Story | 26 Jun, 2017
Deep sea mining threatens unique marine life, experts warn
Gland, Switzerland, 26 June 2017 (IUCN) – Mining the deep ocean floor would inevitably lead to the loss of biodiversity, which cannot be compensated for through biodiversity offsets, 15 marine scientists and legal scholars argue in a letter published today in the journal Nature Geoscience.
Story | 12 Jun, 2017
Vegetarian feed one of the keys to sustainable fish farming – IUCN report
Making farmed fish more ‘vegetarian’ by feeding them terrestrial plants, algae, or other alternatives to feed made from wild fish will continue to reduce the environmental impact of the fast-growing fish farming sector, according to a new IUCN report
Story | 14 May, 2017
Report launched on the urgent need to protect parts of the Arctic including four in EU Overseas
New report on recomended Arctic Marine World Heritage sites includes four off the coast of Greenland
Blog | 25 Apr, 2017
My name is Phan Bao Ha and I was a volunteer for the IUCN marine turtle conservation programme in Con Dao National Park in 2015. That year, with a true love of nature and a desire for discovery, I registered to participate in the volunteer program, organised by IUCN. I personally never thought…
Story | 20 Mar, 2017
Call for Proposals Launched for EU Overseas Countries and Territories in 5 Regions
Today, the BEST 2.0 Programme has launched a call for proposals for small-scale projects on-the-ground in the 25 EU Overseas Countries and Territories located in five regions - Caribbean, Pacific, South Atlantic, Indian Ocean and Polar/sub-polar.
Story | 20 Mar, 2017
A 3-year project 'BEST RUP' started on 15 January 2017. Its aim is to implement the pilot project 'inventory of species and habitats and environmentally sensitive areas in the French Outermost Regions (ORs)' submitted by the Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Younous Omarjee.
Press release | 21 Feb, 2017
Invisible plastic particles from textiles and tyres a major source of ocean pollution – IUCN study
Tiny plastic particles washed off products such as synthetic clothes and car tyres could contribute up to 30% of the ‘plastic soup’ polluting the world’s oceans and – in many developed countries – are a bigger source of marine plastic pollution than plastic waste, according to a new IUCN report…
Story | 20 Feb, 2017
BEST initiative as the first interregional GLISPA challenge
The BEST Challenge is a commitment to promote conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services, including ecosystem-based approaches to climate adaptation and mitigation in the EU overseas.
Story | 14 Feb, 2017
UN Ocean Conference Preparatory meeting, 15-16 February, New York
In June 2017, the Ocean Conference – a high-level United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14 - will take place in New York. The world community comes together to discuss meaningful and innovative ways to CONSERVE AND SUSTAINABLY USE THE OCEANS,…
Story | 23 Jan, 2017
PISUNA- Community-Based Monitoring to Management
In December 2016 the PISUNA project gathered together Greenlandic stakeholders and international experts in Nuuk to share lessons-learnt during this project and other community-based monitoring initiatives in the Arctic.