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Winners of the Golden Ark Award 2008 announced
Patricia Medici, Chair of the IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group (TSG) and Charudutt Mishra, a member of the IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group are two of the three winners to be awarded the Golden Ark Award in 2008. …
04 Feb 2008 | News story
To Bee, or Not to Bee…
The plight of pollinators is causing worldwide concern. Not only are population numbers of many formerly abundant species dwindling, some species are disappearing altogether. …
31 Jan 2008 | News story
Discovery: First New Species Of Giant Elephant-Shrew In 126 Years
Dr. Galen Rathbun, Chair of the IUCN/SSC Afrotheria Specialist Group, and a team of collaborators confirmed the existence of a new species, Rhynochocyon udzungwensis, a type of giant elephant shrew, or sengi, in the mountains of Tanzania. …
31 Jan 2008 | News story
Le jour où l’abeille disparaîtra… » by Jean Christophe Vié
The title of this book by Jean-Christophe Vié reminds us that the survival of humanity is dependant upon all living organisms. …
18 Jan 2008 | International news release
Global Experts Meet to Assess Species' Vulnerability to Climate Change
A four-day Species Vulnerability Traits workshop was hosted jointly by Imperial College London, IUCN Species Programme and IUCN Species Survival Commission (hereafter referred to jointly as IUCN) and the Zoological Society of London. …
05 Dec 2007 | News story
Mediterranean Sea: most dangerous place on Earth for sharks and rays
More than 40% of shark and ray species in the Mediterranean are threatened with extinction, according to a new report from the World Conservation Union (IUCN) … | French | Spanish
16 Nov 2007 | International news release
Seventy-five percent of bear species threatened with extinction
Six out of the world’s eight species of bears are threatened with extinction, according to recent assessments by the IUCN Bear and Polar Bear Specialist Groups. Asia and South America are revealed as the areas most in need of urgent conservation action … | French | Spanish
12 Nov 2007 | International news release
Sink or swim: over one in three freshwater fish species in Europe threatened with extinction
The first ever assessment of European freshwater fishes indicates astonishing species diversity but also the devastating impact of over 100 years of development and management of freshwater systems and fishes … | French | Spanish
01 Nov 2007 | International news release
Primates in peril
Extinction threat growing for mankind’s closest living relatives …
26 Oct 2007 | International news release
Amphibian Crisis, Amphibian Ark and the 2008 Year of the Frog Campaign
Earth is facing its largest mass extinction since the disappearance of the dinosaurs. From one-third to one-half of the planet’s 6,000 amphibian species – frogs and toads, salamanders and newts, and caecilians, which have thrived for 360 million years – are in danger of extinction. …
17 Oct 2007 | News story
