Story | 09 Sep, 2009
Business & Biodiversity Strategy For IUCN Lao PDR
The Business & Biodiversity Programme (BBP) seeks to enhance IUCN, International Union Conservation of Nature’s collaboration with the private sector, by engaging the corporate world in biodiversity conservation and by helping businesses to reduce their environmental…
Press release | 02 Sep, 2009
Last chance to save Saola from extinction – IUCN
One of the world’s most enigmatic mammals, the Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis), could be on the brink of extinction, according to a group of experts who held an emergency meeting in Lao PDR to try to save the animal.
Press release | 19 Jul, 2009
Ganges River Dolphin in dire straits
Dolphin hotspots must be protected if the Ganges River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica) is to survive in the Brahmaputra river system, according to a recent study.
Press release | 13 Jul, 2009
Toothless laws fail toothless anteaters
Rising demand for pangolins, mostly from mainland China, compounded by lax laws is wiping out the unique toothless anteaters from their native habitats in Southeast Asia, according to a group of leading pangolin experts.
Press release | 08 Jul, 2009
Poaching crisis as rhino horn demand booms in Asia
Rhino poaching worldwide is poised to hit a 15-year-high driven by Asian demand for horns, according to new research.
Press release | 01 Jul, 2009
Wildlife crisis worse than economic crisis – IUCN
Life on Earth is under serious threat, despite the commitment by world leaders to reverse the trend, according to a detailed analysis of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.
Press release | 28 Jun, 2009
World Heritage in Danger - IUCN
The Danger List of World Heritage Sites needs radical change if is to remain an effective conservation tool, according to a report released today by IUCN.
Story | 23 Jun, 2009
Case study on orchid exports from Lao PDR
Recommendations for using the Convention on
International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora to increase sustainable orchid trade
Story | 09 Jun, 2009
The importance of biodiversity for livelihoods and agriculture is increasingly recognised worldwide. In Lao PDR this is particularly apparent where the livelihoods of farmers are heavily dependent, not only on farming, but also on wildlife and non-timber forest products (NTFPs).
Press release | 22 Feb, 2009
Box turtles face knockout as Indonesian traders export 100 times quota
Unregulated trade—at 10 to 100 times legal levels—has caused Southeast Asian Box Turtles almost to vanish from parts of Indonesia, where once they were common,according to a new report by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network.