Press release | 13 Apr, 2008
As part of the ‘Initiative for World Heritage Forests in Central Africa' , UNESCO's World Heritage Centre organized an expert workshop on March 13-14 in Brazzaville (Congo) to identify the most outstanding protected areas in the Congo Basin and to study their complementarity with sites in the…
Story | 13 Apr, 2008
Training World Heritage site managers is one of the most valuable investments in heritage conservation, particularly as these sites confront the challenges of increasing flows of tourism and diminishing flows of international assistance for conservation and management. This is why UNESCO's World…
Press release | 06 Apr, 2008
Systems that save biodiversity
Regulations cannot guarantee conservation of biodiversity, reveals the EU-funded research project GEM-CON-BIO. The most successful governance patterns for biodiversity conservation are based on a mix of financial incentives, regulations and voluntary engagement, according to thirty case studies…
Press release | 12 Mar, 2008
Montenegro and IUCN unite efforts to protect nature
The creation of marine protected areas to safeguard biodiversity has been identified as a first step to meet international standards
Story | 09 Mar, 2008
IUCN survey results on energy expertise
A survey was conducted in June and July 2006 on the issue of Energy and Biodiversity, one of the proposed IUCN Leveraging Initiatives. More than 100 responses were received from IUCN staff, Members and Commissions.
Story | 06 Mar, 2008
Integrating Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use
Integrating biodiversity conservation and sustainable use : lessons learned from ecological networksBennett, Graham
IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management ; Syzygy, NL
Story | 06 Mar, 2008
Use of the IUCN Protected Areas Management Categories in the Mediterranean region
Arturo López Ornat, Anna Pons Reynés, Mika Noguera
Story | 05 Mar, 2008
Sustainable Financing of Protected Areas
Emerton, Lucy ; Bishop, Joshua ; Thomas, Lee
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas ; James Cook University, AU ; Rainforest CRC, AU