Press release | 23 Nov, 2008
India’s wild medicinal plants threatened by over-exploitation
India is a hub of the wild-collected plant medicine industry in Asia, but key species have declined due to over-collection to supply domestic and foreign medicinal markets, according to IUCN and TRAFFIC researchers.
Story | 13 Nov, 2008
Guidelines for public use measurement and reporting at parks and protected areas
Visitors to parks and protected areas impact at many levels: political, economic, social and ecological. To ensure effective park management for increasing visitor numbers, good quality global data on visitor use is necessary. This manual describes terms, approaches and…
Story | 12 Nov, 2008
Case Studies on Climate Change and World Heritage
The threats posed by climate change to natural and cultural sites on UNESCO's World Heritage List are outlined in a new UNESCO publication, "Case Studies on Climate Change and World Heritage"*.
Story | 12 Nov, 2008
World Heritage Convention: Effectiveness 1992-2002 and Lessons for Governance
The main objective of this report will partially contribute to an evaluation of the achievement of the Convention by reviewing how effective this unique international governance instrument,the World Heritage Convention has been in conserving natural sites. The period of focus in this report is…
Story | 11 Nov, 2008
Proceedings of the IUCN-WCPA World Heritage Workshop held at the International Academy for Nature Conservation, Isle of Vilm, Germany, 24-28 November 2005.
Story | 11 Nov, 2008
Harmonisation of Tentative Lists in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe
Proceedings of a Workshop held at the International Academy for Nature Conservation, Isle of Vilm, Germany, 9-13 May 2007.
Story | 11 Nov, 2008
World Heritage in the Boreal Zone
Proceedings of the World Heritage in the Boreal Zone Workshop held in St. Petersburg, Russia, 10-13 October 2003.
Story | 11 Nov, 2008
Proceedings of the World Heritage and Mining Workshop held in Gland, Switzerland, 21-23 September 2000.
Story | 10 Nov, 2008
World Heritage Nominations for Natural Properties : A resource manual for practioners
This Resource Manual, developed with the support of the World Heritage Fund, is an input from IUCN to the implementation of the Global Strategy of the World Heritage Committee.