Story | 29 Nov, 2016
Global initiative calls for urgent action against invasive alien species
A new global initiative to reduce the impacts of invasive alien species – the Honolulu Challenge - has been launched today by 33 organizations and institutions. The launch follows a call for urgent action on invasive alien species made by experts, governments and NGOs at the recent IUCN World…
Story | 13 Oct, 2016
Keeping leopards in the spot(light) at CITES
At the 17th Congress of Parties of the Convention on Illegal Trade in Endangered Species (CITES CoP17) in Johannesburg, a side event reinforced the fact that leopards (Panthera pardus) need to stay in the spotlight and remain a conservation priority.
Story | 07 Oct, 2016
IUCN informs key decisions at the CITES conference on wildlife trade
This article was also published in The Huffington Post
At the recently concluded 17th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Conference of the Parties (CoP17) – the largest meeting of its kind ever held – IUCN helped inform a number of landmark…
Story | 06 Oct, 2016
Growing support for regulating international trade in rays and sharks
Governments from around the world took solid steps toward ray and shark conservation at the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Johannesburg, South Africa when they included commercially fished shark and ray species on CITES…
Press release | 04 Oct, 2016
Tropical Andes freshwater species at risk – first IUCN Red List assessment
Almost 18% of the freshwater biodiversity endemic to the Tropical Andes region of Bolivia, Perú, Ecuador and Colombia is threatened with extinction on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, according to a recent assessment by the International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and…
Story | 04 Oct, 2016
How can we best engage local communities to help high value species survive when faced with the growing threat of illegal wildlife trade? This was the focus of discussions at a recent event organised by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which brought together…
Story | 03 Oct, 2016
Blog: 'Can’t see the water for the trees?' By James Dalton et al.
Originally published in Global Water Forum, Monday 3 October 2016. To maximise downstream water quantity, you remove vegetation – all of it, including the trees. To counter rising carbon dioxide levels, you plant trees – lots of them. How should we do both?
Story | 28 Sep, 2016
A unified voice for African rhinos: Continent-wide conservation plan launched
African rhino conservation has seen a major boost this week with the launch of the continent-wide African Rhino Conservation Plan, led by South Africa and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission’s African Rhino Specialist Group (IUCN SSC AfRSG).
Story | 28 Sep, 2016
IUCN behind major advance for seahorse conservation
Thailand, the world’s largest exporter of seahorses, decided on Friday to end seahorse exports until it can address the threats they pose to wild populations. The decision followed 22 years of work on the issue by IUCN SSC’s Seahorse, Pipefish and Stickleback Specialist Group (SSC SPS SG), and…
Press release | 26 Sep, 2016
Kering, ITC and IUCN release new data on the sustainability and livelihood benefits of python trade
Three new reports published today by the Python Conservation Partnership (PCP), a partnership between Kering, the International Trade Centre (ITC) and the Species Survival Commission Boa and Python Specialist Group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), reveal that the…