2012
Ahmed Chorfa, le grand guide du bas-delta nous a quittés
Ahmed Chorfa, ancien aide infirmier de Keur-Macène et guide du Parc National du Diawling (PND) depuis sa création en 1991, est décédé il y a quelques jours à Nouakchott. Ce personnage discret a été la cheville ouvrière de la création de cette aire de conservation et d’utilisation durable. …
08 Jun 2012 | News story
Le Directeur général adjoint de l’UICN en visite dans la sous-région
M. Poul Engberg-Pedersen, Directeur Général Adjoint (DGA) de l’UICN a séjourné au Burkina Faso et au Cameroun du 14 au 19 mai 2012. …
08 Jun 2012 | News story
IUCN Member GoodPlanet runs film festival in Rio
IUCN Member GoodPlanet will be running a Film Festival during the Rio+20 negotiations in Rio de Janeiro in June. Find out what GoodPlanet's founder, the world-renowned photographer, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, has to say about the event and what it hopes to achieve: … | French
08 Jun 2012 | News story
IUCN Red Listing for Mediterranean seagrasses
At present, five of the 59 species of seagrasses assessed at global level are at a high threat of extinction. IUCN organised an IUCN Red Listing workshop on 1 June in Essaouira during the Mediterranean Seagrass Workshop organised by the Ecole supérieure de technologie Essaouira and the polydisciplinary faculty Safi Université Cadi Ayyad (Morocco) and supported by the Mediterranean Seagrass Association – Seagrass 2000. …
07 Jun 2012 | News story
Threat to the Amazon’s birds is greater than ever
The risk of extinction has increased substantially for nearly 100 species of Amazonian birds, reveals the 2012 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ update for birds released today by BirdLife International. The new assessment is based on models projecting the extent and pattern of deforestation across the Amazon. …
07 Jun 2012 | News story
Threat to the Amazon’s birds is greater than ever
The risk of extinction has increased substantially for nearly 100 species of Amazonian birds, reveals the 2012 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ update for birds released today by BirdLife International. The new assessment is based on models projecting the extent and pattern of deforestation across the Amazon. … | French | Spanish
07 Jun 2012 | International news release
Pacific Leadership “fono” form green growth coalition
A group of senior Pacific figures met for three days at the Inter Continental Fiji Resort, in Natadola, on 29th May to 1st June, to shape a new Green Growth Leadership Coalition to help address some of the key development challenges facing the Pacific Island Region. …
06 Jun 2012 | News story
Discovering the biodiversity of Moldova
Moldova, its 116 rare and endangered species, and more, are in the spotlight of this month's European Country Focus. …
06 Jun 2012 | News story
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Sink or Swim: Documentary Awards - Call for Entries
IUCN in collaboration with the Goethe Institute, CGIAR, SIDA, and the Thai Film Foundation are organising the Southeast Asian Students Documentary Awards, a competition to encourage the art of documentary filmmaking in the Asia region as a platform to engage with pressing social and environmental issues. …
06 Jun 2012 | News story
Hingol National Park Posters
Please click below thumbnails for enlarged image. …
06 Jun 2012 | News story
