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A billion-dollar business puts species and people at risk
At least 12% of groupers – globally-important food fish species that live on coral and rocky reefs – face extinction, putting the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people around the world at risk, finds a report published today by the International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission’s (IUCN SSC) Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group. … | Dutch
28 Apr 2013 | International news release
Biodiversity and ecosystems for sustainable towns and cities
The rapid expansion of cities is putting nature and the resources it provides at risk. Yet nature can help urban planners to make cities more sustainable and reduce costs, while improving the well-being of their citizens. …
23 Apr 2013 | News story
Good news on Earth Day! New report highlights growing biodiversity awareness worldwide
For IUCN, whose core business is saving biodiversity, there is some very welcome news that awareness of biodiversity is growing worldwide. …
22 Apr 2013 | News story
Dream location or disaster risk?
"My first day at school was in a tent. We were seated on bare ground all day, with the tent walls separating us from the destruction left behind by a cyclone." …
19 Apr 2013 | Article
Restoring forest landscapes around the world: new videos show the way
IUCN experts attending the 10th United Nations Forum on Forests this week are showcasing how countries can restore forests and generate many benefits for people, nature and the economy. …
10 Apr 2013 | Article
Honouring forest heroes and champions
Five seemingly ordinary people who have done extraordinary work for their communities and forests are being recognized as 'Forest Heroes' at a special 'Forests for People' ceremony taking place today in Istanbul. The awards are being presented as 197 member States meet at the 10th session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF). …
10 Apr 2013 | News story
Last chance for the Sumatran rhino
With population estimates of Sumatran rhinos (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) reduced to less than 100 individuals, a ground-breaking agreement to save the Critically Endangered species was reached today between representatives of the Indonesian and Malaysian governments. The agreement was formed at a summit convened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Species Survival Commission (IUCN SSC), involving a wide range of international and national organisations. …
04 Apr 2013 | International news release
New campus for world’s largest conservation 'cluster'
An insightful lecture by Sir David Attenborough at the UK's University of Cambridge Senate House marked the launch this week of the Cambridge Conservation Campus. The campus will become the hub for the world’s largest conservation cluster, the Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI) of which IUCN is a member. …
03 Apr 2013 | News story
Momentum for nature’s ‘blue carbon’ solution to climate change
Efforts to restore marine ecosystems that store vast amounts of carbon have received a boost with the launch of a new website that provides the latest blue carbon science and policy. …
02 Apr 2013 | News story
Water cooperation in Mesoamerica: Interview with Rocio Cordoba
Continuing our countdown to World Water Day, which is celebrated each year on 22 March, we zoom in on Costa Rica to interview IUCN's Rocio Cordoba on water cooperation in the Mesoamerica region. … | Spanish
21 Mar 2013 | News story
