Press release | 23 Nov, 2008
India’s wild medicinal plants threatened by over-exploitation
India is a hub of the wild-collected plant medicine industry in Asia, but key species have declined due to over-collection to supply domestic and foreign medicinal markets, according to IUCN and TRAFFIC researchers.
Story | 13 Nov, 2008
Guidelines for public use measurement and reporting at parks and protected areas
Visitors to parks and protected areas impact at many levels: political, economic, social and ecological. To ensure effective park management for increasing visitor numbers, good quality global data on visitor use is necessary. This manual describes terms, approaches and…
Story | 11 Nov, 2008
Proceedings of the World Heritage and Mining Workshop held in Gland, Switzerland, 21-23 September 2000.
Press release | 09 Nov, 2008
Quarter of northeast Atlantic sharks and rays threatened with extinction
The release of the first ever IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ assessment of northeast Atlantic sharks, rays and chimaeras reveals that 26 percent are threatened with extinction and another 20 percent are in the Near Threatened category.
Story | 04 Nov, 2008
Sustainable tourism in protected areas : guidelines for planning and management
Eagles, Paul F.J. ; McCool, Stephen F. ; Haynes, Christopher D. Best Practice Guidelines Nº 8
Story | 03 Nov, 2008
Tourism and Protected Areas : Benefits Beyond Boundaries
Edited by R Bushell, University of Western Sydney, Australia; P F J Eagles, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Story | 03 Nov, 2008
Report for WWF prepared by Xavier Font, Janet Cochrane & Richard Tapper
Story | 02 Nov, 2008
The Hawaiian longline tuna fishery has managed to reduce seabird bycatch by 67% since 2001 by making alterations to their fishing gear and methods, a new scientific study shows. A combination of new bait technologies and fishing techniques have dramatically reduced seabird bycatch. More…
Story | 30 Oct, 2008
Securing protected areas in the face of global change : issues and strategies
Barber, Charles Victor, ed. ; Miller, Kenton R., ed. ; Boness, Melissa, ed.
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas