Story | 06 Sep, 2016
New IUCN-ICCROM nature-culture project for sustainable development in World Heritage
The signing of a six-year project – World Heritage Leadership – at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawai‘i marks new steps to improve nature-culture conservation practice carried out through the World Heritage Convention. Funded by Norway as a partnership project between the…
Story | 06 Sep, 2016
Beyond lip-service: designing Marine protected areas to deliver for people
A new paper released at the 2016 IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawai'i calls into question the current processes for marine protected areas designation and demands a new paradigm to secure ecosystems services conservation alongside biodiversity.
Story | 06 Sep, 2016
Experiencias de restauración de paisajes forestales: de los bosques de Centroamérica al mundo entero
El pasado 03 de septiembre en el Congreso Mundial para la Conservación de la Naturaleza, las organizaciones miembro de UICN: FUNDECOR, CALMECAC, Fondo CRNA y ANCON presentaron sus experiencias de trabajo y lecciones aprendidas con proyectos de restauración forestal en América Central, manejados…
Story | 06 Sep, 2016
FUNDAECO decidió abordar la pregunta clave: ¿Cómo pueden las comunidades rurales vivir sosteniblemente, si las mujeres viven en la insostenibilidad? Para lo que se desarrolló un intercambio de ideas.
Story | 05 Sep, 2016
Ashiq Ahmad Khan wins the Kenton Miller Award 2016
3 September 2016
IUCN World Conservation Congress, Honolulu
Ashiq Ahmad Khan received the Kenton Miller Award for Innovation in Protected Areas Management for achieving a more secure and sustainable management of Khunjerab National Park in Pakistan. Ashiq was one of the first…
Story | 04 Sep, 2016
Bonn Challenge approaches target to restore 150 million hectares of degraded land
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, 3 September 2016 (IUCN) – The Government of Malawi and the Association of Guatemalan Private Natural Reserves have committed to restoring a total of 4.54 million hectares of degraded land as part of the Bonn Challenge initiative, as announced today at the IUCN World…
Press release | 04 Sep, 2016
Four out of six great apes one step away from extinction – IUCN Red List
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, 4 September 2016 (IUCN) – The Eastern Gorilla – the largest living primate – has been listed as Critically Endangered due to illegal hunting, according to the latest update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ released today at the IUCN World Conservation Congress…
Story | 04 Sep, 2016
Meet the Heritage Hero voted by the public – Bibhuti Lahkar
The public has spoken, choosing Bibhuti Lahkar as the people’s choice Heritage Hero, for his dedication to the conservation of India’s Manas Wildlife Sanctuary. The result of last week’s online voting was announced at the 2016 IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawai‘i, USA.
Grey literature | 2016
Protected planet national technical series : Republic of Korea
The aim of the report is to assess the status of the protected area network of the Republic of Korea and propose priorities for expansion to support the implementation of international and national biodiversity targets.
Story | 03 Sep, 2016
New guidelines launched at the 2016 IUCN World Conservation Congress aim to support the management of areas recognised simultaneously under several international designations, all of which have environmental conservation at their heart.