Story | 23 Jun, 2011
Egypt gender strategy completed
IUCN and partners have completed the development of a national gender strategy for Egypt. The “National Strategy for Mainstreaming Gender in Climate Change in Egypt” was completed in Spring, with IUCN in its role as a leading member of the Global Gender and Climate Alliance.
Press release | 21 Jun, 2011
World Heritage in danger: two natural sites added
The Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve in Honduras and the Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra in Indonesia have been added to the List of World Heritage in Danger, following the advice of IUCN.
Story | 19 Jun, 2011
Multiple ocean stresses threaten “globally significant” marine extinction
An international panel of experts warns in a report released today that marine species are at risk of entering a phase of extinction unprecedented in human history.
Story | 07 Jun, 2011
Breakthrough at the United Nations: hopes grow for the high seas
Today, World Oceans Day, IUCN is celebrating a major breakthrough in global efforts to conserve the high seas.
Story | 07 Jun, 2011
Guidelines for protected areas legislation
Guidelines for protected areas legislation
Story | 05 Jun, 2011
Mangroves to receive huge boost from new carbon credit rules
A new method for calculating the role that mangrove restoration plays in slowing climate change, by capturing and storing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, has been adopted.
Press release | 31 May, 2011
New international report to secure natural riches of North Africa and the Middle East
An international conservation project has brought together botanists and scientists from the Middle East and North Africa - Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Syria and Tunisia - in an unprecedented bid to secure the future of the region’s…
Story | 31 May, 2011
Important Plant Areas of the south and east Mediterranean region - Priority sites for conservation
Editors: E.A. Radford, G. Catullo and B. de Montmollin
Story | 30 May, 2011
IUCN welcomes 24 new Members and 3 National Committees
On 25 May 2011, the 76th Meeting of the IUCN Council admitted 24 new Members to IUCN and officially recognized 3 National Committees.
Press release | 29 May, 2011
Bonn “Can Do” Cancun Climate Change Agreement – IUCN
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Bonn, Germany, 6-17 June