Press release | 12 May, 2009
Ocean protection: we cannot afford to fail – IUCN
The most pressing marine environmental issues will be addressed at the first International Marine Conservation Congress in Washington D.C. from May 19 to 24. The Congress aims to put conservation science into practice and will address climate change, poverty and globalization, marine protected…
Story | 30 Apr, 2009
Defining Protected Areas : An international conference in Almeria, Spain 2007
The “Categories Summit” which is reported in these proceedings was a major contribution to the revision of the IUCN protected area management categories.
Story | 30 Apr, 2009
Azores Scientific Criteria and Guidance
Azores Scientific Criteria and Guidance for identifying ecologically or biologically significant marine areas and designing representative networks of marine protected areas in open ocean waters and deep sea habitats
Story | 29 Apr, 2009
Serial Natural World Heritage Properties
An initial analysis of the present situation of serial natural World Heritage properties.
IUCN World Heritage Studies No 6
Story | 28 Apr, 2009
Supporting Protected Area Management in Fiji
The IUCN Regional Office for Oceania is pleased to announce the release of a legal briefing paper on existing legal mechanisms for establishment and management of terrestrial protected areas in Fiji. The paper was prepared by IUCN on behalf of Birdlife International. The paper is intended to…
Press release | 07 Apr, 2009
The seminar, which was organised by CEIDA (
Press release | 30 Mar, 2009
Wilderness Bill Clears the House on Its Second Go-Round
The New York Times, Mireya Navarro, 26 March 2009 The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to grant wilderness status to two million acres of public land in nine states from California to West Virginia, the largest expansion of protected national wild lands in 15 years.
Press release | 26 Mar, 2009
Six new protected areas created in Brazilian Amazonian state
On this Thursday, March 26th, the Amazonas state government will announce the new areas, totaling over 2.3 million hectares. They will complete the protected area mosaic in the BR-319 highway area of influence.
Story | 25 Mar, 2009
San Clementte del Tuyú, Buenos Aires Province Argentina
Prepared by Andrea Michelson, Regional coordinator for the Initiative in South America
Story | 18 Mar, 2009
THIS ISSUE OF PARKS deals with the Durban+5 Meeting, held in Cape Town in April 2008.
This meeting brought together the world’s foremost leaders in protected areas to discuss progress in implementing the key recommendations from the landmark Vth IUCN World Parks Congress, held in Durban,…