Story | 11 Jul, 2017
IUCN WCPA announces finalists for the Kenton Miller Award 2017
Named for Dr Kenton R. Miller, one of the leading figures in international protected area conservation, the award honours innovation in protected area management. The winner of the award will be announced at IMPAC4, the 4th International Marine Protected Areas Congress, taking place in September…
Story | 28 Jun, 2017
Dr Graeme Worboys, lifelong protected area advocate
Tracking frogs around the veranda, delighting in spying snakes slithering in the nearby creek, exploring the rugged terrain of Victoria, Australia, as part of the Scouts, spending a stint in high school as a seasonal ranger in the iconic Wilsons Promontory National Park—these early experiences …
Story | 07 Mar, 2017
Finnish Nature League’s Wolf Ambassadors Win Biodiversity Award 2015-2016
The Wolf Ambassadors of the Finnish Nature League - Luonto-Liitto won the Biodiversity Award 2015-2016 of the IUCN National Committee of Finland. The Wolf Ambassadors were awarded on 7 February 2017 in Helsinki.
Story | 01 Aug, 2016
The Winners of the 2016 « Water and Environment » Media Competition
The West and Central Africa Programme of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN-PACO) within the framework of the Partnership for Environmental Governance in West Africa (PAGE), the Regional Partnership for the Conservation of Coastal and Marine area in West Africa (PRCM) and…
Story | 16 Jun, 2016
Reef Manager’s Guide to Stewardship
"Helping people work together to improve the outlook for coral reefs and communities"
Story | 01 Jun, 2016
Media competition « Water and environment » 2016
The International Union for Conservation of Nature Central Africa and West African Programme (IUCN/ PACO) as part of its program "Partnership for environmental Governance in West Africa (PAGE)", Global Water Partnership West Africa (GWP / WA ) and the Regional Partnership for the Conservation of…
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 | 27 Mar, 2015
Finland to host the next IUCN Regional Conservation Forum for Europe, North and Central Asia
IUCN officially announces Helsinki, Finland, as the host of the 2015 Regional Conservation Forum for Europe, North and Central Asia, from 14 to 17 December 2015.
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