Story | 06 Oct, 2016
Asia Protected Areas Partnership continues to gain momentum
IUCN Asia’s regional protected areas initiative, the Asia Protected Areas Partnership (APAP), has made significant headway with the adoption of the APAP constitution, alongside several other new developments.
Story | 07 Sep, 2016
"The Biodiversity Sri Lanka (BSL) (http://biodiversitysrilanka.org) coordinates the private sector interests in biodiversity conservation.
Story | 22 Jun, 2016
Empowering schools on nature: Training of teachers on highland ecosystems
Engaging schools and school teachers on the value and role of natural resources is one of the best investments towards conservation and sustainable management of natural resources.
Story | 22 Jun, 2016
Artificial reef building at Unawatuna with private sector support
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Holcim Lanka Ltd deployed fifteen artificial reef structures at Unawatuna, southern Sri Lanka in 2008 to increase reef area available for corals and associated reef organisms.
Story | 16 Jun, 2016
Reef Manager’s Guide to Stewardship
"Helping people work together to improve the outlook for coral reefs and communities"
Story | 10 Nov, 2015
Parks Journal 21.2 November 2015
Edited by Sue Stolton and Nigel Dudley, Equilibrium Research and IUCN WCPA.
Press release | 24 Jun, 2015
Climate change and dams threaten natural World Heritage, warns IUCN
Climate change and large dam projects are putting natural World Heritage sites at risk, says IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, the official advisory body on nature to UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee, meeting this Sunday in Bonn, Germany.
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
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
Story | 14 Oct, 2014
Tiger conservation programme launches call for proposals
Today, IUCN’s Integrated Tiger Habitat Conservation Programme (ITHCP) is launching a call for field-based projects for tiger conservation. Nine tiger range countries are eligible for funding…