June 2025 AZE newsletter This newsletter provides current updates on progress in conserving AZE sites. Click newsletter for PDF version Read more about June 2025 AZE newsletter
AZE included in more development bank safeguard policies The Asian Development Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development included AZE sites in their recently-updated environmental and social safeguard policies. Learn more here Read more about AZE included in more development bank safeguard policies
New paper published on Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) tree species A new paper, “Methodology for identifying the potential Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) tree species on a global scale”, by Katharine Davies, Thomas Starnes, and Malin Rivers, has now been published in Conservation Science and Practice, a journal of the Society of Conservation Biology. Read more about New paper published on Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) tree species
Technical Guidance on including Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) site protection in NBSAPs Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) site protection helps meet multiple Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) targets. Learn more in these fact sheets: Technical Guidance on AZE for NBSAPs Hoja informativa de AZE en los EPANDB Read more about Technical Guidance on including Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) site protection in NBSAPs
AZE Initiative Fund The Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) is pleased to announce a $10-million, five-year initiative to reduce species extinctions. Funded by Rainforest Trust and matched by $2-million in project funding from American Bird Conservancy (ABC), this initiative will focus on the protection of AZE sites, which hold the world’s most threatened species, those assessed as Critically Read more about AZE Initiative Fund