Story | 01 Nov, 2011
Europe’s overseas territories need more protection
Giant “Mountain Chicken” frogs, the 25 million bird island, and a rainforest the size of Portugal are increasingly threatened by the impacts of climate change and in need of greater protection, according to a new report published by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature).
Story | 30 Oct, 2011
arborvitae Issue 44 - Forests: a legal challenge
Story | 17 Oct, 2011
IUCN’s Caroline Edgar recently spent two weeks living, breathing and talking penguins on South Africa’s famous Robben Island and her life will never be the same.
Story | 10 Oct, 2011
Natural Solutions: Protected Areas helping people deal with desertification and drought
Drylands occupy approximately 40% of Earth's land area and are home to more than two billion people.
Story | 29 Sep, 2011
This report is the result of the co-operation of seventeen partners from four continents—all of them engaged in activities to improve the livelihoods of mobile livestock keepers. The organizing question of this collaboration was, how do mobile livestock keepers—i.e.
Press release | 29 Sep, 2011
Experts Identify World’s Most Threatened Sea Turtle Populations
Top sea turtle experts from around the globe have discovered that almost half (45%) of the world’s threatened sea turtle populations are found in the northern Indian Ocean. The study also determined that the most significant threats across all of the threatened populations of sea turtles are…
Story | 25 Sep, 2011
IUCN is deeply saddened by the loss of Wangari Maathai, one of Africa’s foremost environmental campaigners and a great advocate for social justice, human rights, peace and democracy. Wangari Maathai has passed away in Nairobi at the age of 71.
Press release | 04 Sep, 2011
Whales & dolphins need more protected areas
A new book, Marine Protected Areas for Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises is released, calling for accelerated efforts to conserve marine mammals by protecting a greater area of the ocean. Currently only 1.3% of the ocean is protected but many new Marine Protected Areas are being created. Erich Hoyt…
Story | 01 Sep, 2011
IUCN-UNCCD Retreat 13-14 July 2011, Gland
In July 2011 IUCN hosted the secretariat of the UNCCD at IUCN headquarters in Gland to agree on a comprehensive plan of action for greater collaboration and synergy between both organizations.
Story | 18 Aug, 2011
Young writers' forest letter contest - Barbados and China win!
A Great Oak in Guyana’s Windsor Forest and an observant little tree ‘prepared to care for humanity’ helped 15-year-old Charlée Gittens from Barbados and 13-year-old Wang Sa from China to win gold medals in the Universal Postal Union’s 40th International Letter-Writing Competition for Young…