Publication | 2013
This study identifies the relationships that exist between World Heritage cultural landscapes and protected areas, and documents the practical management and governance associations that occur between them. It looks at i) the conceptual similarities and differences between these two systems of…
Story | 06 Jan, 2014
IUCN World Parks Congress - a video preview
They provide inspiration and adventure, supply food and water, offer natural defences against climate change and support the livelihoods of millions of people.
Story | 06 Jan, 2014
The WILD side of World Heritage
Did you know that 62% of all the land area covered by natural World Heritage sites contains the most intact, undisturbed wild natural areas left on our planet? Overall, 22 of the world’s 24 terrestrial wilderness areas are represented on the World Heritage List.
Story | 04 Jan, 2014
Welcome to 2014 with a free trip around the most beautiful places on Earth
2014 promises to be a year full of conservation action for IUCN, with the World Parks Congress, the launch of the World Heritage Outlook and the 50th anniversary of the Red List. To welcome the New Year, IUCN's World Heritage Programme is offering you a trip around Earth’s natural wonders. No…
Press release | 01 Jan, 2014
IUCN presents Restoration Opportunity Assessment Methodology
IUCN is developing a new landscape Restoration Opportunity Assessment Methodology for use at national and subnational levels.
Press release | 23 Dec, 2013
Journalists to be taken on board to promote sustainable transport concepts in Pakistan
A sensitization seminar for media on transport sector and related issues in Pakistan was organized under the Pakistan Sustainable Transport(PAKSTRAN) Project here in Karachi today.
Story | 22 Dec, 2013
IUCN and Shell jointly address conservation challenges
IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, and Shell have agreed to work together to address key conservation challenges, focusing on rehabilitating marshlands in Iraq, decommissioning North Sea oil infrastructure in a way that preserves biodiversity and reviewing oil spill…
Story | 20 Dec, 2013
Shark expert and freediver joins IUCN’s ocean conservation mission
Despite the high profile media attention sharks receive, relatively little is known about their biology. Of those shark species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, nearly half are listed as Data Deficient, which means that we do not have enough information to…
Story | 19 Dec, 2013
Travel around the most beautiful places on Earth, for free!
This holiday season, IUCN's World Heritage Programme is offering you a trip around Earth’s natural wonders. Discover the locations of 222 natural World Heritage sites across the planet; let yourself be transported by 3D simulation, and inspired by some amazing photos.
Publication | 2013
Global re-introduction perspectives : 2013 : further case-studies from around the globe
This fourth edition of the Global Re-introduction Perspectives provides 52 case-studies covering invertebrates, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals and plants. The case-studies are presented in the same format as the previous three volumes and the case-studies are vividly illustrated with…