Story | 12 Jan, 2024
Sports for Nature: IUCN Pakistan's adventure sports initiatives in Minapin, Gilgit Baltistan
In collaboration with the Community Welfare Foundation Minapin and Adventure Club Pakistan, IUCN Pakistan inaugurated the rock climbing site established under the Biodiversity Safeguarding Project funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS).
Story | 30 Nov, 2017
IUCN-USAID Integrated Coastal Management Project Successfully Draws to a Close
IUCN Pakistan organized the Closing Ceremony of its USAID funded project titled: “Integrated Approach to Education, Capacity Building and Livelihood Development of Coastal Communities in Sindh and in Baluchistan Provinces” at a local hotel in Karachi. Ms. Iffat Malik, Additional Secretary, Sindh…
Story | 08 Nov, 2017
Experts for Stringent Measures to Address Illegal Trade of Fresh Water Turtles in Pakistan
IUCN Pakistan organized a Consultative Workshop in collaboration with the Sindh Wildlife Department, Government of Sindh, to discuss the findings of a study jointly conducted on illegal trade of freshwater turtles in Sindh and Balochistan, under a USAID-funded project IUCN is currently…
Story | 10 Dec, 2014
To help celebrate more than 50 years of the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) work protecting our global natural heritage, Terre Sauvage has published a special edition of their renowned wildlife magazine.
Press release | 17 Nov, 2014
Global appetite for resources pushing new species to the brink – IUCN Red List
Pacific Bluefin Tuna, Chinese Pufferfish, American Eel, Chinese Cobra and an Australian butterfly are threatened with extinction
Comunicado de prensa | 17 Nov, 2014
Apetito mundial por los recursos lleva nuevas especies al borde de la extinción – Lista Roja de UICN
El atún rojo del Pacífico, el pez globo de la China, la anguila americana, la cobra de la China y una mariposa australiana se encuentran en peligro de extinción.
Communiqué de presse | 17 Nov, 2014
Le thon rouge du Pacifique, le fugu chinois, l’anguille d’Amérique, le cobra chinois et un papillon australien sont menacés d’extinction
Press release | 17 Nov, 2014
Vissoorten bedreigd door sushimarkt
De voedselmarkt in Azië drijft diverse vissoorten naar de rand van uitsterving. Dat blijkt uit de nieuwste cijfers van de Rode Lijst van bedreigde soorten, uitgebracht door de International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). De populaties van een populaire soort blauwvintonijn en een…
Story | 09 Jul, 2014
SOS Marine: Collaboration key to saving Bangladesh’s cetaceans from gillnets
The lives of Bangladesh's fishermen and its coastal cetaceans are intertwined. Regarded as their brethren at sea, fishermen often lament the death of these top predators through entanglement in gillnets. Finding mutually beneficial solutions, Brian Smith and colleague Rubaiyat Mowgli Mansur,…
Press release | 17 Sep, 2013
Action to tackle Southeast Asia’s Extinction Crisis
Southeast Asia hosts a high proportion of the world’s uniquely diverse fauna and flora, but key threats in the region such as habitat loss, hunting and trade continue to drive much of its wildlife towards extinction. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ reveals a worrying concentration of…