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The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. It was founded in October 1948, as the International Union for the Protection of Nature (IUPN), following an international conference at Fontainebleau, France. Its headquarters are located in the Lake Geneva area in Gland, Switzerland. The IUCN brings together 83 states, 108 government agencies, 766 Non-governmental organizations and 81 international organizations and about 10,000 experts and scientists from countries around the world. MissionThe logo before World Conservation Union was dropped as an official nameIUCN's mission is to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable. From Wikipedia under the
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