Story | 13 Nov, 2014
IUCN identifies threatened freshwater biodiversity sites in the Mediterranean
Out of the 167 freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas identified, mapped and validated throughout the Mediterranean region, 75 percent were found outside the boundaries of any pre-existing protected areas or other KBAs, according to the main results of an IUCN assessment revealed today at the IUCN…
Press release | 12 Jun, 2014
IUCN nimmt weitere gefährdete Arten in Rote Liste auf
Fast 80 % der Orchideen der Unterfamilie der Cypripedioideae der gemäßigten Breiten und über 90 % der Lemuren sind nach der neuesten Ausgabe der Roten Liste gefährdeter Arten der Weltnaturschutzunion IUCN [IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™] vom Aussterben bedroht. Der neu beurteilte…
Press release | 12 Jun, 2014
IUCN Red List raises more red flags for threatened species
Almost 80% of temperate slipper orchids and over 90% of lemurs are threatened with extinction, according to the latest update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. The newly assessed Japanese Eel has been listed as Endangered, while the Brazilian Three-banded Armadillo – the mascot of the…
Comunicado de prensa | 12 Jun, 2014
La Lista Roja de la UICN advierte sobre un aumento del número de especies amenazadas
Casi un 80% de las orquídeas "zapatilla de dama" que viven en climas templados y más del 90% de los lémures se encuentran en peligro de extinción, según la última actualización de la Lista Roja de Especies Amenazadas™ que elabora la Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (UICN…
Communiqué de presse | 12 Jun, 2014
La Liste rouge des espèces menacées de l’UICN dresse un état des lieux toujours plus alarmant
Selon la dernière mise à jour de la Liste rouge des espèces menacées de l’UICN™, près de 80 % des orchidées de la sous-famille des Cypripedioideae des zones tempérées et plus de 90 % des lémuriens sont menacés d’extinction. Alors que l’anguille du Japon, une espèce récemment évaluée, a été…
Press release | 12 Jun, 2014
WK-mascotte bedreigd in het wild
Het driebandgordeldier, de officiële mascotte voor het WK voetbal in Brazilië, wordt met uitsterven bedreigd. Dat blijkt uit de nieuwste gegevens van de IUCN Rode Lijst van bedreigde soorten. In de afgelopen 15 jaar is het totale aantal driebandgordeldieren met een derde achteruitgegaan.
Story | 24 May, 2014
Cry for help for migratory fish from New Zealand to Hawaii
Today is the first ever World Fish Migration Day and community events are taking place across the globe to celebrate the importance of freshwater migratory fish and free flowing rivers. WWF (NL), The Nature Conservancy (USA), the IUCN SSC/Wetlands International Freshwater Fish Specialist Group…
Story | 05 Feb, 2014
A global perspective on re-introduction
From mangroves to spiders, trout to bobcat, the latest edition of Global Re-introduction Perspectives presents 52 case studies on re-introduction projects from around the world.
Story | 20 Dec, 2013
Shark expert and freediver joins IUCN’s ocean conservation mission
Despite the high profile media attention sharks receive, relatively little is known about their biology. Of those shark species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, nearly half are listed as Data Deficient, which means that we do not have enough information to…
Story | 26 Nov, 2013
Forest giraffe joins growing number of threatened species
The Okapi – a national symbol of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as the “forest giraffe” – and the sub-Saharan White-winged Flufftail – one of Africa’s rarest birds – are now on the brink of extinction, according to the latest update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.…