Publication | 2016
Field guide to seagrasses of the Red Sea
The purpose of this publication is to provide naturalists, resource managers and scientists with a simple guide to identify all species of seagrasses in the Red Sea. Each species is described in detail using photographs of key and diagnostic features. Key features are those that distinguish a…
Story | 22 Dec, 2016
Hunuwela Estate project site becomes a field laboratory for university students
Dilmah Conservation, the sustainability arm of Dilmah Tea partnered with IUCN Sri Lanka on "Enhancing the watersheds of Hunuwela Estate through sustaining the habitat needs” at the Hunuwela Estate of the Kahawatta Plantations PLC. On 6 December 2016, IUCN conducted an awareness-raising programme…
Story | 20 Dec, 2016
Ten countries collaborate to kickstart restoration work
More than 50 representatives and project team members from 10 Asian and African countries gathered in Douala, Cameroon, last month to begin work on The Restoration Initiative (TRI) – an IUCN-led programme to help these countries define and achieve forest landscape restoration commitments under…
Grey literature | 2016
PiN landscape assessment phase 1
This document provides information on the interdisciplinary situation analysis (ISA) workflow from start to finish with the intention of guiding the PiN team in making decisions about what information and procedures should be included and excluded and who to involve. This paper also makes…
Publication | 2016
Going Dutch : an analysis of the import of live animals from Indonesia by the Netherlands
The aim of this study was to gain insights into the import-export relationships between Indonesia and the Netherlands by studying the trade in live animals from 2003 to 2013. The true dynamics of the trade between both countries are relatively poorly understood. This report allows a better…
Story | 19 Dec, 2016
Reflections of a programme manager on the end of ENPI-FLEG
Richard Aishton, Senior Programme Manager, ENPI/FLEG Programme reflects on the accomplishments of the European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument East Countries Forest Law Enforcement and Governance Program (ENPI-FLEG, or simply FLEG) over the past seven years. The programme has made many…
Story | 19 Dec, 2016
IUCN-Toyota partnership delivers new knowledge for biodiversity and food security
The extinction threat to wild cereals, fruit-bearing plants and other ‘wild crop relative’ species was assessed for the first time for the latest IUCN Red List update, as part of a partnership between IUCN and Toyota Motor Corporation. The partnership, which was presented at the Convention on…
Story | 17 Dec, 2016
UN Biodiversity Conference 2016: Compromise with a pinch of salt
With less than four years remaining to implement the biodiversity plan agreed by world governments in 2010, IUCN calls for continued efforts to achieve the Aichi biodiversity conservation targets, as the UN biodiversity conference closes in Cancún, Mexico. IUCN stresses that while progress has…
Story | 16 Dec, 2016
IUCN Green List makes Mexican waves
The thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, held in Cancun, Mexico, saw a significant commitment to protected and conserved areas – in quantity and quality – the latter an important part of Aichi Target 11, which is the key global goal for…