Marine Species News
A Triumph for Species in the 2012 Rolex Awards Laureate Selection
The 2012 Rolex Awards for Enterprise, announced yesterday at the Science Museum in London, UK, recognize pioneers whose work contributes to protecting the environment, or improving lives. Three of…
14 Jun 2012 | News story
Launch of Marine World Heritage App will bring marine crown jewels a lot closer
In celebration of World Oceans Day, the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre are launching a new iPhone application. This year’s Oceans Day theme “Youth: the…
08 Jun 2012 | News story
Securing a safe future for sawfishes
Shark and ray experts from around the world gatheredlast week at the Zoological Society ofLondon to address the plight of the most threatened marine fishes in the world – the sawfishes. The group,…
29 May 2012 | News story
The hidden wonders of marine biodiversity
Marine biodiversity is the theme of this year’s International Day for Biodiversity -22 May. Oceans cover about 70% of our planet’s surface area and there are an estimated 250,000 marine species.
22 May 2012 | Article
SOS - Save Our Species: New call for proposals open!
The second SOS Call for Proposals has just opened.Non-governmental organisations (including IUCN members), community groups, and other civil society organisationsare welcome to apply for an SOS grant…
08 May 2012 | News story
Sockeye Salmon Populations at Risk
The extinction risk to populations of Sockeye or Red Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) is the focus of a PLoS ONE paper that was published today. The species’ global status is Least Concern on The IUCN Red…
13 Apr 2012 | News story
Conservation Heroes Recognized by IUCN Species Survival Commission
Two groups and 24 individuals were recognized for their outstanding contribution to conservation at the IUCN Species Survival Commission’s Chairs Meeting held in Abu Dhabi this February.
12 Apr 2012 | News story
Worrying declines for world’s seabirds
The status of the world’s seabirds has deteriorated rapidly over recent decades and several species and populations are now perilously close to extinction, according to a new review by BirdLife… | French | Spanish
09 Mar 2012 | International news release
Twelve percent of marine species in tropical eastern Pacific threatened
Twelve percent of marine species surveyed in the Gulf of California, the coasts of Panama and Costa Rica and the five offshore oceanic islands and archipelagos in the tropical eastern Pacific are… | Spanish
23 Feb 2012 | International news release
Green Turtle nesting boom in Philippines
A turtle baby boom on the Baguan Island of Turtle Islands in the Philippines has produced a record 1.4 million eggs according to Conservation International (CI) Philippines citing figures from the…
18 Feb 2012 | News story
