criticism is heavily reliant on self published or biased sources. This includes history, which relies heavily on a book by Martin Holdgate, who used to be a director general of the organization.
I have not read all the content of the article, but it's clear that this bias of sources has seeped into the writing. For example, not using mass campaigns is actually a fairly common practice among environmental nonprofits; it is not something unique to the IUCN as the article says. Toad02 ( talk) 13:32, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
I recently cut down on the history section. It was, and still is, far too long. It was about half the article previously, and that's much more than necessary or proper. It is still about 1/4th of the article. Compared to other environmental organizations' pages, it goes in great, seemingly unnecessary depth.
Additionally, much of this information was poorly sourced (see NPOV sources section), meaning that any reverts or replacements of things I have deleted should include better sourcing as per WP:BURDEN. Toad02 ( talk) 14:32, 8 August 2019 (UTC)