Press release | 21 Mar, 2014
Assessing countries’ true land restoration potential now possible, says IUCN
The largest landscape restoration initiative in history gained further momentum today - the International Day of Forests - as IUCN and other partners provide the world’s nations with new guidance on assessing their national restoration potential.
Story | 19 Feb, 2014
Keeping the Outstanding Exceptional: The Future of World Heritage in Australia
This publication was generated following a 2012 symposium in Cairns, Australia.
The publication is the primary output from Australia marking the 40th anniversary 'Year of the World Heritage Convention' celebrated by UNESCO in 2012.
Story | 19 Feb, 2014
Conserving Australia’s Marine Environment: Key Directions Statement
"Australia is an island continent, our land is ‘girt by sea’ and the health and productivity of those seas are critical to our nation’s future.
The next decade should be one of continuing progress in all aspects of marine conservation at local, state, territory and national level and…
Story | 04 Feb, 2014
Entrepreneurship for World Heritage in Africa: sign up to the workshop
The African World Heritage Fund (AWHF), in partnership with the Centre for Heritage Development in Africa (CHDA) and Ecole du Patrimoine Africain (EPA), launch the call for applications for the training workshops on entrepreneurship.
Press release | 02 Feb, 2014
IUCN welcomes Total’s ‘no-go’ commitment in World Heritage sites
Oil and gas company Total has confirmed that it will not carry out extractive operations within natural World Heritage sites, including Virunga National Park. IUCN welcomes this decision and calls on all oil and gas companies to follow suit.
Story | 24 Sep, 2013
Visualizing Sustainable Landscapes
IUCN’s visualizing sustainable landscapes is a manual aimed to support the environmental community who is using visualization techniques to communicate both abstract and concrete ideas when dealing with conservation and development situations.…
Publication | 2012
Protected landscapes and wild biodiversity
Publication | 2010
Parks and reserves of Ghana : management effectiveness assessment of protected areas
Publication | 2004
Conservation on private lands : the Australian experience
Publication | 1995
Forest protection in Ghana with particular reference to vegetation and plant species
Forest management in Ghana is in a transition period. This report looks at the historical background and forest condition today, summarises a recent botanical survey, and offers recommendations for a new management regime given the seriously threatened state of many forest reserves.