Story | 28 Apr, 2009
Supporting Protected Area Management in Fiji
The IUCN Regional Office for Oceania is pleased to announce the release of a legal briefing paper on existing legal mechanisms for establishment and management of terrestrial protected areas in Fiji. The paper was prepared by IUCN on behalf of Birdlife International. The paper is intended to…
Press release | 07 Apr, 2009
The seminar, which was organised by CEIDA (
Press release | 30 Mar, 2009
Wilderness Bill Clears the House on Its Second Go-Round
The New York Times, Mireya Navarro, 26 March 2009 The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to grant wilderness status to two million acres of public land in nine states from California to West Virginia, the largest expansion of protected national wild lands in 15 years.
Press release | 26 Mar, 2009
Six new protected areas created in Brazilian Amazonian state
On this Thursday, March 26th, the Amazonas state government will announce the new areas, totaling over 2.3 million hectares. They will complete the protected area mosaic in the BR-319 highway area of influence.
Story | 25 Mar, 2009
San Clementte del Tuyú, Buenos Aires Province Argentina
Prepared by Andrea Michelson, Regional coordinator for the Initiative in South America
Story | 18 Mar, 2009
THIS ISSUE OF PARKS deals with the Durban+5 Meeting, held in Cape Town in April 2008.
This meeting brought together the world’s foremost leaders in protected areas to discuss progress in implementing the key recommendations from the landmark Vth IUCN World Parks Congress, held in Durban,…
Press release | 16 Feb, 2009
Kenton R. Miller Award for Innovation in Protected Area Sustainability open for Nominations
The 2009 Miller Award will recognize individuals that have innovated a new mechanism, policy, tool, or field practice that will promote the sustainability of Wilderness Areas. Wilderness Areas (both categories 1a and 1b), are defined in the IUCN Category Guidelines, 2008.
IUCN WCPA and…
Story | 16 Feb, 2009
3ieme Semaine des Aires Protégées au Bénin
L’organisation de la Troisième Semaine Nationale des Aires Protégées du Bénin, a pour but de rendre compte de manière démonstrative des opportunités et des acquis relatifs à la gestion des aires protégées et d'innover en se fondant sur l'expertise de différents acteurs.
Story | 15 Feb, 2009
Management Effectiveness evaluation in protected areas - A global study
Fiona Leverington, Marc Hockings, and Katia Lemos Costa
Story | 15 Feb, 2009
Fiona Leverington, Marc Hockings, Helena Pavese, Katia Lemos Costa, and Josee Courrau
In this supplementary report we present some principles and a checklist for choosing a methodology, and summarise a selection of methodologies that have been used in different regions of the world for…