Story | 19 Mar, 2018
Zambia endorses its first ever climate change framework and action plan for a protected area
Nsumbu National Park is located across the districts of Mpulungu and Nsama in Zambia’s Northern Province and falls within the biodiverse Albertine Rift region of East-Central Africa, covering an area of approximately 2,020 km². Nsumbu NP hosts patches of rare and endangered Itigi-Sumbu thicket,…
Press release | 02 Mar, 2018
UNHCR, IUCN launch plan to prevent human-elephant conflict in Bangladesh refugee settlement
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has joined up with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Bangladesh to reduce incidents involving elephants coming into conflict with refugees in the world’s largest refugee settlement.
Story | 08 Feb, 2018
A Tribute to Esmond Bradley Martin
Tom Milliken, TRAFFIC Elephant and Rhino Programme Officer, pays tribute to one of conservation's great unsung heroes.
Story | 05 Feb, 2018
Anantara Tangalle, one of Sri Lanka’s top-ranked luxury resorts and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) joined hands in May 2017 to support sea turtle conservation…
Story | 15 Jan, 2018
WCEL Chair's Mission to Bhutan
Upon invitation of the Supreme Court, Justice Antonio Benjamin travelled to the capital city of Thimpu (Bhutan) at the end of October 2017. This was the first visit ever to Bhutan by a WCEL Chair, and despite its great biodiversity, there were no members of WCEL in the country until this visit…
Story | 05 Jan, 2018
Achieving successful conservation plans: revised Guidelines for Species Conservation Planning
The IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) has released its revised Guidelines for Species Conservation Planning, which aim to ensure conservationists can develop appropriate and realistic conservation plans for species in the current era of profound ecological change, including that of climate…
Story | 20 Dec, 2017
IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, informed key decisions to help combat illegal trade in wildlife at the 69th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The meeting was held in Geneva,…
Press release | 13 Nov, 2017
Bonn, Germany, 13 November, 2017 (IUCN) – The number of natural World Heritage sites threatened by climate change has grown from 35 to 62 in just three years, with climate change being the fastest growing threat they face, according to a report released today by IUCN, International Union for…
Grey literature | 2016
Wildlife cases in Tanzanian courts
Illegal killing and trade is a major threat to wildlife particularly in Africa. The current levels of elephant and rhino poaching are the highest in decades driven by burgeoning demand for ivory. East African countries, especially Tanzania, are increasingly implicated as source or transit…
Story | 18 Oct, 2017
SUSTAIN Blog 'The key to unleashing green finance: bridging worlds'
Green finance is gaining momentum. More and more private investors consider investing in nature an opportunity to combine economic interests with social and environmental responsibility.