Story | 02 Nov, 2008
Can protected areas contribute to poverty reduction ?
Opportunities and limitations
Story | 30 Oct, 2008
A report by the Ecosystems, Protected Areas, and People Project
Story | 29 Oct, 2008
In search of the lost gender : equity in protected areas
Aguilar Revelo, Lorena ; Castañeda, Itzá ; Salazar, Hilda
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas ; IUCN, Protected Areas Programme ; IUCN, Regional Office for Meso-America
Story | 28 Oct, 2008
This Poverty Environment Partnership (PEP) report is dedicated to the increasingly popular topic of 'Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation' (REDD). Making REDD Work for the Poor outlines how the design of REDD could infuence its poverty implications and the key…
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…
Press release | 04 Oct, 2008
Curtain rises on largest environmental meeting of 2008
The IUCN World Conservation Congress kicks off today in Barcelona, Spain, with its mission of boosting action to conserve nature. Leading questions are how to meet the growing needs of populations and expanding markets without sacrificing nature, and how to get conservation messages to new…
Story | 01 Oct, 2008
The ecosystem approach: learning from experience
The ecosystem approach : learning from experience Shepherd, Gill, ed. - IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management - Gland : IUCN, 2008. Series: Ecosystem Management Series ; no.005 Gland : IUCN, 2008. x, 190p. : ill. ISBN 978-2-8317-0957-4