Story | 21 Dec, 2017
Endangered primate discovered in threatened Atewa Forest, Ghana
Scientists have discovered the globally threatened White-naped Mangabey (Cercocebus lunulatus) in Ghana’s Atewa Forest. The mangabey, a rare terrestrial monkey, is classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, but a recent assessment of its population points toward it…
Story | 20 Dec, 2017
IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, informed key decisions to help combat illegal trade in wildlife at the 69th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The meeting was held in Geneva,…
Story | 18 Dec, 2017
Conservationist Tony Whitten, who was the Founding Chair of the IUCN SSC Specialist Group on cave invertebrates, was tragically killed in a cycling accident on November 29 2017. Friend and colleague, and member of the IUCN Species Survival Commision (SSC) Steering Committee, Elizabeth Bennett…
Story | 13 Dec, 2017
Large-Scale Marine Protected Areas: Guidelines for Design and Management
The IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas and Big Ocean are proud to announce the latest addition in the IUCN WCPA Best Practice Protected Areas Guidelines Series: Large-Scale Marine Protected Areas: Guidelines for Design and Management.
Story | 29 Nov, 2017
Mexico's largest Marine Protected Area: Revillagigedo, the Mexican Galápagos
On 24 November 2017, Mexico’s president, Enrique Peña Nieto, signed a decree creating Mexico's largest marine reserve to date, covering 150,000 square kilometres around the Revillagigedo Archipelago, a volcanic archipelago 240 miles southwest of the Baja Peninsula.
Story | 17 Nov, 2017
Breeding the most threatened bivalve on Earth: Margaritifera marocana
How do you save a Critically Endangered river mussel species from extinction when a dam upstream and increased human disturbance in the vicinty is threatening its only known home?
Press release | 17 Nov, 2017
Unregulated wild collection and habitat loss lead to Vulnerable status for medicinal Goldenseal
The latest update to The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ saw Goldenseal classified as “Vulnerable” on The IUCN Red List in a move that highlights concerns about the medicinal plant’s decline.
Story | 07 Nov, 2017
New orangutan species described in Indonesia
A team of international scientists, including IUCN experts, have described a new species of orangutan found in Indonesia.
Press release | 27 Oct, 2017
Ancient ferns highly threatened in Europe – IUCN Red List
Brussels, 27 October 2017 (IUCN) – A fifth of European fern and lycopod species, a group of vascular plants that underpins healthy ecosystems, are threatened with extinction and declining, as a result of urbanisation and expanding infrastructure, according to a new report published today by the…
Story | 12 Oct, 2017
Examining the Livelihood and Conservation Benefits from the Trade in wild caught live Tropical Fish
CEESP News - by Pauline Davey, Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association Ltd (OATA)
The Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association has published a report examining the livelihood and conservation benefits from the trade in wild caught live tropical fish for aquariums. The report, highly commended…