Story | 30 Aug, 2015
From academia to international practice
Manami Watanabe takes us through her experience as Trainee with IUCN’s World Heritage Programme.
Story | 30 Aug, 2015
Graeme Kelleher is an “Ocean Elder”, a long-standing active WCPA member and author of the WCPA “Guidelines for Marine Protected Areas”, among many other publications. Based on decades of experience, Graeme has distilled some of his thoughts on how best to go about conservation involving marine…
Press release | 27 Aug, 2015
CITES and IUCN bolster collaboration in tackling poaching and illegal wildlife trade
Geneva, 28 August 2015 – The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature have signed an agreement this week to strengthen the cooperation between the two organisations in…
Publication | 2015
Natural infrastructure in the nexus
This paper discusses how natural infrastructure, the networks of land and water that provide services to people, can help decision makers and infrastrucuture managers address interconnected challenges facing water, energy and food systems, often referred to as the "nexus." The paper examines…
Story | 05 Aug, 2015
Europe leading the way on World Heritage and nature conservation performance
By Tim Badman, Director – World Heritage Programme, IUCN
Story | 02 Aug, 2015
New direction for capacity development in protected areas over next 10 years
A new strategy intended to support the recommendations on capacity development included in the Promise of Sydney that resulted from the IUCN World Parks Congress 2014 (IUCN WPC) has been completed. The IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) Strategic Framework for Capacity Development…
Story | 02 Aug, 2015
By David Moore. “The World Ranger Day event at Khao Yai sets an example for the rest of the world,’ said Sean Wilson, President, International Ranger Federation.
Story | 31 Jul, 2015
UNESCO’s Fact Finding Mission to the Chitwan National Park and the World Natural Heritage Site
The Government of Nepal has been planning for several infrastructure development projects in the lowland Terai of Nepal. Among several projects, the East-West Electric Railway and Postal Road projects are reported to have been designed to pass through the Chitwan National Park (CNP), which is –…
IUCN Statement | 31 Jul, 2015
Statement by IUCN Director General Inger Andersen on World Ranger Day 2015
IUCN Statement | 29 Jul, 2015
IUCN celebrates International Tiger Day 2015
Statement by IUCN Director General, Inger Andersen, on International Tiger Day.