Aires protégées
Conservons la forêt du Mayombe : L'Angola et les deux Congo conjuguent leurs efforts
La forêt de Mayombe abrite une importante biodiversité à forte concentration de primates, répartie sur trois aires protégées dont la réserve du Luki en République Démocratique du Congo, la réserve de Dimonika en République du Congo et la zone du Cacongo en Angola. …
19 Aug 2009 | News story
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Establishing An Expert Review Process For Protected Area Data in Asia
BANGKOK, Thailand - IUCN, WCPA and UNEP-WCMC bring together a wide range of government and nongovernmental partners to enhance the quality of protected area data across the Asia region. …
14 Aug 2009 | News story
Weaving Together Two Commissions: Joint Meeting Reports
Bright ideas, like the colors of textiles woven in Ecuador, combined to create new plans for collaborative action by two IUCN Commissions during a joint meeting of their Steering Committees two hours outside Quito. Each Commission met separately on its 2009-2012 agenda, and then worked together to propose mutual areas for action. Two reports summarize the findings of this May 2009 meeting of CEC, the Commission on Education and Communication, and WCPA, the World Commission on Protected Areas. …
09 Aug 2009 | News story
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Zones prioritaires pour la conservation de la Mer d’Alboran
Parmi les régions marines de la mer Méditerranée, la mer d’Alboran constitue un élément unique en raison de sa richesse écologique due au mélange des biodiversités marines d’origine atlantique et méditerranéenne, de son importance socio-économique et sa position géopolitique entre l’Europe et l’Afrique. La gestion intégrée de cet espace et en particulier la conservation de certains espaces, est essentielle pour les trois pays qui bordent la mer d’Alboran: l’Espagne, le Maroc et l’Algérie. … | English | Spanish
05 Aug 2009 | News story
Grupo Indígena de la Amazonia lidera el camino para el manejo sostenible de los bosques
La mañana del martes, UICN tuvo visitantes muy especiales en su oficina central de Gland, Suiza. Cuatro representantes del pueblo indígena Suruí, de la región del Mato Grosso en
22 Jul 2009 | News story
IUCN welcomes fishing closures in Pacific high seas pockets
IUCN welcomes the decision by Western Pacific island nations to close an area three times the size of California to fishing activity, effectively creating the world's largest no-take zone. The decision was reached in order to protect one of the world's last great tuna stocks. The fishing effort in the economic exclusion zones (EEZs) around the islands, mainly carried out by foreign fleets that pay the island states for the right to fish, will continue at a unsustainable rate, however, according to IUCN. …
07 Jun 2009 | News story
Marine Protected Areas receive welcome boost
One of the cornerstones of improved ocean management – the establishment of networks of marine protected areas (MPAs) in the world’s oceans - received a strong endorsement from the representatives from 76 countries at the World Ocean Conference (WOC) in Manado (Indonesia) today. …
15 May 2009 | News story
Most successful Congress to date says report
The final evaluation report available as well in French and Spanish,of the 2008 World Conservation Congress (WCC), held in Barcelona, is available for consultation. The report, performed by independent evaluators Universalia, calls the Barcelona Congress the most successful congress to date. …
24 Apr 2009 | News story
WCPA Regional Deputy Vice Chair for Oceania
Elizabeth Erasito is the new Regional Deputy Vice Chair for Oceania for IUCN’s World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA). Elizabeth will lead the WCPA network in the region, particularly for the Pacific Islands. …
14 Apr 2009 | News story
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La mer d’Alboran reste l’objet de l’attention internationale pour la conservation de sa biodiversité et son développement durable
La mer d’Alboran se situe dans la partie la plus occidentale de la mer Méditerranée, au centre de la région géologique de l’Arc de Gibraltar.
24 Mar 2009 | News story
