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Marine Protected Area News
Graeme Kelleher - Ocean Elder
Being an OceanElder is quite quaint. We're a disparate bunch, as you can see below, therefore we do not engage in pedantic debate. In fact, we generally agree and debate is minimised. …
10 Jan 2013 | Article
Lebanon moves forward to protect marine habitats
Lebanon's Ministry of Environment and IUCN with the support of partners such as the Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (UN Environment Programme-Barcelona Convention) have brought forward a Marine Protected Areas Strategy aimed at achieving a healthy, productive, and biologically diverse marine environment in Lebanese waters. … | French | Spanish
08 Jan 2013 | News story
Australia creates world’s largest network of marine reserves
In November 2012 the Australian Government announced the creation of the world’s largest network of marine reserves. The government proclaimed 44 marine reserves a network, covering 2.3 million square kilometres, a full third of Australia’s ocean territory. The reserves are home to 45 of the world’s 78 whale and dolphin species, six of the seven known species of marine turtle, and 4,000 fish species. The government received support from over 500,000 Australians, who commented positively on the creation of the network. …
13 Dec 2012 | News story
Building a vision for Pacific Islands
The Pacific Oceanscape, proposed in 2009 by the Hon. Anote Tong, Prime Minister of Kiribati, and endorsed by Pacific Island leaders in 2010, fosters cooperation on ocean conservation. It provides a strong vision for conservation and sustainable management of the Pacific’s wealth of marine resources. …
10 Dec 2012 | Article
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INTERVIEW: IUCN’s efforts to protect Europe overseas
Carole Martinez joined IUCN Europe in October 2012 after working previously on protected areas and ecosystem management issues with IUCN's National Committee in France and on regional cooperation challenges at the French Marine Protected Areas Agency. Carole is Coordinator of the IUCN EU Outermost Regions (ORs) and Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) Programme. …
10 Dec 2012 | Article
Marine biodiversity conservation in Europe overseas
Many of the 30+ overseas territories of the European Union are islands and much of their biodiversity occurs in the seas and the oceans surrounding them. A recent workshop under the European Parliament Intergroup on “Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development” organized jointly with IUCN addressed the challenges of Europe overseas in protecting their marine biodiversity. …
10 Dec 2012 | News story
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Good news from the Caribbean
Nine protected areas in the European overseas territories in the Caribbean have been listed since 2010 under the SPAW (Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife) Protocol of the Cartegena Convention. The SPAW Protocol is the only legally-binding international agreement on biodiversity in the Wider Caribbean, and a key mechanism for strengthening cooperation and increasing consideration of ecological connectivity within the Wider Caribbean. …
04 Dec 2012 | Article
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Turn commitments into action in Doha, says IUCN
The great potential of nature as a cost-effective and no-regret solution to the climate challenge should be one of the central issues of the Doha debate according to IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature). …
26 Nov 2012 | IUCN statement
Answering the SOS call from the wild: dolphins, rhinos, tigers and others to benefit from more funding
Gland, Switzerland, 22 November 2012 – Flagship species conservation initiative Save Our Species (SOS) is expanding its work with US$ 2.5 million funding for 25 new projects. … | French | Spanish
22 Nov 2012 | News story
Penguin Rehabilitation
How do you rehabilitate hundreds of oiled penguins to release back into the wild?
It only takes an hour to wash and rinse an oily African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), but it takes nearly four weeks to rehabilitate the bird for release back into the wild.
20 Nov 2012 | News story
