Story | 05 Feb, 2013
Protected Areas Governance and Management E-book newsletter
Press release | 25 Jan, 2013
Energy utility RWE and IUCN join forces for nature
Essen, Germany/Gland, Switzerland, 25 January 2013 – Today, Germany’s number one power producer RWE and IUCN signed a three-year agreement on biodiversity management at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The aim is to further integrate protection of biological diversity into the corporate…
Story | 22 Jan, 2013
Tracking sharks with the Rolex Awards for Enterprise
Barbara Block, a renowned marine scientist received a 2012 Rolex Award for Enterprise. Her award will be used to monitor the activity of sharks off the coast of California and increase public awareness of the marine environment.
Story | 09 Jan, 2013
Lebanon's Marine Protected Areas Strategy
Lebanon's Ministry of Environment and IUCN with the support of partners such as the Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas and UN Development Programme have brought forward a Marine Protected Areas Strategy aimed at achieving a healthy, productive, and biologically diverse marine…
Story | 07 Jan, 2013
Lebanon moves forward to protect marine habitats
Lebanon's Ministry of Environment and IUCN with the support of partners such as the Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (UN Environment Programme-Barcelona Convention) have brought forward a Marine Protected Areas Strategy aimed at achieving a healthy, productive, and…
Story | 03 Jan, 2013
US Secretary of State accolade for former IUCN Director General
As part of the 40th anniversary celebrations of the World Heritage Convention, former IUCN Director General Dr Lee Talbot has been awarded by the US Secretary of State for his leadership in helping to make the Convention a reality.
Story | 18 Dec, 2012
Five new African World Heritage sites
Five new African world heritage sites were inscribed this year on the World Heritage List, including the first site for Chad (Lakes of Ounianga), Cameroon, Congo and the Central African…
Story | 12 Dec, 2012
December 2012
Protected Areas, Tourism and the Aichi Targets
Story | 22 Nov, 2012
Gland, Switzerland, 22 November 2012 – Flagship species conservation initiative Save Our Species (SOS) is expanding its work with US$ 2.5 million funding for 25 new projects.
Story | 21 Nov, 2012
Gland, Switzerland, 22 November 2012 (IUCN) Flagship species conservation initiative Save Our Species (SOS) is expanding its work with US$ 2.5 million funding for 25 new projects.