Story | 02 Aug, 2022
The future of Panthera tigris in Thailand and globally
The tiger (Panthera tigris) is the largest wild cat species in the world, and is listed as Endangered under the IUCN Red List in 2011. The tiger is also protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). However, the tiger…
Story | 02 Jun, 2022
Journalists as Advocates for Nature
The media plays a crucial role in educating the public. To increase the regional journalists' awareness on how East Africa’s most iconic wildlife and habitats are inextricably linked to its people’s survival and well-being, a trip supported by the USAID funded CONNECT project, was organized to…
Story | 01 Jun, 2022
Rodrigue MOURBARE SALI, Water and Forestry Engineer, Head of the Anti-Poaching Unit, Ministry of Forests and Wildlife, Faro National Park, and student at ERAIFT in the Professional Master's programme in Protected Areas Management is joined in this conversation by Cécile Fattebert of the IUCN…
Story | 09 May, 2022
Amy Dickman and Alayne Oriol Cotterill, Joint CEOs and Catherine Coulson, Director of Fundraising and Communications at Lion Landscapes are joined in this conversation by Cécile Fattebert of the IUCN Protected and Conserved Areas team.
Story | 26 Mar, 2022
Prosecutors in East Africa pledge to end money-laundering so wildlife crime no longer pays
Prosecutors from 11 African nations meeting in Nairobi between 14-17 March 2022 pledged to deepen their cross-border collaboration on 'asset recovery' - taking back the proceeds of wildlife crime and on ending the money-laundering that allows ill-gotten…
Story | 04 Jan, 2022
IUCN mourns the loss of leading conservationist Professor Richard Leakey
IUCN is deeply saddened by the passing of IUCN Patron of Nature Professor Richard Leakey – an eminent paleoanthropologist and conservationist celebrated for his fossil discoveries and his efforts to preserve the wildlife of the African continent.
Press release | 16 Dec, 2021
IUCN report identifies sites with World Heritage potential in Himalaya and beyond
Gland, Switzerland, 16 December 2021 (IUCN) – A new report lists seven broad areas in the Himalayas, the Hindu Kush and the Karakoram mountain ranges where new natural World Heritage sites could be found. It also identifies possible extensions of existing World Heritage sites,…
Story | 16 Nov, 2021
The Restoration Initiative: A Democratic Republic of the Congo story
Restoring the landscapes of South Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo