Press release | 07 Jan, 2010
International Year of Biodiversity - investing in nature, improving lives
The International Year of Biodiversity has been launched at a ceremony in Berlin with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel warning that the world will face "enormous costs" if no action is taken to tackle climate change and to secure biodiversity.
Press release | 18 Dec, 2009
Species on climate change hit list named
The Arctic Fox, Leatherback Turtle and Koala are among the species destined to be hardest hit by climate change, according to a new IUCN review.
Press release | 02 Nov, 2009
Extinction crisis continues apace
The latest update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ shows that 17,291 species out of the 47,677 assessed species are threatened with extinction.
Press release | 28 Sep, 2009
Dragonflies go thirsty in the Mediterranean
One fifth of Mediterranean dragonflies and damselflies are threatened with extinction at the regional level as a result of increasing freshwater scarcity, according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.
Story | 20 Aug, 2009
Proceedings of the Technical Workshop on Mitigating Sea Turtle Bycatch in Coastal Net Fisheries
Proceedings of the Technical Workshop on Mitigating Sea Turtle Bycatch in Coastal Net Fisheries
Press release | 19 Aug, 2009
Full worth of wetlands can now be revealed
A new way to assess the real worth of wetlands has been released today by IUCN. It is now possible to measure the economic value of a wetland at the same time as assessing species that live there and the importance of a wetland for people’s livelihoods.
Press release | 19 Jul, 2009
Ganges River Dolphin in dire straits
Dolphin hotspots must be protected if the Ganges River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica) is to survive in the Brahmaputra river system, according to a recent study.
Press release | 24 Jun, 2009
Third of open ocean sharks threatened with extinction
The first study to determine the global conservation status of 64 species of open ocean (pelagic) sharks and rays reveals that 32 percent are threatened with extinction, primarily due to overfishing, according to the IUCN Shark Specialist Group.
Story | 23 Mar, 2009
The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in southern Africa
W.R.T. Darwall, K.G. Smith, D. Tweddle and P. Skelton
Press release | 21 Mar, 2009
Wake up: Nature has solution for world water crisis, says IUCN
Ministers at the World Water Forum need to pay more attention to the environment if they want to solve the world’s water crisis, according to IUCN.