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.
Press release | 04 Apr, 2012
Launching of Integrated District Development Visions for Quetta, Pishin and Mastung districts
IUCN Pakistan under its Balochistan Partnerships for Sustainable Development Programme (BPSD) launched the Integrated District Development Visions (IDDVs) for Quetta, Mastung and Pishin districts in a ceremony held on April 05, 2012 at Quetta
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 | 02 Apr, 2012
IUCN National Committee in France advocates for regional biodiversity strategies
"Guidelines for drawing up and implementing regional biodiversity strategies"
Story | 31 Mar, 2012
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Story | 24 Mar, 2012
Governance of shared waters: legal and institutional issues
Governance of shared waters: legal and institutional issues
Story | 21 Mar, 2012
These guidelines have been prepared to help decision makers, who may not work routinely on pastoralist issues, to make better decisions over policies and investments that impact on pastoralists and their environments. They are somewhat technical by design, but are intended to simplify complex or…
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
Each year on 22nd March, World Water Day is celebrated to create awareness on freshwater. It was declared as an international day of importance at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro. The United Nations General Assembly responded by…
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…