Story | 27 Oct, 2008
Submission of the IUCN WCPA Australia and New Zealand, April 2006
Senate inquiry ino the funding and resources available to meet the objectives of Australia's national parks other conservation reserves and marine protected areas
Story | 23 Oct, 2008
High Seas Gems: Hidden Treasures of Our Blue Earth
The largest, least-protected places on our blue planet are found in the high seas - the open ocean and deep seabed that lie seaward of individual nations’ jurisdictions. Extending from the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica to most of the Indian, Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic Oceans…
Story | 23 Oct, 2008
New Impetus for the High Seas following IUCN World Conservation Congress
IUCN members at the World Conservation Congress have called for strong action to protect high seas biodiversity and to regulate the human activities impacting it. This signals a growing awareness of the vital role oceans play in sustaining life on our planet and alarm at the multiplying threats…
Story | 15 Oct, 2008
Status of Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean Sea
Ameer Abdulla, Marina Gomei, Elodie Maison, and Catherine Piante
Press release | 08 Oct, 2008
High seas gems in the spotlight
Today at the IUCN World Conservation Congress, a joint initiative has been launched to highlight special places in the least protected place on Earth: the high seas. The centerpiece of which is a brochure showcasing 10 “gems” of the high seas.
Press release | 07 Oct, 2008
Enhancing the role of protected areas for conservation and livelihoods
The IUCN System of Protected Areas Management Categories, if effectively applied, can be a powerful tool to strengthen the role of protected areas in conserving biodiversity and enhancing the livelihoods of people.This is the key message from the launching of the new publication “Guidelines…
Press release | 07 Oct, 2008
IUCN and UNESCO publish guidelines on sacred natural sites in protected areas
Thousands of sacred natural sites are in jeopardy around the world despite the fact that many lie within formal Protected Areas.
Press release | 06 Oct, 2008
IUCN Red List reveals world’s mammals in crisis
Barcelona, Spain, 6 October, 2008 (IUCN) – The most comprehensive assessment of the world’s mammals has confirmed an extinction crisis, with almost one in four at risk of disappearing forever, according to The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, revealed at the IUCN World Conservation Congress…