Press release | 22 May, 2010
Wetland aliens cause bird extinction
BirdLife International announces today, in an update to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ for birds, the extinction of Alaotra Grebe Tachybaptus rufolavatus. Restricted to a tiny area of east Madagascar, this species declined rapidly after carnivorous fish were introduced to the lakes in…
Story | 20 May, 2010
Guidelines for Development of a National Ballast Water Management Strategy
GloBallast Monograph Series No.18
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 | 13 Mar, 2005
The Top 50 Mediterranean island plants
Wild plants at the brink of extinction, and what is needed to save them Montmollin, Bertrand de, ed. ; Strahm, Wendy, ed. IUCN Species Survival Commission, Mediterranean Islands Plant Specialist Group