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 …
Press release | 12 Jan, 2009
Climate change an economic threat, say experts
Climate change an economic threat, say experts
Islamabad, Pakistan, 13 January, 2009 (IUCN) – Climatic changes are likely to intensify the environmental stresses that lead to land degradation, shortfalls in food production, rural poverty and urban unrest. This was…
Story | 12 Jan, 2009
Life in a working landscape: Towards a conservation strategy for the World's Temperate Grasslands
A Record ofThe World Temperate Grasslands Conservation Initiative Workshop Hohhot, China - June 28 & 29, 2008 Prepared by Bob Peart, Project Coordinator
Story | 12 Jan, 2009
Compendium of Regional Templates on the State of Temperate Grasslands, Conservation and Protection
This compendium is Appendix Two of the report Life in a Working Landscape: Towards a Conservation Strategy for the World's Temperate Grasslands, a record of the Temperate Grasslands Conservation Initiative workshop in Hohhot China June 28-29, 2008.
Press release | 07 Jan, 2009
Heliodoro Sanchez takes the Miller Prize for Innovation
Heliodoro Sanchez 2007
Story | 07 Jan, 2009
Governance for sustainability : issues, challenges, successes
Bosselmann, Klaus ; Engel, Ron ; Taylor, Prue ISBN 978-2-8317-1105-8
Press release | 06 Jan, 2009
Logging Called Threat to Krasnodar Reserve
Krasnodar regional authorities are turning a blind eye to a massive, illegal logging project in a nature reserve on the Black Sea, local environmentalists say, in what could be an attempt to open the protected area to commercial tourism.
Press release | 05 Jan, 2009
A monumental decision for the oceans
President Bush today will formally designate three areas in the Pacific as Marine National Monuments.
IUCN has been one of the major partners of the U.S. Government in the creation of these marine protected areas. The scientific and technical advice provided by IUCN to the…
Story | 13 Nov, 2008
Guidelines for public use measurement and reporting at parks and protected areas
Visitors to parks and protected areas impact at many levels: political, economic, social and ecological. To ensure effective park management for increasing visitor numbers, good quality global data on visitor use is necessary. This manual describes terms, approaches and…
Story | 13 Nov, 2008
2003 United Nations list of protected areas
This UN List is the thirteenth produced since 1962 and the first version to attempt a comprehensive presentation of all the world’s known protected areas. The introductory text presents an analysis and the accompanying CD lists more than 102,000 sites covering 18.8 million sq.…