Press release | 28 Oct, 2010
SOS – A new call on businesses to respond to extinction crisis
The Global Environment Facility, the World Bank, and IUCN today announced they had established the Save Our Species (SOS) initiative with more than $US10 million in financing commitments and called on businesses to help build the biggest global species conservation fund by 2015.
Press release | 27 Oct, 2010
IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature – Regional Office for West Asia signed a Memorandum of Cooperation today with Ministry of Agriculture in Jordan to foster means of cooperation between both parties through implementing a project on sustainable management of drylands and…
Press release | 26 Oct, 2010
The most comprehensive assessment of the world’s vertebrates confirms an extinction crisis with one-fifth of species threatened. However, the situation would be worse were it not for current global conservation efforts, according to a study launched today at the 10th Conference of the Parties to…
Press release | 25 Oct, 2010
Promoting media as partners in achieving sustainable development
Amman 24 October 2010 - Realizing the importance of media in shaping public opinions and in being a catalyst of change in addressing the root causes of ecological degradation, UNESCO Amman Office in cooperation with IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) – Regional Office for West…
Story | 13 Oct, 2010
This paper reflects on the potential of applying the 'theory of change' as a useful tool in participatory monitoring and self-evaluation in livelihoods and landscapes strategies.
Story | 20 Jul, 2010
In Orissa, India, IUCN Member Winrock International India (WII) is working with local communities to better manage forests within a wider agricultural landscape.
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 | 16 Jun, 2010
arborvitae Issue 41 - Forest finance
Forest finance
Livelihoods and landscapes: So far, the expectations of PES as a market-based solution for conservation and development have not been met. Feature: Do public goods always have to remain public? REDD: We cannot wait to act on REDD-plus. Local forests: Why, despite…Press release | 24 May, 2010
Spain to lead IUCN in the Mediterranean
On 25 May 2010, the Spanish Minister of Environment, Elena Espinosa, the Director of the Spanish Agency of International Cooperation and Development, Elena Madrazo, the Andalusia Regional Minister of Environment, Juan Díaz Trillo and the Director of the International Union for the Conservation…
Press release | 08 Apr, 2010
Scientists call for biodiversity barometer
For the first time scientists have put a figure on how much it would cost to learn about the conservation status of millions of species, some of which have yet to be identified. The price tag is US$60 million, according to a team of scientists, including those from IUCN and Conservation…