Story | 16 Nov, 2011
Species on the Edge app is launched
Acclaimed by the US Apple Store as ‘New and Noteworthy’, the new Species on the Edge app is a detailed guide to 365 species from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Featuring stunning photos and thought-provoking information it allows users to learn about threatened species from around the…
Story | 30 Oct, 2011
arborvitae Issue 44 - Forests: a legal challenge
Story | 10 Oct, 2011
Natural Solutions: Protected Areas helping people deal with desertification and drought
Drylands occupy approximately 40% of Earth's land area and are home to more than two billion people.
Story | 29 Sep, 2011
Implementing Conservation and Wise Use in Lao PDR’s two Ramsar sites
Since joining the Ramsar Convention last year, the Government of Lao PDR and its partners have stepped up implementation of the Convention and its principles of conservation and wise use of wetlands.
Story | 29 Sep, 2011
This report is the result of the co-operation of seventeen partners from four continents—all of them engaged in activities to improve the livelihoods of mobile livestock keepers. The organizing question of this collaboration was, how do mobile livestock keepers—i.e.
Story | 15 Sep, 2011
A new series of Water and Nature Initiative (WANI) case studies was recently launched during the Stockholm World Water Week.
Story | 01 Sep, 2011
IUCN-UNCCD Retreat 13-14 July 2011, Gland
In July 2011 IUCN hosted the secretariat of the UNCCD at IUCN headquarters in Gland to agree on a comprehensive plan of action for greater collaboration and synergy between both organizations.
Story | 16 Aug, 2011
Water Vision to Action, Catalyzing Change through the IUCN Water & Nature Initiative (Results' Report)
Story | 11 Aug, 2011
● Rangelands development and extension services should build on pastoral indigenous rangelands knowledge ● Pastoral rangeland management capacity can be strengthened through support to customary institutions ● Local and global monitoring of rangelands degradation should use local knowledge to…