Story | 08 Jul, 2010
One billion hectares of lost forests could be restored
“Across the globe lie more than a billion hectares of lost and degraded forest land that could be restored”, according to the Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration, which includes IUCN. It’s a vast area – an area greater than China – with the potential to enrich communities, their…
Press release | 07 Jul, 2010
Remote Villages of Ziarat Electrified through Solar Energy
Ziarat, Pakistan, July 08, 2010 IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Pakistan Council for Renewable Energy Technologies (PCRET) have collaboratively installed twelve solar energy panel systems in ten different remotely located villages of Ziarat district of Balochistan. With…
Story | 05 Jul, 2010
Mediterranean Pelagic Habitat. Oceanographic and Biological Processes, An Overview
Würtz, Maurizio
IUCN, Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation ; France, Ministère de l'Ecologie, de l'Energie, du Développement Durable et de la Mer ; France, Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et Européennes ; UNEP, Mediterranean Action Plan for the Barcelona Convention (MAP) ; Regional…
Story | 04 Jul, 2010
Approaches to Conservation of Medicinal Plants and Traditional Knowledge
At the current rate of consumption and use, the status of medicinal plants is threatened, risking our own future benefits and knowledge.
Story | 29 Jun, 2010
Thailand’s Andaman aspirations
Thailand’s Andaman Sea with its island paradises, emerald waters, stunning rock formations and white sands is many people’s idea of a dream holiday location. The area is home to well-known destinations such as Phuket and Koh Phi Phi as well as hundreds of lesser known jewels. But much work is…
Story | 29 Jun, 2010
Momentum for Mesopotamia’s marshlands
Once covering an area of up to 20,000 km2, the Mesopotamian marshlands of southern Iraq are one of the world's great wetlands. The marshlands (al ahwar) are part of the Tigris-Euphrates River Basin, which is shared by Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey and were once home to several hundred thousand…
Story | 29 Jun, 2010
Temperate Grasslands Strategy Paper 2010
Story | 29 Jun, 2010
Review of the Shell-IUCN relationship
In accordance with the Shell-IUCN agreement, an independent mid-term review of the collaborative partnership was commissioned by both organizations and presented to the partnership…
Story | 24 Jun, 2010
IWC greatly concerned about Russian oil exploration impacts on Western Gray Whales
At the International Whaling Commission (IWC) annual meeting in Agadir, Morocco, scientists warned that a seismic survey planned off Sakhalin Island by the Russian petroleum company Rosneft could seriously threaten the critically endangered Western Gray Whale population.