Story | 16 Apr, 2015
Surveys funded by SOS lead to an increase of the known population of Yuanbaoshan firs
The known population size of the Critically Endangered Yuanbaoshan fir (Abies yuanbaoshanensis) more than doubled following extensive surveys in Yuanbaoshan National Nature Reserve (NNR), China in 2014. IUCN Member, Fauna & Flora International’s Xiaoya Li explains what this discovery means…
Press release | 09 Feb, 2015
Political Dialogue on ‘Commuting with Dignity’
The Pakistan Sustainable Transport (PAKSTRAN) Project organized a political dialogue in Islamabad today to reaffirm the need for sustainable transport systems in the country and to discuss the stance of prominent political parties of the country on the issue of mass transit systems.
Press release | 20 Jan, 2015
In a meeting comprising donors and development sector experts, IUCN Pakistan highlighted some of the major environmental issues, mainly water, that are highly likely to plague the country in coming years.
Story | 15 Jan, 2015
Mount Huangshan: first World Heritage site on the IUCN Green List
China’s Mount Huangshan was the first World Heritage site to achieve the IUCN Green List of Protected Areas Standard, based on conservation excellence recognised in the IUCN World Heritage Outlook.
Story | 10 Dec, 2014
To help celebrate more than 50 years of the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) work protecting our global natural heritage, Terre Sauvage has published a special edition of their renowned wildlife magazine.
Press release | 17 Nov, 2014
National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan Revision Announcement
The Office of the Inspector general Forests (OIGF) Climate Change Division of the Government of Pakistan through its Biodiversity Directorate is currently focusing on implementing a Strategic Plan and Aichi Biodiversity Targets 2011-2020.
Press release | 17 Nov, 2014
Global appetite for resources pushing new species to the brink – IUCN Red List
Pacific Bluefin Tuna, Chinese Pufferfish, American Eel, Chinese Cobra and an Australian butterfly are threatened with extinction
Press release | 11 Nov, 2014
Global forum on protected areas puts nature at the heart of a sustainable future
IUCN World Parks Congress 2014 opens today in Sydney
Press release | 24 Sep, 2014
SUKKUR: In a brief but momentous ceremony held in Sukkur today, the rare turtles smuggled from Pakistan into China and repatriated recently were released in their native habitat alongside the Indus River in Kalar block near Rohri. The long journey home for the black pond turtle also marks a…
Story | 10 Sep, 2014
A good news story unfolds for mantas and sharks
What did it take to get here? And what will it take to go further? asks Isabel Ender, Conservation Strategy Manager with the Manta Trust, an SOS Grantee.