Story | 26 Jun, 2011
arborvitae Issue 43 - Attending to gender
Story | 26 Jun, 2011
SOS Call for Proposals now open
The first SOS Call for Proposals is now open, accepting Threatened Species and Rapid Action Grants. Deadline for applications is August 12, 2011.
Story | 26 Jun, 2011
Poverty and environmental degradation go hand-in-hand throughout the world; each can cause the other. With the global population likely to reach nine billion by 2050 there is an urgent need to address both in tandem when devising new economic development models.
Press release | 31 May, 2011
New international report to secure natural riches of North Africa and the Middle East
An international conservation project has brought together botanists and scientists from the Middle East and North Africa - Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Syria and Tunisia - in an unprecedented bid to secure the future of the region’s…
Story | 31 May, 2011
Important Plant Areas of the south and east Mediterranean region - Priority sites for conservation
Editors: E.A. Radford, G. Catullo and B. de Montmollin
Story | 30 May, 2011
IUCN welcomes 24 new Members and 3 National Committees
On 25 May 2011, the 76th Meeting of the IUCN Council admitted 24 new Members to IUCN and officially recognized 3 National Committees.
Story | 23 May, 2011
Video in Arabic, Chinese, French, Hebrew and Spanish: Love. Not Loss.
This popular video is now available in six languages. Screen it at your next event and start people talking about how to 'communicate biodiversity'.
Story | 29 Apr, 2011
Expanding IUCN's science engagement for better conservation
Expanding IUCN's science engagement for better conservation
Story | 28 Apr, 2011
Expanding IUCN’s science engagement for better conservation
IUCN welcomes distinguished scientists from around the world and a wide variety of disciplines to the new IUCN Science Advisory Board.
Story | 21 Apr, 2011
Global forestry institutions call for more community-based forest management
The leading international organizations working to protect and manage the world’s forests are calling for governments across the globe to increase communities’ role in forest management. Doing so could contribute to lifting close to a billion people out of poverty, as well as improve the health…