Story | 14 Dec, 2018
Derelict Fishing Gear from the World’s Marine Capture Fisheries
Assessment of Annual Rates and Levels of Abandoned, Lost and Discarded Fishing Gear in Global Marine Capture Fisheries
Story | 30 Nov, 2018
Navigating business indicators on biodiversity just got easier
Paris, France, 29 November 2018 (IUCN) – Businesses struggling to identify indicators to measure their environmental performance will benefit from a new report released today by IUCN and Oxford University during Natural Capital Week.
Story | 18 Nov, 2018
New study looks at increasing the success and effectiveness of mangrove conservation investments
Research offers guidance on making mangrove conservation investments more sustainable and impactful
Story | 10 Sep, 2018
New insights into biodiversity of the Southwest Pacific Ocean
Story | 22 Aug, 2018
World Water Week: Water, ecosystems and human development
Water, ecosystems and human development is the leading theme of this year’s World Water Week. The annual conference on water is held in Stockholm, Sweden from 26 to 31 August and gathers scientists, business leaders, policy makers and water managers to convene and…
Story | 16 Aug, 2018
Promoting the protection of endangered ecosystems
IUCN CEM Red List of Ecosystems Steering Committee met in Gland, Switzerland in June 2018 to discuss how all IUCN Commissions can better promote protection of endangered ecosystems.
Story | 07 Aug, 2018
New IUCN report helps choose the right tools to assess how key natural areas benefit people
IUCN’s World Commission on Protected Areas (IUCN-WCPA) today has issued new guidance to help practitioners assess ecosystem services within important sites for biodiversity and nature conservation. The report reviews nine assessment tools, focussing on their…
Story | 23 Jul, 2018
IUCN mourns the passing of Dr Mohammad Taghi-Farvar
It is with great sorrow that we inform you that Dr Mohammad Taghi-Farvar passed away on Monday 16 July 2018.
Press release | 16 Jul, 2018
Draft mining regulations insufficient to protect the deep sea – IUCN report
Regulations under development at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) to manage deep-sea mining are insufficient to prevent irrevocable damage to marine ecosystems and a loss of unique species – many yet to be discovered, an IUCN report warns.
Story | 10 Jul, 2018
Ehab Eid is elected Vice-Chair for SSC for West Asia (IUCN Species Survival Commission)
Ehab Eid is elected SSC Vice-Chair for West Asia
(IUCN Species Survival Commission)