Press release | 18 Dec, 2009
Copenhagen climate summit: Copenhagen Accord a step in right direction, but insufficient
Copenhagen, Denmark, 19 December 2009, IUCN - World leaders in Copenhagen have taken a first and useful step to slow the course of climate change – a threat that is already affecting people, ecosystems and biodiversity in many parts of the world. A global, legally-binding climate change treaty…
Story | 15 Dec, 2009
Australia's Biodversity and Climate Change
This document is a summary of the key issues for policymakers derived from a strategic assessment of the vulnerability of Australia’s biodiversity to the impacts of climate change.
Press release | 15 Dec, 2009
Don’t hold REDD hostage in Copenhagen
After good progress in week one, concerns remain that a deal on REDD-plus (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) could yet stall on a small number of unresolved issues, or could be sacrificed because of lack of progress in other areas of the bigger deal, says IUCN.
Press release | 30 Nov, 2009
Rhino poaching surges in Asia and Africa
Rhino poaching worldwide is on the rise, according to a new report by TRAFFIC and IUCN.
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.
Press release | 14 Sep, 2009
Bleak future for Mediterranean mammals – IUCN
The latest assessment of Mediterranean mammals shows that one in six is threatened with extinction at a regional level, according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.
Press release | 23 Aug, 2009
A Guide on Sustainable Overseas Forest Management and Utilization by Chinese Enterprises
A new guide book for sustainable forest management for Chinese enterprises working in overseas is available. Co-published by the State Forestry Administration (SFA) and Ministry of Finance (MOFCOM), the guide aims to enhance the guidance and regularization of the management and utilization of…
Press release | 12 May, 2009
World Ocean Conference, a fight to get oceans into the climate change debate
For immediate release: 11 May, 2009 Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, 11 May, 2009 (IUCN) – The Manado Ocean Declaration draft will be review at the World Ocean Congress in Manado urging the UN to put marine issues at the top of the agenda at the climate talks in Copenhagen.