Story | 27 Mar, 2017
Are we truly connected in today’s high frequency world?
In September last year, the IUCN World Conservation Congress—Planet at the Crossroads—brought together in Hawai’i more than 10,000 participants from 180 countries, including top scientists and academics, world leaders and decision makers from governments, civil society, indigenous peoples, and…
Story | 24 Mar, 2017
Recognising the value of wood: IUCN contributes to the debate
On 21 March 2017, in celebration of International Day of Forests, IUCN Europe participated in “The Value of Wood Forum”. Organised by REVOLVE Media and hosted by Paul Brannen, Member of the European Parliament Socialists & Democrats Group (S&D), at the Residence Palace in Brussels,…
Story | 21 Mar, 2017
The Russian President has declared 2017 the Year of Ecology. This decision will draw public attention towards environmental issues, support the protection of ecological and biological diversity and reinforce ecological security of the country. The Action Plan for the Year of Ecology provides for…
Story | 21 Mar, 2017
New coalition - Save Albanian Bears
In the last months, INCA has initiated collaboration with the international organization Four PAWS, national institutions and partners to work on the wildlife mistreatment and captivity, focusing on the Brown Bear as the most vulnerable species in this respect in the country. Currently, some 40…
Story | 17 Mar, 2017
Restoring the connection between forests and human health
Forests play a crucial role in supporting our mental and physical health, yet this is often overlooked within health strategies, education programmes, and in everyday human lifestyles. In the 2017 Spring Issue of REVOLVE Magazine, Chantal van Ham and Helen Klimmek from the IUCN European Regional…
Story | 08 Mar, 2017
Empowering women in water management - International Women's Day 2017
IUCN is committed to gender equality. To support International Women's Day, the Water Programme compiled some of their most recent efforts to empower women in decisions and actions for sustainable water management.
Press release | 09 Feb, 2017
Intensive agriculture and wildfires threaten over a quarter of Europe’s grasshoppers and crickets
Over a quarter of European grasshopper, cricket and bush cricket species are being driven to extinction by unsustainable agricultural practices and the growing frequency of wildfires in Europe, a new IUCN report has found.
Story | 26 Jan, 2017
World Wetlands Day: Strengthening resilience and collaboration to reduce disaster risk
On February 2nd the world celebrates its wetlands – complex ecosystems that provide a wide variety of services and benefits for people and nature. Wetlands such as estuaries, mangroves, marshes, and swamps play, beyond their biological role, a key part in helping people cope with disasters. Yet…
Story | 26 Jan, 2017
IUCN European Work Programme 2017-2020: signed, sealed and ready for implementation
The IUCN European Work Programme 2017-2020 outlines the areas of work IUCN's European region will focus on over the next four years and is the product of extensive consultation and discussion with IUCN's European Members and experts. It follows the same structure and subresults as the IUCN…
Story | 04 Nov, 2016
Living Planet Report predicts global vertebrate population to drop by two-thirds by 2020
The latest Living Planet Report 2016, published by WWF in collaboration with Global Footprint Network and Zoological Society of London, shows that the overexploitation of natural resources due to human activities could cause wildlife worldwide to decline by 67% by 2020.