Story | 20 Jul, 2010
Indigenous peoples and REDD-plus
Challenges and opportunities for the engagement of indigenous peoples and local communities in REDD-plus
Story | 11 Jul, 2010
Bringing back the Eastern Great Bustards
Story | 08 Jul, 2010
A home for the Dauria's rare creatures
Story | 08 Jul, 2010
One billion hectares of lost forests could be restored
“Across the globe lie more than a billion hectares of lost and degraded forest land that could be restored”, according to the Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration, which includes IUCN. It’s a vast area – an area greater than China – with the potential to enrich communities, their…
Press release | 19 May, 2010
Are protected areas in Africa harbouring invasive species?
Protected areas, long thought of as safe refuges for animals and plants, are under increasing threats from invasive species which not only affect biodiversity but also people’s livelihoods. Protected areas can have huge social and economic value, particularly in Africa, where national parks are…
Story | 12 Apr, 2010
Next Steps: Convention on Biological Diversity's Programme of Work on Protected Areas
This paper outlines proposals from IUCN’s World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) on new strategies and opportunities arising from the review of the Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA) at the Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) 10th Conference of Parties (COP) in Nagoya, Japan…
Story | 08 Mar, 2010
Asia’s natural parks ‘green lungs’ to combat climate change
Robust and connected systems of natural parks help conserve biodiversity and maintain benefits we receive from nature. They are also crucial to help us to mitigate and adapt to climate change…
Story | 10 Dec, 2009
Ocean Acidification: The Facts (English version)
Ocean Acidification: The Facts (English version)
Story | 07 Dec, 2009
Natural Solutions - Protected Areas: Helping people cope with climate change
Nigel Dudley, Sue Stolton, Alexander Belokurov, Linda Krueger, Nik Lopoukhine, Kathy MacKinnon, Trevor Sandwith and Nik Sekhran.
A report funded and commissioned by IUCN-WCPA, TNC, UNDP, WCS, The World Bank and WWF