Story | 27 Jun, 2017
Blog: IUCN changed my life # 3
When I decided to join the IUCN Sea Turtle Volunteer Program in Con Dao in 2015, it had been a few months since I had quit my job. It was a stable office job but with many pressures that exhausted me: the daily traffic jam, fingerprint scans before and after work, office uniforms, business-style…
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 | 26 Jun, 2017
Back in 2015, I was a university student who travelled and went backpacking often. However the volunteer trip to Bay Canh Island in Con Dao National Park organized by IUCN was a very different experience for me and unlike any other trip I had been on.
Story | 15 Jun, 2017
Astola Island – Pakistan’s first ever Marine Protected Area
The Astola Island has been designated as Pakistan’s first-ever Marine Protected Area. The notification in this regard has been issued by the Government of Balochistan, today, June 15, 2017.
Story | 14 Jun, 2017
IUCN and Anantara collaborate to protect marine turtles in Sri Lanka
At a time where increasing pressure is being placed on the environment, the private sector is realising the importance of conserving natural habitats and biodiversity in order to protect the viability of their businesses. In Sri Lanka, as a symbol of their pledge to…
Story | 14 Jun, 2017
Capacity building on adaptation in Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas
In the framework of the of the Interreg Med project MPA-Adapt “Guiding Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) through the climate change era: Building resilience and adaptation”, a capacity building workshop on adaptation to climate change in Mediterranean MPAs was held in Bonifacio (…
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
Blog | 09 Jun, 2017
From problems to solutions – climate change at the heart of the UN Ocean Conference
The destruction we are inflicting on the oceans is shocking – but there is hope as countries step up to reverse the decline, writes IUCN’s Dorothée Herr from the UN Ocean Conference which closes in New York today.
Blog | 09 Jun, 2017
Blog: Connecting to people connected to nature
I pulled my phone out of my pocket to find a new message: I was out of service and increased data charges would apply. For the next six days, contact with the outside world would be limited to late evenings in the guest house: freedom.
Story | 09 Jun, 2017
Is the tide turning for oceans?
This opinion editorial, authored by Aban Marker Kabraji, Regional Director for IUCN Asia, highlights how establishing marine protected areas could be a key means of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and curbing climate impacts.