Story | 14 Oct, 2016
Executive Pespective: A pioneer in sustainability and diversity from China
This article, published in Sustainability Thomson Reuters, is an interview of Mr Zhang Xinsheng, President of IUCN and former Chairman of UNESCO’s Executive Board. In it, he talks about Eco Forum Global and his vision and implementation of sustainability for the future. An excerpt of the article…
Story | 03 Oct, 2016
Blog: 'Can’t see the water for the trees?' By James Dalton et al.
Originally published in Global Water Forum, Monday 3 October 2016. To maximise downstream water quantity, you remove vegetation – all of it, including the trees. To counter rising carbon dioxide levels, you plant trees – lots of them. How should we do both?
Story | 29 Aug, 2016
IUCN Congress set to debate new global policy on biodiversity offsets
As governments and business struggle to reconcile conservation and economic goals, the IUCN World Conservation Congress will debate the first-ever global policy on biodiversity offsets -- a mechanism increasingly used to compensate for the residual negative impacts of development projects on…
Story | 18 Aug, 2016
Blog: Vulture conservation − Changing our conservation approach for the better
In South Asia, vulture populations have reduced drastically since 1990s due to veterinary use of pain-killers. Highlighting some recent developments in Bangladesh, this article explains how conserving vultures gives us an opportunity to change the…
Story | 03 Aug, 2016
Tell us your water story and win a prize
Are you working in conservation? In forest, marine, climate change areas or others? Has water made an unexpected appearance in your work? Then we are looking for your story.
Story | 18 Jul, 2016
World’s top areas for iconic species among new sites on the World Heritage List
The World Heritage Committee yesterday inscribed nine new natural World Heritage sites evaluated by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Story | 15 Jul, 2016
Bangladesh: Red List reports 31 Regionally Extinct and 390 Threatened animal species
In 2000, IUCN Bangladesh first published the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ Bangladesh. Fifteen years later, the list has been updated including two invertebrate groups: crustaceans and butterflies. A total of 1,619 animal…
Story | 14 Jul, 2016
New plant survey finds unique flora in karst hills of southeast Cambodia
In June, a team led by American botanist Andrew McDonald set out into the karst hills of southeast Cambodia to survey the rare and endemic plants that grow in this unique environment. The team has already identified at least one plant species previously unknown to science belonging to the…
Story | 12 Jul, 2016
Blog: How do young biologists dream the future of conservation in Bangladesh?
In certain South Asian countries, young biologists have very limited opportunities to take part in national conservation planning. Despite many challenges, a group of young Bangladeshi biologists shared their encouraging thoughts and dreams about the future of conservation, with Haseeb Md.…
Story | 11 Jul, 2016
Last month, the EURO Office hosted the IUCN EU Policy Advisory Group (EUPAG) meeting and IUCN Working Group on National Committee Development in Europe, North and Central Asia (WGNC) meeting. Representatives from National Committees, members, Commission members as well as from IUCN offices were…