Story | 22 Mar, 2009
Planning for a sustainable energy future: IUCN reacts to Shell’s Strategy Update
Last week Shell repeated its intention to disinvest in wind and solar power and concentrate its efforts and investments on biofuels. IUCN takes note of Shell’s decision and hopes that it can be convinced to show more leadership in renewable energy in the future.
Story | 14 Mar, 2009
Implementing Sustainable Bioenergy Production
Implementing Sustainable Bioenergy Production: A Compilation of Tools and Approaches
Story | 14 Feb, 2009
CORDIO Asia Final Report - Management of Climate Change Impacts on Coral Reefs and Coastal Ecosystems in Tsunami-affected Areas of the Andaman Sea and South Asia
Story | 11 Feb, 2009
Sustainable Livelihoods Enhancement and Diversification (SLED): A Manual for Practitioners
A manual for practicioners
Story | 11 Feb, 2009
Systematic approaches to livelihoods enhancement and diversification: A review of global experiences
A Review of Global Experiences
Story | 11 Feb, 2009
Scientists concerned about Sakhalin Energy’s inadequate collaboration on whale conservation
The 5th Report from the Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel (WGWAP) published last week expressed strong concerns about Sakhalin Energy’s inadequate collaboration on whale conservation on the Sakhalin shelf in eastern Russia. The Sakhalin shelf is not only the location of one of the largest oil…
Press release | 02 Feb, 2009
MacArthur awards IUCN and WWF $2 million for climate adaptation
IUCN and WWF will receive $2 million from the MacArthur Foundation to develop an adaptation network that will help some of the world’s most vulnerable ecosystems and societies cope with the impacts of a changing climate.
Press release | 02 Feb, 2009
Dive into the oceans with Google Earth
Very little is known about oceans. That’s why very little - less than one percent - of the Earth’s oceans are protected, compared to 12 percent of the land surface. ‘Ocean in Google Earth’, launching today, lets virtual voyagers find out what marine species live where and discover marine…
Story | 13 Jan, 2009
The World's Protected Areas: Status Value and Prospects in the 21st Century
Stuart Chape is Program Manager—Island Ecosystems Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program (SPREP), and formerly Head—World Heritage and Protected Areas Program, UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Mark D. Spalding, lead author of the popular …
Story | 06 Jan, 2009
Adrift : tales of ocean fragility
Campagna, Claudio, ed. ; Sadovy de Mitcheson, Yvonne, ed. ; Pilcher, Nicolas, ed. ; Hurd, Andrew, ed. ; Griffin, Julie, ed. ISBN 978-2-8317-1070-9