Conserving Threatened Species - News
Islands Journey at WCC
Islands Journey - In the mood for an Island Getaway? …
03 Oct 2008 | News story
Seagrass meadows in “hot water” – IUCN
Seagrass meadows are essential to commercial species such as prawns … | Spanish
25 Jul 2008 | International news release
Países del Pacífico Oriental se unen para proteger a los tiburones
Los tiburones mako, martillo, sedoso, azul y zorro pelágico fueron las especies identificadas por los participantes del taller regional. Se prepara una próxima reunión en México.
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14 Jul 2008 | News story
"The Deep" Expo moves to Hong Kong
Author, film-maker and IUCN Ambassador for the Oceans, Claire Nouvian, today opened the Hong Kong leg of her travelling exhibition on the incredible biodiversity in the deep seas. …
11 Jul 2008 | News story
Marine miracles at Convention on Biological Diversity
The move to create a network of marine protected areas that spans the entire globe took a huge step forward at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which ended last week in Bonn. …
03 Jun 2008 | News story
You can swim but you can’t hide – more oceanic sharks on the IUCN Red List
Bonn, Germany, May 22, 2008 (IUCN/Wiley-Blackwell) – The first study to determine the global status of 21 species of oceanic pelagic sharks and rays reveals that 11 of them are threatened with extinction, says IUCN on International Biodiversity Day. …
22 May 2008 | International news release
Construct an oil pipeline next to gray whale feeding area? Think twice, warns independent panel of scientists
Members of the Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel, an independent scientific body convened by IUCN, have voiced their concern to Exxon Neftegaz Ltd. over plans to build an oil pipeline and an ice bridge across the Piltun Lagoon on the Sakhalin Island. The Lagoon is believed to be of crucial importance for the productivity of species on which western gray whales feed. …
07 May 2008 | News story
Improved Understanding of Interactions between Sharks and Longline Fisheries Benefits Both Fishing Industry and Sharks
Interactions between sharks and pelagic longline fisheries are causing ecological, economic and social problems. Studies, announced recently by the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, indicate that action is needed to develop methods to deter sharks from taking hooked fish from longline gear - amove that will benefit sharks and the fishing industry. …
07 Sep 2007 | News story
Oceans fourteen: a round-up of marine-related activities at the 14th CITES Conference of Parties
Despite the thirteenth Conference of Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) strongly reaffirming the contribution of the convention to the sustainable harvest of marine resources, at COP 14, the Parties seemed to back away from this approach to resource management. …
18 Jun 2007 | News story
CITES conference to impact on music, food, and jewelry industry
Wood species used for violin bows, shark species featured in British fish and chip meals and coral species exploited for jewelry rank high on the CITES conference agenda for international trade controls in endangered species, opening on Sunday. …
04 Jun 2007 | International news release
