Story | 28 Aug, 2011
IUCN and Shell sign Heads of Agreement
The world’s second largest energy company, Shell International, and the World Conservation Union (IUCN) have signed a “Heads of Agreement”, a type of pre-agreement, outlining the concepts and principles for strategic collaboration. This Agreement aims at scaling up a relationship that has been…
Story | 23 Aug, 2011
Winners of game-show “Adaptation to Climate Change” announced at IUCN-Holcim Summer Campaign Closing
On July 30-31, 2011, a game-show with the theme “Adaptation to Climate Change” was organized in Phu My Town in Ba Ria-Vung Tau, two hours south of HCMC, to mark the end of the IUCN-Holcim Summer Campaign 2011. IUCN, Holcim and UNIAD, a Hochiminh city (HCMC) - based entertainment company,…
Story | 18 Aug, 2011
Young writers' forest letter contest - Barbados and China win!
A Great Oak in Guyana’s Windsor Forest and an observant little tree ‘prepared to care for humanity’ helped 15-year-old Charlée Gittens from Barbados and 13-year-old Wang Sa from China to win gold medals in the Universal Postal Union’s 40th International Letter-Writing Competition for Young…
Story | 16 Aug, 2011
North Sea Oil Spill - Update to IUCN's Council Private Sector Task Force
An update from IUCN Director General Julia Marton-Lefèvre to the IUCN Council Private Sector Task Force concerning Shell's recent oil spill in the North Sea.
Story | 11 Aug, 2011
● Rangelands development and extension services should build on pastoral indigenous rangelands knowledge ● Pastoral rangeland management capacity can be strengthened through support to customary institutions ● Local and global monitoring of rangelands degradation should use local knowledge to…
Story | 09 Aug, 2011
Removing rats, restoring islands
A unique international project partnership involving IUCN Member organizations, the Royal Society for Protection of Birds, The Nature Conservancy and the US Fish & Wildlife Service is helping to restore a series of islands and seabird habitats in the Pacific by removing alien invasive rats…
Story | 27 Jul, 2011
Building Climate Change Resilience for African Livestock in Sub-Saharan Africa
This scoping study was carried out to identify entry points for building the resilience of livestock systems to climate change and variability.
Story | 27 Jul, 2011
Briefing Note - Supporting adaptation to climate change in Africa's livestock sector
Livestock production is increasing throughout Africa, driven by human population growth, improving living standards and urbanization. Seventy percent of the rural poor own livestock and over 200 million people rely on livestock for income.
Press release | 07 Jul, 2011
Increased protection urgently needed for tunas
For the first time, all species of scombrids (tunas, bonitos, mackerels and Spanish mackerels) and billfishes (swordfish and marlins) have been assessed for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Of the 61 known species, seven are classified in a threatened category, being at serious risk of…
IUCN Statement | 28 Jun, 2011
More World Heritage Sites, more challenges for conservation
Paris, France, 29 June, 2011. Four outstanding natural sites in Kenya, Jordan, Australia and Japan were given World Heritage status following the advice of IUCN to the World Heritage Committee, which closes today in Paris. An extension to an existing World Heritage Site in Ukraine and Slovakia…