Press release | 20 Apr, 2011
With many people starting to plan their annual holidays, IUCN has released a list of top ten tips for tourists who want to visit some of the most beautiful natural sites in the world without damaging the environment. Tips range from choosing eco-hotels and being mindful of your carbon footprint…
Story | 20 Apr, 2011
With many people starting to plan their annual holidays, IUCN has released a list of top ten tips for tourists who want to visit some of the most beautiful natural sites in the world without damaging the environment. Tips range from choosing eco-hotels and being mindful of your carbon footprint…
Story | 18 Apr, 2011
Overview of the Conservation Status of the Marine Fishes of the Mediterranean Sea
Compiled by Dania Abdul Malak, Suzanne R. Livingstone, David Pollard, Beth A. Polidoro, Annabelle Cuttelod, Michel Bariche, Murat Bilecenoglu, Kent E. Carpenter, Bruce B. Collette, Patrice Francour, Menachem Goren, Mohamed Hichem Kara, Enric Massutí, Costas Papaconstantinou and Leonardo Tunesi…
Story | 17 Apr, 2011
Holcim and IUCN continue working together
IUCN and Holcim, one of the world's leading suppliers of cement and aggregates, have renewed their partnership for another three years to continue to strengthen biodiversity management in Holcim’s operations as well as in the wider building materials sector.
Press release | 14 Apr, 2011
Plenty more fish in the sea? Not for much longer
More than 40 species of marine fish currently found in the Mediterranean could disappear in the next few years. According to a study for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ on the status of marine fish in the Mediterranean Sea, almost half of the species of sharks and rays (cartilaginous…
Story | 14 Apr, 2011
The Wetland Carbon Partnership continues for a 3rd Year
Danone, IUCN and Ramsar have agreed to a third year of the their Wetland Carbon Partnership. The partnership aims to find and invest in large scale mangrove restoration projects which deliver CDM-certified carbon credits to Danone as well as benefits to local communities.
Story | 14 Apr, 2011
For two issues (CEESP September 2010 and December 2010), we have raised attention to how an international network of environmental organizations and the forest industry have been shaping forest policy in the Canadian boreal region. We specifically focused on the Far North Act in Ontario and…
Story | 14 Apr, 2011
Linking and Geotagging Pastoralist and Mobile Production Systems
By Dario Novellino and Valentina De Marchi
Story | 14 Apr, 2011
Authored by Dr. Dan Robinson of the University of New South Wales and Kabir Bavikatte.
Story | 14 Apr, 2011
World Heritage, Local Communities and Human Rights
By Gonzalo Oviedo, Tatjana Puschkarsky and Nigel Crawhall