News and events
Conservation royalty awarded IUCN’s highest award
Distinguished conservationist, Sir David Attenborough, received the John C. Phillips Memorial Medal earlier this week at a special presentation at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London. …
15 May 2013 | News story
Action is needed to preserve the world’s most inspiring natural sites
IUCN recommends taking action to tackle major threats to natural sites ahead of the 37th World Heritage Committee this June, including the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and the Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania. …
15 May 2013 | News story
Marine World Heritage: The Crown Jewels of the Ocean event calls for support of marine sites
International film stars Clive Owen and Jacques Perrin gave their support to Marine World Heritage: The Crown Jewels of the Ocean. See the short film on marine sites, narrated by Mr Perrin.
06 May 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
Seeking contributors for new World Heritage knowledge tool
Do you hold first-hand knowledge on natural and mixed World Heritage Sites, and the factors affecting them? IUCN is seeking contributions to compile Conservation Outlook Assessments for the State of World Heritage, a new knowledge tool. …
16 Apr 2013 | News story
Dialogue between the mining sector and World Heritage sites in Africa
A network of World Heritage Site managers and stakeholders in the extractive sector will gradually be put in place following the success of two training sessions organized by IUCN and PACO (Protected Areas Programme for Central and West Africa). Taking place in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in June 2012 and Dakar, Senegal in January 2013, they addressed the co-existence of World Heritage Sites and extractive activity. Additional sessions are planned for 2013. …
12 Apr 2013 | News story
A training bridge between nature and culture
Ninety-one professionals from 57 countries to date have received training through seven regional workshops aimed at enhancing international and regional capacity building for World Heritage. Over the past three years, the workshops have helped fulfil a recurrent request from State Parties to diversify and ensure regional balance within the technical networks of the advisory bodies supporting the identification, evaluation and conservation of sites. …
12 Apr 2013 | Article
New terrestrial gaps study to be unveiled
IUCN and UNEP-WCMC have undertaken a gap analysis of terrestrial World Heritage Sites, focusing on biodiversity, to be launched at the upcoming World Heritage Committee meeting in June. The analysis examines bio-geographic distributions of existing natural World Heritage Sites and their coverage of the global priority network of important ecosystems for biodiversity conservation. …
12 Apr 2013 | Article
Why you should come to Cambodia next June
Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh will be the backdrop of the next World Heritage Committee, from 17-27 June 2013. The annual event represents a key opportunity for civil society to advocate onsite issues and the World Heritage Convention’s policies and procedures. …
12 Apr 2013 | News story
IUCN and UNESCO World Heritage Enhancement
TILCEPA’s Chair participated in a workshop on Enhancing the World Heritage Programme, 17-21 February 2013. The event took place on Vilm Island in the Baltic Sea, hosted by the German Bundesamt für Naturschutz and IUCN’s World Heritage Division. …
15 Mar 2013 | Article
