Story | 04 Jun, 2008
IUCN Pan-European Newsletter 16: Islands of Hope
This newsletter issue focuses on island conservation, in preparation of the conference "The European Union and its Overseas Entities: Strategies to counter Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss”, taking place from 7-11 July 2008 in Reunion Island.
Story | 03 Jun, 2008
Sailing to Barcelona - Come onboard!
As part of IUCN´s World Conservation Congress (5-14 October 2008, Barcelona, Spain), Sailing to Barcelona will give a voice to creative marine conservation efforts from various corners of the world.
Press release | 22 May, 2008
You can swim but you can’t hide – more oceanic sharks on the IUCN Red List
Bonn, Germany, May 22, 2008 (IUCN/Wiley-Blackwell) – The first study to determine the global status of 21 species of oceanic pelagic sharks and rays reveals that 11 of them are threatened with extinction, says IUCN on International Biodiversity Day.
Press release | 18 May, 2008
IUCN Red List 2008 for birds: Climate change and continental drift
Bonn, Germany, 19 May, 2008 (BirdLife/IUCN) – Climate change has become firmly established as an accelerant to many of the factors which have put one in eight of the world's birds at risk of extinction, today’s publication of the 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species äassessment for birds…
Story | 03 Mar, 2008
Press release | 12 Apr, 2007
Marine Summit calls for dramatic increase in ocean protection
IUCN Marine Protected Area Summit issues strategy to counter escalating threats to the world’s oceans
Story | 13 Mar, 2005
The Top 50 Mediterranean island plants
Wild plants at the brink of extinction, and what is needed to save them Montmollin, Bertrand de, ed. ; Strahm, Wendy, ed. IUCN Species Survival Commission, Mediterranean Islands Plant Specialist Group