Press release | 23 Jul, 2008
Seagrass meadows in “hot water” – IUCN
Seagrass meadows are essential to commercial species such as prawns
Story | 03 Jul, 2008
Closing the Net: Stopping Illegal Fishing on the High Seas
Closing the Net: Stopping Illegal Fishing on the High Seas
Story | 03 Jul, 2008
This publication lists options for international action, a 15-pager presents an executive summary.
Story | 02 Jul, 2008
Shark Depredation and Unwanted Bycatch in Pelagic Longline Fisheries
Shark Depredation and Unwanted Bycatch in Pelagic Longline Fisheries
Story | 02 Jul, 2008
Guide for the Sustainable Development of Mediterranean Aquaculture: Interaction between Aquaculture and the Environment
Press release | 22 May, 2008
You can swim but you can’t hide – more oceanic sharks on the IUCN Red List
Bonn, Germany, May 22, 2008 (IUCN/Wiley-Blackwell) – The first study to determine the global status of 21 species of oceanic pelagic sharks and rays reveals that 11 of them are threatened with extinction, says IUCN on International Biodiversity Day.
Press release | 19 May, 2008
Don’t let invasive biofuel crops attack your country, warn top scientists
Bonn, Germany, May 20, 2008 (IUCN/GISP) – Countries should avoid planting crops for biofuels that stand a high risk of becoming invasive species, according to a report released today.
Press release | 18 May, 2008
IUCN Red List 2008 for birds: Climate change and continental drift
Bonn, Germany, 19 May, 2008 (BirdLife/IUCN) – Climate change has become firmly established as an accelerant to many of the factors which have put one in eight of the world's birds at risk of extinction, today’s publication of the 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species äassessment for birds…
Story | 06 May, 2008
A summary in images based on five years of research outside and on ICRISAT Sahelian Center, Niamey, Niger funded by the Ministry for International Cooperation, The Hague, The Netherlands, through Wageningen Agricultural University