Story | 16 Nov, 2011
Species on the Edge app is launched
Acclaimed by the US Apple Store as ‘New and Noteworthy’, the new Species on the Edge app is a detailed guide to 365 species from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Featuring stunning photos and thought-provoking information it allows users to learn about threatened species from around the…
Story | 06 Nov, 2011
The power of pictures: filmmaker joins team of IUCN Ambassadors
Swedish filmmaker and photographer Mattias Klum joins IUCN’s growing team of Goodwill Ambassadors to help spread the nature conservation message worldwide.
Story | 30 Oct, 2011
arborvitae Issue 44 - Forests: a legal challenge
Story | 10 Oct, 2011
Natural Solutions: Protected Areas helping people deal with desertification and drought
Drylands occupy approximately 40% of Earth's land area and are home to more than two billion people.
Story | 01 Sep, 2011
IUCN and Rio Tinto working together towards transformative change in the mining sector
In 2010, IUCN and Rio Tinto, one of the world’s largest mining and mineral exploration companies, signed a three year collaborative agreement which aims to support Rio Tinto in making transformative progress towards sustainable development and environmental management.
Story | 28 Aug, 2011
IUCN and Shell sign Heads of Agreement
The world’s second largest energy company, Shell International, and the World Conservation Union (IUCN) have signed a “Heads of Agreement”, a type of pre-agreement, outlining the concepts and principles for strategic collaboration. This Agreement aims at scaling up a relationship that has been…
Story | 24 Aug, 2011
This Manual is first and foremost a community tool to facilitate implementation of Ghana’s National Wildfire Management Policy. However it will also serve as an instrument for fire management trainers in communities with little experience in fire management and for consultation by professionals…
Story | 23 Aug, 2011
Winners of game-show “Adaptation to Climate Change” announced at IUCN-Holcim Summer Campaign Closing
On July 30-31, 2011, a game-show with the theme “Adaptation to Climate Change” was organized in Phu My Town in Ba Ria-Vung Tau, two hours south of HCMC, to mark the end of the IUCN-Holcim Summer Campaign 2011. IUCN, Holcim and UNIAD, a Hochiminh city (HCMC) - based entertainment company,…
Story | 18 Aug, 2011
Young writers' forest letter contest - Barbados and China win!
A Great Oak in Guyana’s Windsor Forest and an observant little tree ‘prepared to care for humanity’ helped 15-year-old Charlée Gittens from Barbados and 13-year-old Wang Sa from China to win gold medals in the Universal Postal Union’s 40th International Letter-Writing Competition for Young…
Story | 16 Aug, 2011
North Sea Oil Spill - Update to IUCN's Council Private Sector Task Force
An update from IUCN Director General Julia Marton-Lefèvre to the IUCN Council Private Sector Task Force concerning Shell's recent oil spill in the North Sea.