Story | 19 мар, 2018
Mangroves for the Future shares lessons learned at Fiji climate change workshop
From 5 to 8 March, IUCN hosted the Mangrove Ecosystems for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction workshop in Suva, Fiji, as part of its 70th anniversary celebrations taking place throughout 2018. The event…
Story | 25 окт, 2017
From Locally Managed Marine Areas to Indigenous and Community Conserved Oceans
CEESP News - by Hugh Govan, Adviser, LMMA Network and Adjunct Senior Fellow, University of the South Pacific (USP), School of Government, Development & International, Affairs (SGDIA)
Story | 13 окт, 2017
Australian Environmental Lawyers call for Sea Country Reforms
CEESP News - by Hanna Jaireth, member of IUCN CEESP, WCEL, WCPA
One of the technical papers in a broad blueprint for the next generation of environmental laws in Australia calls for a more strategic national approach to marine and coastal governance, including nationally consistent laws…
Story | 26 янв, 2017
World Wetlands Day: Strengthening resilience and collaboration to reduce disaster risk
On February 2nd the world celebrates its wetlands – complex ecosystems that provide a wide variety of services and benefits for people and nature. Wetlands such as estuaries, mangroves, marshes, and swamps play, beyond their biological role, a key part in helping people cope with disasters. Yet…
Press release | 04 сен, 2016
Four out of six great apes one step away from extinction – IUCN Red List
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, 4 September 2016 (IUCN) – The Eastern Gorilla – the largest living primate – has been listed as Critically Endangered due to illegal hunting, according to the latest update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ released today at the IUCN World Conservation Congress…
Comunicado de prensa | 04 сен, 2016
Cuatro de los seis grandes simios están a un paso de la extinción – Lista Roja de la UICN
Honolulu, Hawái, 4 de septiembre de 2016 (UICN) – El primate más grande del mundo, el gorila oriental, se clasifica en la categoría En Peligro Crítico por causa de la caza ilegal, según la última actualización de la Lista Roja de Especies Amenazadas de la UICN™, publicada hoy durante el …
Communiqué de presse | 04 сен, 2016
Quatre grands singes sur six sont à un pas de l’extinction, selon la Liste rouge de l’UICN
Honolulu, Hawai’i, 4 septembre 2016 (UICN) – Le plus grand primate vivant, le Gorille de l’Est, est classé En danger critique d’extinction en raison de la chasse illégale, d’après la plus récente mise à jour de la Liste rouge des espèces menacées de l’UICN™, rendue publique aujourd’hui à l’…
Artículo | 10 июн, 2016
Los sitios naturales del Patrimonio Mundial se enfrentan a importantes amenazas, como la explotación forestal con fines comerciales, la caza furtiva, la pesca con redes de enmalle y la construcción de presas, según la Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (UICN). En sus…
Article | 10 июн, 2016
Le commerce d’espèces sauvages et les barrages compromettent le Patrimoine mondial naturel – UICN
Les sites naturels du patrimoine mondial font face à des menaces majeures, telles que l'exploitation forestière commerciale, le braconnage, la pêche au filet maillant et les barrages, selon l'Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature (UICN). Dans ses recommandations au Comité du…
Story | 10 июн, 2016
Wildlife trade and dams putting natural World Heritage at risk – IUCN
Natural World Heritage sites face major threats, such as commercial logging, poaching, gillnet fishing and dams, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). In its recommendations to the World Heritage Committee, which meets in July, IUCN has advised that three…