Story | 23 Apr, 2012
Top global platform on biodiversity and its benefits established
After several years of international negotiations, the final operational design of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) was agreed upon during the Second Plenary Session to…
Story | 22 Apr, 2012
IUCN Director General calls for women’s access to energy at the EU Sustainable Energy for All Summit
IUCN Director General Julia Marton-Lefèvre called for education and career opportunities for women in the energy sector during the…
Story | 19 Apr, 2012
Linking IUCN science to global action
IUCN is ready to participate actively and share its most prominent knowledge products with an emerging global platform on biodiversity and its benefits (IPBES). Learn more on IUCN’s knowledge, tools and standards and discover how these can help IPBES linking science to action.
Story | 12 Apr, 2012
IUCN offers conservation knowledge for global nature platform
The world needs a stronger link between government policy and scientific facts regarding nature and its benefits. IUCN is taking part in the second plenary session of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity…
Story | 11 Apr, 2012
European Parliament voices concern over Virunga National Park thanks to IUCN encouragement
The Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has recently been the subject of actions by European Parliamentarians encouraged by IUCN.
Story | 04 Apr, 2012
Save Our Species funds Mangrove Finch project on Galapagos Islands
Swen Lorenz, Chief Executive of the Charles Darwin Foundation, an IUCN member organization, visited IUCN HQs in order to sign a grant agreement with SOS - Save Our Species to protect the Mangrove Finch (Camarhynchus heliobates) which is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List of…
Story | 31 Mar, 2012
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Story | 21 Mar, 2012
Assessing threats to the Lake Turkana World Heritage site
The World Heritage Centre/IUCN reactive monitoring mission, led by Guy Debonnet from UNESCO and Goran Gugić representing IUCN, met with relevant stakeholders in Nairobi on the 15th- 16th March 2012 to discuss the threats facing Lake Turkana National Parks World Heritage site which is situated in…
Press release | 21 Mar, 2012
Nature in need: Half of world’s most important nature sites left unprotected
The world’s governments have committed to increasing the coverage of protected areas by 2020 to address rapid rates of environmental destruction, however, a new study led by BirdLife International, with contributions from IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), shows that only…
Press release | 14 Mar, 2012
Marseille, 14 March 2012 - When building large dams, benefits to local communities can go hand in hand with broader national development objectives, shows a study launched today by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) and IIED (International Institute for Environment and…