Plants News
Extinction crisis continues apace
The latest update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ shows that 17,291 species out of the 47,677 assessed species are threatened with extinction. | French | Spanish
03 Nov 2009 | International news release
Protecting medicinal plants in China
IUCN is working with partners to apply innovative approaches for the protection of medicinal plants in the mountains of the Upper Yangtze ecoregion. | Chinese
22 Jul 2009 | News story
Saving the Guggul Tree
Community-based conservation action in Rajasthan, India drives effort to save an important medicinal plant.
25 Jan 2009 | News story
Real action for plant diversity: The CBD working in practice
Governments meeting in Paris have pledged support for saving plants, the basis of all life on earth. The World Conservation Union has been a driving force in the Global Strategy for Plant…
06 Jul 2007 | News story
Announcing the second round of the Sir Peter Scott Fund for Conservation Action Grants
Madagascan flying foxes, Ganges river dolphins, Hawaiian plants and Arabian leopards are among the species that are all set to benefit from the second round of grants issued under the Sir Peter Scott…
26 Jun 2007 | News story
Native Orchid Conservation Inc. wins award for wetland conservation
On June 4, 2007, Native Orchid Conservation Inc. (NOCI), a non-profit organization that works to conserve native plant species in Manitoba and throughout Canada, was honoured with a Canadian…
04 Jun 2007 | News story
New International Standard for Sustainable Wild Collection of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
A new standard to promote the sustainable management and trade in wild medicinal and aromatic plants (MAP) was launched today at Biofach, the World Organic Trade Fair, Nuremberg, Germany.
16 Feb 2007 | News story
Weeding an entire island to protect a globally important coastal ebony forest
The beautiful Mauritian island of Ile aux Aigrettes is only 26ha and lies just 850m offshore. Its proximity to shore leaves it particularly vulnerable to invasive plant species that threaten its…
07 Jun 2006 | News story
Modern lifestyle threatens oldest seed plants on Earth
IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Gland, Switzerland, 02.07.03. Cycads, the oldest seed plants on earth, are now also amongst the most threatened plants in the world cautions a new publication…
02 Jul 2003 | News story
SSC and the CBD Global Plant Conservation Strategy
Gland, Switzerland, 26.02.02. IUCN-The World Conservation Union. SSC headed IUCN's input to the recent meeting convened by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) which outlined sound technical…
26 Feb 2002 | News story
