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
Members of the Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel, an independent scientific body convened by IUCN, have voiced their concern to Exxon Neftegaz Ltd. over plans to build an oil pipeline and an ice bridge across the Piltun Lagoon on the Sakhalin Island. The Lagoon is believed to be of crucial…
Story | 20 Apr, 2008
A Sustainable Tuna Roundtable is being held today, hosted by IUCN and the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council. It will bring together the tuna fishing industry and the retail industry in an attempt to get both industries to agree on a single set of standards to assess the sustainability…
Press release | 06 Mar, 2008
Recognition: Male Warriors Supporting Women’s Empowerment in Environmental Conservation
Story | 05 Mar, 2008
Guide for the Sustainable Development of Mediterranean Aquaculture
Interaction between Aquaculture and the Environment
Press release | 03 Mar, 2008
IUCN makes the difference in the Commission on the Status of Women
52 Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) and Climate Change recognizes the topic of gender and climate change as an important gender issue. Experts argued that practical solutions to the escalating global warming crisis hinge on women's participation in all aspects of the…