Press release | 10 Jul, 2008
28 EU overseas entities join forces for the first time to counter climate change - IUCN
For the first time the EU’s overseas entities have come together at a meeting in Reunion Island, calling for action on climate change impacts to help preserve nature, says IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) at the Reunion Conference on Climate Change and Biodiversity in EU…
Press release | 10 Jul, 2008
One Third of Reef-Building Corals Face Extinction
One third of reef-building corals around the world are threatened with extinction, according to the first-ever comprehensive global assessment to determine their conservation status. The study findings were published today by Science Express.
Press release | 10 Jul, 2008
Small Island States call for greater regional cooperation – IUCN
A new report from IUCN shows that Small Island Developing States (SIDS) want to see better regional cooperation in the fight to counter the impacts of climate change.
Press release | 06 Jul, 2008
EU overseas entities in deep water – IUCN and ONERC
The European Union’s overseas entities are especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. But a new report from IUCN and the French Observatory for the Impacts of Global Warming (ONERC) shows for the first time that their weakness in the face of climate change could work to their…
Story | 06 Jul, 2008
Climate Change and Biodiversity in the European Union Overseas Entities
This background paper, produced by IUCN in collaboration with ONERC, offers for the first time a comparative analysis of the 28 overseas entities of the European Union. The European Union overseas entities are particularly vulnerable to climate change effects. Mostly tropical islands, they are…
Story | 03 Jul, 2008
Status of Coral Reefs in Tsunami-Affected Countries
Status of Coral Reefs in Tsunami-Affected Countries
Story | 03 Jul, 2008
In the Front Line: Shoreline protection and other ecosystem services from mangroves and coral reefs
In the Front Line: Shoreline protection and other ecosystem services from mangroves and coral reefs
Story | 03 Jul, 2008
Coral Reef Degradation in the Indian Ocean (CORDIO) Status Report 2005
Coral Reef Degradation in the Indian Ocean (CORDIO) Status Report 2005
Story | 03 Jul, 2008
Status of Coral Reefs of the World 2004
Status of Coral Reefs of the World 2004