Story | 06 Jan, 2014
The WILD side of World Heritage
Did you know that 62% of all the land area covered by natural World Heritage sites contains the most intact, undisturbed wild natural areas left on our planet? Overall, 22 of the world’s 24 terrestrial wilderness areas are represented on the World Heritage List.
Story | 04 Jan, 2014
Welcome to 2014 with a free trip around the most beautiful places on Earth
2014 promises to be a year full of conservation action for IUCN, with the World Parks Congress, the launch of the World Heritage Outlook and the 50th anniversary of the Red List. To welcome the New Year, IUCN's World Heritage Programme is offering you a trip around Earth’s natural wonders. No…
Press release | 01 Jan, 2014
IUCN presents Restoration Opportunity Assessment Methodology
IUCN is developing a new landscape Restoration Opportunity Assessment Methodology for use at national and subnational levels.
Press release | 23 Dec, 2013
Journalists to be taken on board to promote sustainable transport concepts in Pakistan
A sensitization seminar for media on transport sector and related issues in Pakistan was organized under the Pakistan Sustainable Transport(PAKSTRAN) Project here in Karachi today.
Story | 22 Dec, 2013
IUCN and Shell jointly address conservation challenges
IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, and Shell have agreed to work together to address key conservation challenges, focusing on rehabilitating marshlands in Iraq, decommissioning North Sea oil infrastructure in a way that preserves biodiversity and reviewing oil spill…
Story | 20 Dec, 2013
Shark expert and freediver joins IUCN’s ocean conservation mission
Despite the high profile media attention sharks receive, relatively little is known about their biology. Of those shark species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, nearly half are listed as Data Deficient, which means that we do not have enough information to…
Story | 19 Dec, 2013
Travel around the most beautiful places on Earth, for free!
This holiday season, IUCN's World Heritage Programme is offering you a trip around Earth’s natural wonders. Discover the locations of 222 natural World Heritage sites across the planet; let yourself be transported by 3D simulation, and inspired by some amazing photos.
Story | 18 Dec, 2013
IUCN Lao PDR recently published the results of a 2 years study “Conserving Biodiversity and Sustaining Livelihood along the Mekong River in between Luang phrabang and Vientiane, Lao PDR” supported by the Critical Ecosystems…
Story | 15 Dec, 2013
Implementation Plan of the IUCN Programme 2013-2016 in Europe
The Implementation Plan of the IUCN Programme 2013-2016 in Europe defines the concrete contribution of the IUCN European region to the IUCN Programme 2013-2016 adopted during the World Conservation Congress, Jeju 2012.
Story | 08 Dec, 2013
URBES Fact sheet #4: The Cities and Biodiversity Outlook
This URBES factsheet presents the Cities and Biodiversity Outlook and the ten key messages that the project has produced.