Press release | 21 Mar, 2011
World Water Day Celebrated by IUCN Pakistan
Quetta: IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature Pakistan in collaboration with Environmental Protection Agency, Government of Balochistan organised a seminar titled: Water for Cities: Responding to the Urban Challenge on occasion of the World Water Day 2011. Sardar…
Story | 23 Feb, 2011
Keep the Lagoons of New Caledonia intact
An IUCN-led monitoring mission to the Lagoons of New Caledonia in the French Pacific Ocean archipelago, will look at how the site is managed, evaluate the impact of mining activities in the buffer zone and identify no-take zones.
Story | 20 Jan, 2011
arborvitae Issue 42 - Communicating Forest Values
Press release | 18 Jan, 2011
Islamabad – January 19, 2011 A two-day workshop on Upper Lower Riparian Issues and Options concluded today in Islamabad. The workshop was organised by IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Press release | 17 Jan, 2011
Islamabad – January 18, 2011 IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature inaugurated a two-day Workshop on Upper Lower Riparian Issues and Options at Islamabad We need mutual trust and science based multi-stakeholder dialogues to understand and resolve upper lower riparian issues and…
Press release | 13 Jan, 2011
Freshwater species at risk in Eastern Himalaya development surge
Development of water resources in the Eastern Himalaya region is expanding at a rapid rate and there is a serious lack of information to guide conservation and development planning. This is putting freshwater ecosystems and the species within them at risk, along with the livelihoods and…
Story | 02 Jan, 2011
IUCN welcomes ‘Forests 2011’ - International Year of Forests
The world’s forests are essential to life in all its diversity and to attaining humanity’s biggest goals such as reducing poverty, curbing climate change and achieving sustainable development. Throughout 2011 IUCN will work towards making sure that forests deliver their maximum potential for…
Press release | 28 Nov, 2010
Suleman Markhor spotted in the mountain range of Ziarat
Ziarat, October 29, 2010 (IUCN) – IUCN Pakistan Ziarat undertook the first ever survey of wildlife focusing on wild ungulates inhabiting the area. The purpose of the survey was to confirm occurrence of surviving population of Straight-horned Suleman Markhor -Capra falconerijerdoni in the…
Press release | 21 Nov, 2010
Strategic Plan for Conservation of Marine Turtles in Pakistan
Karachi, November 22, 2010 IUCN Pakistan under its Balochistan Partnerships for Sustainable Development Programme inaugurated a 4-Day workshop titled: “Finalization of Strategic Plan for Conservation of Marine Turtles in Pakistan” at a local hotel in Karachi.
Press release | 22 Sep, 2010
IUCN Pakistan Signs agreement with Barclays Bank PLC, Pakistan
Karachi, Pakistan: IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Pakistan and Barclays Bank entered into a partnership on 23 September, 2010. The agreement was signed by Mr. Shah Murad Aliani, Country Representative IUCN Pakistan and Mr. Arslan Nayeem, Head of Commercial Bank, Barclays…