Legacy Article | 20 Jun, 2013
Tajikistan gets its first natural World Heritage Site
Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 21 June 2013 (IUCN) -- Tajik National Park became Tajikistan’s first natural World Heritage site. The decision was taken today by the World Heritage Committee, following the expert recommendation of IUCN.
Story | 20 Apr, 2013
Edited by Sue Stolton and Nigel Dudley, Equilibrium Research and IUCNWCPA
Story | 19 Mar, 2013
Advances in biocultural conservation Pungetti, Gloria ; Oviedo, Gonzalo ; Hooke, Della
Story | 24 Feb, 2013
Building capacity for managing World Heritage
Managers from 10 World Heritage sites throughout Africa met at the IUCN ESARO regional offices in Nairobi, Kenya to reflect on and learn more about management effectiveness of natural World Heritage sites in Africa. The Africa Nature project, a collaborative effort by the UNESCO World Heritage…
Story | 05 Feb, 2013
Protected Areas Governance and Management E-book newsletter
Story | 12 Dec, 2012
December 2012
Protected Areas, Tourism and the Aichi Targets
Story | 18 Nov, 2012
A changing Mediterranean coastal marine environment under predicted climate-change scenarios
A manager’s guide to understanding and addressing climate change impacts in marine protected areas
Story | 18 Nov, 2012
When conservation and borders coincide
A new publication by IUCN shows how transboundary conservation action in South-East Europe’s Dinaric Arc helps protect the region’s rich biodiversity and introduces an innovative tool which helps develop cross-border partnerships.
Story | 18 Oct, 2012
The Convention on Biological Diversity brings focus to the remote ocean
Last week the 11th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Hyderabad, India (8-19 October) took an important step for the global ocean commons, the largest habitat for life on Earth. The 193 Parties to the Convention agreed to send key scientific information to the…
Press release | 04 Oct, 2012
BIOPAMA moved forward at the IUCN World Conservation Congress
The Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management Programme (BIOPAMA), funded under the EC/ Intra ACP Envelope for Biodiversity, was officially launched and attracted international attention, through two high level events at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Jeju, Republic of Korea.