Press release | 26 Nov, 2009
Billion hectares of forests with potential for restoration, study shows
Land areas around the world, bigger than Canada, have been identified as having potential to be restored to good quality, healthy forests, a new study has found.
Press release | 26 Nov, 2009
Next World Conservation Congress will be in the Republic of Korea
The 2012 IUCN World Conservation Congress will be held in Jeju, in the Republic of Korea, the IUCN Council decided in its 73rd regular meeting.
Press release | 02 Nov, 2009
Extinction crisis continues apace
The latest update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ shows that 17,291 species out of the 47,677 assessed species are threatened with extinction.
Story | 20 Oct, 2009
Consuming The Future _ The Real Status of Biodiversity in Lao PDR
Story | 20 Oct, 2009
Finding Protected Area Funding Solutions
IUCN discusses protected areas funding with the Lao PDR government and non-governmental organisations.
Story | 20 Oct, 2009
Strategic Framework 2007 - 2011
Strategic Framework 2007–2011
(Conservation for Sustainable Livelihoods in Lao PDR – Refreshed Thinking)
Story | 20 Oct, 2009
The Ramsar Convention in Lao PDR
“Ramsar promotes integrated approaches to managing wetland systems so that human uses of these areas are undertaken to retain their natural values and ‘capital’ for future generations”
Story | 19 Oct, 2009
An Uncertain Future: Biodiversity and Livelihoods
The Mekong River is one of the greatest river systems on Earth. It is ranked as the twelfth-longest river in the world and eighth in terms of annual discharge. The seasonal variation in the water level and the range of wetland habitats inundated by the Mekong River provide the…
Story | 19 Oct, 2009
Exploring Water Futures Together
This report documents the proceedings of the Mekong
Region Waters Dialogue: Exploring Water FuturesStory | 19 Oct, 2009
Flow - The Essentials of Environmental Flows
An environmental flow is the water regime provided within a river, wetland or coastal zone to
maintain ecosystems and their benefits where there are competing water uses and where flows