Press release | 22 May, 2008
Restoring natural habitats in Myanmar a reconstruction priority, says IUCN
Gland, Switzerland, May 23, 2008 (IUCN) – IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) offers to share its broad environmental experience to help with the reconstruction efforts in Myanmar. A vital long-term environmental need is to restore coastal ecosystems, following the catastrophic…
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 | 13 Apr, 2008
Training World Heritage site managers is one of the most valuable investments in heritage conservation, particularly as these sites confront the challenges of increasing flows of tourism and diminishing flows of international assistance for conservation and management. This is why UNESCO's World…
Story | 04 Mar, 2008
Ecosystems, Livelihoods and Disasters
Sudmeier-Rieux, Karen, ed. ; Masundire, Hillary, ed. ; Rizvi, Ali, ed. ; Rietbergen, Simon, ed. IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management ; International Water Management Institute ; CARE International