Story | 27 Oct, 2008
Mediterranean Reflections 2007
You will see in this report that IUCN-Med had another busy and fulfilling year working closely with our IUCN partners in the Mediterranean, members, Councillors, Commission members and National Committees, learning from them, sharing our knowledge and doing our utmost to communicate better with…
Press release | 07 Oct, 2008
Climate change: pushing species to the brink
Thirty-five percent of the world’s birds, 52 percent of amphibians and 71 percent of warm-water reef-building corals are likely to be particularly susceptible to climate change, the first results of an IUCN study have revealed.
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
Adrift : tales of ocean fragility
Campagna, Claudio, ed. ; Sadovy de Mitcheson, Yvonne, ed. ; Pilcher, Nicolas, ed. ; Hurd, Andrew, ed. ; Griffin, Julie, ed. ISBN 978-2-8317-1070-9Order from Earthprint
Press release | 24 Sep, 2008
UN uses IUCN Red List to measure success of Millennium Development Goals
For the first time, the United Nations Millennium Development Goals is monitoring the world’s plants and animals using the IUCN Red List Index.
Story | 09 Sep, 2008
IUCN Species Programme and SSC Short Guide to Congress 2008
Read our Short Guide to Congress to find out more about the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) and Species Programme's events being held at the World Conservation Congress in Barcelona this October.
Press release | 11 Aug, 2008
Humpback whale on road to recovery, reveals IUCN Red List
Some large whale species, including the humpback, are now less threatened with extinction, according to the cetacean update of the 2008 IUCN Red List. Most small coastal and freshwater cetaceans, however, are moving closer to extinction.
Press release | 04 Aug, 2008
Extinction threat growing for mankind’s closest relatives
Mankind’s closest relatives – the world’s monkeys, apes and other primates – are disappearing from the face of the Earth, with some being literally eaten to extinction.
Press release | 23 Jul, 2008
Seagrass meadows in “hot water” – IUCN
Seagrass meadows are essential to commercial species such as prawns