Press release | 23 Sep, 2016
Poaching behind worst African elephant losses in 25 years – IUCN report
Africa’s overall elephant population has seen the worst declines in 25 years, mainly due to poaching over the past ten years – according to IUCN’s African Elephant Status Report launched today at the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES, taking place in Johannesburg, South…
Story | 19 Sep, 2016
Valuing lessons learned leading to good practice: crab resources enhancement in Bang Son Bay
Community-based coastal resources management works: IUCN recently visited two successful ‘crab banks’ in Bang Son Bay, where crab resources are enhanced by keeping female crabs in a shelter until they hatch their eggs, allowing them to release thousands of offspring into the sea. These crab…
Story | 07 Sep, 2016
Hawaiian Botanist Wins Global Recognition for Plant Conservation
Dr Lauren Weisenberger, a Hawaiian botanist and member of the Hawaiian Plant Specialist Group of the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), has received the David Given Award for Excellence in Plant Conservation.
Story | 03 Sep, 2016
Scientists determine what delivers success for wildlife in Protected Areas
An international study published in the journal Nature Communications found that on average protected areas around the world successfully safeguard wildlife, most notably in wealthier, more developed countries.
Story | 03 Aug, 2016
Tell us your water story and win a prize
Are you working in conservation? In forest, marine, climate change areas or others? Has water made an unexpected appearance in your work? Then we are looking for your story.
Story | 15 Jul, 2016
Bangladesh: Red List reports 31 Regionally Extinct and 390 Threatened animal species
In 2000, IUCN Bangladesh first published the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ Bangladesh. Fifteen years later, the list has been updated including two invertebrate groups: crustaceans and butterflies. A total of 1,619 animal…
Story | 11 Jul, 2016
Urgent action needed to save critically endangered “Asian unicorn” in Viet Nam and Laos
Press Release
July 9, 2016 -- On World Saola Day, WWF and IUCN’s Saola Working Group are calling for urgent action to save one of the world’s most endangered and rarely seen mammals -- the elusive saola, often called the “Asian Unicorn” -- which was discovered 24 years ago and…
Press release | 08 Jul, 2016
Whale sharks, winghead sharks and Bornean orangutans slide towards extinction
New IUCN Red List assessments reveal that growing human pressures on whale sharks, winghead sharks and Bornean orangutans are putting these species at an increasing risk of extinction. Whale sharks and winghead sharks are now listed as Endangered and Bornean orangutans as Critically Endangered…
Story | 05 Jul, 2016
Around the world, wildlife is being depleted by illegal activities at an alarming rate, depriving local populations and national economies of important natural capital.
DG Statement | 24 Jun, 2016
Seizure of huge African pangolin scale shipment points to worrying increase in trafficking
Statement by IUCN Director General, Inger Andersen