Story | 07 Jul, 2017
Experts convene to save one of world’s most trafficked mammals
Saving the Sunda pangolin – one of the world’s most trafficked mammals – from extinction will require engaging local communities in their conservation and addressing the demand for pangolin products, according to international wildlife experts gathered in Singapore this week to…
Story | 07 Jul, 2017
Global Pact for the Environment Introduced to the World
High-level politicians, international jurists, and scholars convened in Paris on 23-24 June to finalize and launch the preliminary draft of the “Global Pact for the Environment” as a unifying covenant for fundamental environmental rights.
Story | 06 Jul, 2017
IUCN to assess new measures protecting endangered vaquitas in Gulf of California World Heritage site
IUCN is expected to carry out a field mission with UNESCO to Mexico’s Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California, to assess the effectiveness of new measures to protect the Critically Endangered vaquita. This follows a decision by the World Heritage Committee, which meets this week in…
Story | 06 Jul, 2017
Strengthening community responses to whale & dolphin conservation
Whales, dolphins and propoises are arguably the best known and most commonly seen marine mammals; over 25 species are found in India. The size and pivotal position of marine cetaceans within food webs makes them ecologically important and a significant conservation concern. In recent years, the …
Story | 06 Jul, 2017
Opportunities for Forest Landscape Restoration in Uttarakhand, India
The Global Partnership for Forest Landscape Restoration estimated that more than 2 billion hectares of degraded land is available for restoration globally - an area larger than South America! Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) is the process of regaining ecological functionality and enhancing…
Story | 06 Jul, 2017
Identification of Important Plant Areas in Cabo Verde islands
The IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation, the IUCN/SSC Mediterranean Plant Specialist Group, the INIDA (Instituto Nacional de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Agrario) and nearly 40 national experts participated in two workshops that took place in October 2016 and May 2017 where the IUCN…
Press release | 06 Jul, 2017
Fiji Terrestrial Protected Areas Legal Review process: Community consultation and engagement
In 2007, the Government of the Republic of Fiji as a signatory to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) endorsed the review and reform of laws, policies and institutional arrangements related to terrestrial protected area networks.
Press release | 05 Jul, 2017
Kraków, Poland, 05 July 2017 (IUCN) – The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has adopted a decision today urging Poland to immediately halt all logging and wood extraction in the old-growth forests of Białowieża. The decision follows the advice of the International Union for Conservation of Nature…
Story | 05 Jul, 2017
IUCN mourns the loss of Councillor and distinguished marine biologist, Don McMichael, CBE
It was with great sadness that IUCN learned of the passing of Dr Don McMichael, CBE, a former regional Councillor, Vice President and Treasurer of the Union, and one of the greats of the Australian environment sector.
Story | 04 Jul, 2017
Ethiopian park comes off World Heritage ‘danger list’ but challenges remain
Simien National Park in Ethiopia has been removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger at the 41st World Heritage Committee meeting, taking place this week in Kraków, Poland. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Committee’s advisory body on nature, highlights that…