Press release | 26 Sep, 2016
Kering, ITC and IUCN release new data on the sustainability and livelihood benefits of python trade
Three new reports published today by the Python Conservation Partnership (PCP), a partnership between Kering, the International Trade Centre (ITC) and the Species Survival Commission Boa and Python Specialist Group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), reveal that the…
Press release | 23 Sep, 2016
Poaching behind worst African elephant losses in 25 years – IUCN report
Africa’s overall elephant population has seen the worst declines in 25 years, mainly due to poaching over the past ten years – according to IUCN’s African Elephant Status Report launched today at the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES, taking place in Johannesburg, South…
Story | 23 Sep, 2016
Forests, chopsticks, loco moco and an Arctic explorer find a connection at Students’ Day
Nearly 1,000 Hawaii students descended on the 2016 IUCN World Conservation Congress for Students’ Day. Those who passed through the Forest Pavilion were treated to a unique local perspective on forests and a visit from National Geographic Explorer Paul Rose.
Story | 23 Sep, 2016
IUCN China organises Gross Ecosystem Product workshop at IUCN World Conservation Congress
The “GEP-Valuing and Mainstreaming Ecosystem Services Into National Decision-Making and Accounting System” workshop took place during the IUCN World Conservation Congress (WCC), September 5, Honolulu, Hawai'i. The workshop was jointly convened by IUCN, China (IUCN China), Research Center for Eco…
Story | 23 Sep, 2016
Financial sustainability of MPAs
IUCN is providing support to WCS and WWF in work with the Fiji Protected Area Committee to estimate costs of running a national MPA network.
Story | 23 Sep, 2016
Learning and Best Practice in Coastal Resource Management
The project aimed to create synergies from existing best practices in coastal resource management both in terms of sharing lessons and building networks. The key outputs at country level, in Fiji, PNG and the Solomon Islands were increased participation of practitioners in developing national…
Story | 23 Sep, 2016
The project supported the Cook Islands Government in the establishment of one of the world’s largest marine parks: the Cook Islands Marine Park (or Cook Islands Marae Moana). It was funded by Global Blue.
Story | 23 Sep, 2016
Enhancing large Marine Protected Areas (Big MPAs) manager engagement in the Eastern Pacific
The project involves IUCN facilitating meetings between the management of the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA), the Marae Moana of the Cook Islands, the natural park of the Coral Sea (New Caledonia), and the Pacific Remote Island Marine National Monument USA (PRIMNM) – four of the world’s…
Story | 22 Sep, 2016
“The GEF-funded Pacific Islands Oceanic Fisheries Management Project researched the ecological impacts of longline tuna fishing in relation to sea mounts. IUCN explored whether there are patterns in the amount and /or size of fish around seamounts and identifying possible spawning or aggregation…
Story | 22 Sep, 2016
Less planning, more action on – and regional approach to - Pacific Islands bêche-de-mer fisheries
The Government of the Kingdom of Tonga was honoured to host the inaugural Regional Technical bêche-de-mer (BdM) meeting in Nuku’alofa in October 2015. With the experiences and many challenges faced in sustainably managing the bêche-de-mer fishery in Tonga and the region as a whole, the…