Story | 16 Apr, 2018
World Wetlands Day Celebration at Tata Steel Zoological Park, Jamshedpur, India
CEESP News - by Dr Hishmi Jamil Husain, Head, Environment & Forest Management, Tata Steel Ltd.
Blog | 06 Apr, 2018
Blog: The shape of water - reflections from the 8th World Water Forum
By Claire Warmenbol - ‘The Shape of Water’, quite symbolically the title of the movie I watched on route to Brasilia for the 8th World Water Forum, reminded me (much like the Avatar movie) about the mystery, strength and silence of nature…and the need…
Story | 05 Apr, 2018
Obituary: Dr Dhrubjyoti Ghosh, pioneer of wetland conservation in Eastern India
Former Regional Chair for South Asia of the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management and a noted Kolkata wetlands warrior, Dhrubajyoti Ghosh expired suddenly on 16 February 2018. This was painful news and indeed a great loss for IUCN.
…Story | 28 Mar, 2018
Important Marine Mammal Areas : 46 new candidates
"We have put up our biggest numbers so far,” said Task Force co-chair Erich Hoyt. “A total of 46 candidate IMMAs.”
Story | 26 Feb, 2018
World Wetlands Day celebration - 2018
On the occasion of the World Wetlands Day on February 02, 2018, the Department of Environmental Economics at Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) and HASHOO Foundation organized a panel discussion at the Joint Combination Room (JCR). The theme for this year is “Wetlands for…
Story | 10 Feb, 2018
Freshwater habitat encounters alarming acidification and phosphorus pollution
Story | 07 Feb, 2018
IUCN Pakistan in collaboration with Engro Foundation, organized an awareness-raising campaign for schools located around the Karachi’s Rehri Goth and Ibrahim Hyderi villages on the occasion of World Wetlands Day on 2nd February 2018.
Story | 05 Feb, 2018
New research reveals a global rise in emerging invasive alien species
IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) has contributed to research published today in the journal ‘Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences’, which highlights the urgent need for governments to develop measures to control the spread of emerging alien…
Story | 04 Feb, 2018
World Wetlands Day 2018: Symposium on ‘State of Wetlands in Dhaka City and Future Direction’
On 1 February 2018, the Bangladesh National Committee of IUCN Members organised a symposium in Dhaka, Bangladesh, to celebrate World Wetlands Day 2018, which takes place on 2 February.
Story | 23 Jan, 2018
IUCN contributes to a new paper which aims to help combat Invasive Alien Species
The IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group has made a major contribution to a paper published today in the journal Scientific Data, which provides a detailed description of the data behind The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS).