Story | 20 Jun, 2007
Business has joined forces with the World Conservation Union (IUCN) to better understand the biology of and threats to western gray whales. The purpose of this broad engagement is to do everything possible to ensure the survival and recovery of this population.
Press release | 14 Jun, 2007
World Conservation Union recommends six new sites for inscription on World Heritage List
A rainforest time capsule in Madagascar, a lava tube system in the Republic of Korea and primeval beech forests straddling Slovakia and the Ukraine are among five natural sites being recommended for inclusion on the World Heritage List by the World Conservation Union (IUCN).
Press release | 31 May, 2007
CITES conference to impact on music, food, and jewelry industry
Wood species used for violin bows, shark species featured in British fish and chip meals and coral species exploited for jewelry rank high on the CITES conference agenda for international trade controls in endangered species, opening on Sunday
Press release | 10 May, 2007
Creating a common language for protected areas
Story | 24 Apr, 2007
WGWAP Task Force Considers Impact of 4-D Seismic Surveys on Western Gray Whales
At its second meeting in St-Petersburg, Russia (15 - 18 April 2007) the Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel was provided with an overview of Sakhalin Energy’s preliminary plans for carrying out a 4D seismic survey in the vicinity of the Molikpaq platform during the summer of 2008.
Press release | 12 Apr, 2007
Marine Summit calls for dramatic increase in ocean protection
IUCN Marine Protected Area Summit issues strategy to counter escalating threats to the world’s oceans
Press release | 09 Apr, 2007
Protecting oceans and coasts will help millions of people survive climate change
IUCN Marine Protected Area Summit in Washington, DC opens today with call for better protection of our seas to counter climate change and other threats to the marine environment
Story | 11 Mar, 2007
SEIC (Sakhalin Energy Investment Company) provides informal briefing to WGWAP Members
On 5-6 February 2007, four members of the Panel (Reeves, Tsidulko, Vedenev and Yablokov) met for two days in Vladivostok (Russia) with staff and scientific team members from SEIC.
Press release | 31 Jan, 2007
Carcass of critically endangered whale found in fishing gear off Japan’s coast
A critically endangered Western Pacific Gray Whale (Western Gray Whale) has recently died off the Pacific coast of Japan after becoming trapped in fishing gear.
Story | 19 Nov, 2006
New Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel agrees on way forward
Solutions to issues surrounding oil and gas development in the summer feeding habitat of the critically endangered western gray whale population began to emerge at the first meeting of the Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel, convened by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) recently.