Press release | 08 Jun, 2010
Coasts of life: helping tropical seaside communities cope with climate change
Climate change is hitting coastal areas hard: rises in sea levels, ocean acidification, extreme events, bleaching and death of coral are all climate impacts which will require adjustments socially and economically. A new IUCN report, published today, provides practical guidance for coastal…
Story | 07 Jun, 2010
A Framework for Social Adaptation to Climate Change
A Framework for Social Adaptation to Climate Change - Sustaining Tropical Coastal Communities & Industries
Press release | 07 Jun, 2010
Stop oil and gas exploration now, says IUCN
Following the catastrophic Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) calls for a global moratorium on oil and gas exploitation in ecologically sensitive areas, including deepwater ocean sites and polar areas.
Press release | 24 May, 2010
Seismic threat to Critically Endangered whales
A seismic survey planned by the Russian petroleum company Rosneft in summer 2010 poses a major threat to the Critically Endangered Western Gray Whale population. In a letter to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the Director General of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (…
Story | 23 May, 2010
Asia-Pacific Science, Technology and Society Network (APSTSN)
With a focus on developing stronger regional networks and collaborations in the Asia-Pacific, the APSTSN has formed to better address environmental, cultural, social, ethical, and political and policy issues raised by scientific innovation and technological change in our region. Membership is…
Press release | 22 May, 2010
One step forward to halting biodiversity loss?
Governments have made “positive moves” towards coming up with a plan to reduce the current loss of biodiversity, which is threatening the future of our planet. Over the past two weeks, delegates at a meeting in Nairobi have been discussing the scientific and technical aspects behind a new “big…
Story | 20 May, 2010
Guidelines for Development of a National Ballast Water Management Strategy
GloBallast Monograph Series No.18
Press release | 29 Apr, 2010
World governments fail to deliver on 2010 biodiversity target
Background: World leaders have failed to deliver commitments made in 2002 to reduce the global rate of biodiversity loss by 2010, and have instead overseen alarming biodiversity declines. These findings are the result of a new paper published in the journal Science and…
Press release | 15 Apr, 2010
Jurassic Coast Student named UK Young Scientist of the Year 2010
Press release | 09 Apr, 2010
Mangrove forests in worldwide decline
More than one in six mangrove species worldwide are in danger of extinction due to coastal development and other factors, including climate change, logging and agriculture, according to the first-ever global assessment on the conservation status of mangroves for the IUCN Red List of Threatened…