Story | 20 Jun, 2009
The world is awash with conventions and agreements that are supposed to conserve our oceans but none are achieving the right results—reversing the multiple threats that are ruining the health of our marine environment.
Story | 30 Apr, 2009
Azores Scientific Criteria and Guidance
Azores Scientific Criteria and Guidance for identifying ecologically or biologically significant marine areas and designing representative networks of marine protected areas in open ocean waters and deep sea habitats
Press release | 26 Mar, 2009
Six new protected areas created in Brazilian Amazonian state
On this Thursday, March 26th, the Amazonas state government will announce the new areas, totaling over 2.3 million hectares. They will complete the protected area mosaic in the BR-319 highway area of influence.
Press release | 06 Jan, 2009
Logging Called Threat to Krasnodar Reserve
Krasnodar regional authorities are turning a blind eye to a massive, illegal logging project in a nature reserve on the Black Sea, local environmentalists say, in what could be an attempt to open the protected area to commercial tourism.
Press release | 05 Jan, 2009
A monumental decision for the oceans
President Bush today will formally designate three areas in the Pacific as Marine National Monuments.
IUCN has been one of the major partners of the U.S. Government in the creation of these marine protected areas. The scientific and technical advice provided by IUCN to the…
Story | 13 Nov, 2008
Guidelines for public use measurement and reporting at parks and protected areas
Visitors to parks and protected areas impact at many levels: political, economic, social and ecological. To ensure effective park management for increasing visitor numbers, good quality global data on visitor use is necessary. This manual describes terms, approaches and…
Story | 12 Nov, 2008
World Heritage Convention: Effectiveness 1992-2002 and Lessons for Governance
The main objective of this report will partially contribute to an evaluation of the achievement of the Convention by reviewing how effective this unique international governance instrument,the World Heritage Convention has been in conserving natural sites. The period of focus in this report is…
Story | 05 Nov, 2008
Indigenous and traditional peoples and protected areas : principles, guidelines and case studies
Beltrán, Javier, ed. IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas ; Cardiff University, Dept. of City and Regional Planning Best Practice Guidelines Nº 4