Press release | 14 2月, 2024
One Health nature conservation project in Central Asia launched by IUCN and partners
Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 13 February 2024 (IUCN) – An IUCN-led international partnership has launched the One Health Central Asia project, aiming to mitigate the risk of zoonoses – diseases that are naturally transmissible from animals to humans – in Central Asia. The new initiative was announced…
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One Health: Prevention of Zoonotic Disease Through Protected and Conserved Areas
Join us for the official launch of a regional initiative focused on applying the One Health approach in Central Asia, titled: Enhancing landscape resilience to zoonotic disease emergence by consolidating nature conservation systems in Central Asia.
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Securing Asian Flyways: Ecological perspective, knowledge sharing and management
What have we learned from a generation of flyway frameworks designed to promote international cooperation to save migratory birds? What lessons can be learned from the variety of approaches developed under these different initiatives?
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Asiatic wild ass (Equus hemionus) Status, Threats and Future Conservation Needs
The Asiatic wild ass (Equus hemionus) is found throughout Central Asia ranging from Mongolia and China to Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, India and Israel. The only large population is found in Mongolia and the other populations are fragmented and relatively small.
Blog | 24 1月, 2024
Após uma reunião com o Vice-Presidente de Ciência e Biodiversidade da Comissão Mundial de Áreas Protegidas da IUCN na Cidade do Cabo, África do Sul, gostaria de apresentar as principais conclusões de sua apresentação, na qual ele ilustrou a história, o contexto e as características das OMEC e…
Story | 02 2月, 2024
In a significant stride toward sustainable blue carbon restoration, the Blue Carbon Accelerator Fund (BCAF) has unveiled the four winners of its latest Readiness call for project proposals. These exceptional projects stood out for their innovative approaches to differing challenges in the…
Blog | 24 1月, 2024
Luego de un encuentro con el Vicepresidente de Ciencia y Biodiversidad de la Comisión Mundial de Áreas Protegidas de la UICN en Ciudad del Cabo (Sudáfrica) voy a presentar las principales deducciones de su presentación en las que ilustró sobre la historia, el contexto y las características de…
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Proposal for Sturgeon Conservation in the Caspian Sea
The sturgeon populations of the Caspian Sea have declining over the past 40 years to a degree that the latest IUCN Red List Assessment in 2022 listed all of them (but not Acipenser ruthenus) as CR with some populations being in danger to already be Extinct in the Wild (EXW).
Story | 24 1月, 2024
This new report from The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) explains light pollution, why it matters and how to reduce it.
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