Plants News
Exploitable tree species of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Coinciding with the International Year of the Forests, a project to produce a Red List of exploitable trees in the Democratic Republic of Congo was officially launched last week in Kinshasa on the…
22 Feb 2011 | News story
IUCN welcomes ‘Forests 2011’ - International Year of Forests
The world’s forests are essential to life in all its diversity and to attaining humanity’s biggest goals such as reducing poverty, curbing climate change and achieving sustainable development.… | Spanish
03 Jan 2011 | News story
The Flora of Réunion Island at Risk: one in three species are threatened with extinction
After an initial set of chapters dedicated to the fauna of Réunion Island, the national Red List of Threatened Species in France has been expanded to include the flora of the island.
17 Dec 2010 | News story
Nature’s backbone at risk
The most comprehensive assessment of the world’s vertebrates confirms an extinction crisis with one-fifth of species threatened. However, the situation would be worse were it not for current global… | French | Spanish
27 Oct 2010 | International news release
When the army does conservation – doing it differently in Thailand
Thailand’s armed forces are involved in an uncharacteristic activity—a major conservation program in cooperation with the local community. Bob Fisher and Tawatchai Rattnasorn report.
19 Oct 2010 | News story
New study shows over one fifth of the world’s plants are under threat of extinction
A global analysis of extinction risk for the world's plants, conducted by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew together with the Natural History Museum, London andIUCN, has revealed that the world’s plants… | Spanish
29 Sep 2010 | News story
Revised standards for sustainable management of medicinal plants
Medicinal Plants – FairWild Standard version 2.0 combines ecological, social, and economic good practice principles for sustainable wild collection of natural ingredients for food, cosmetics, herbal…
08 Sep 2010 | News story
African freshwater species threatened - livelihoods at stake
Twenty-one per cent of freshwater species in continental Africa are threatened with extinction, putting the livelihoods of millions of people at risk. With so much to lose, inland waters must be… | French | Spanish
02 Sep 2010 | International news release
Restoring island homes - the fighting spirit
The Republic of Nauru is one island in the Pacific that has been actively fighting to regain their island biodiversity following a decade of mining.
10 May 2010 | News story
Species on climate change hit list named
The Arctic Fox, Leatherback Turtle and Koala are among the species destined to be hardest hit by climate change, according to a new IUCN review.
14 Dec 2009 | International news release
