Story | 07 Jun, 2012
Launch of Marine World Heritage App will bring marine crown jewels a lot closer
In celebration of World Oceans Day, the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre are launching a new iPhone application. This year’s Oceans Day theme “Youth: the Next Wave for Change” inspired the development of the mobile application, which will act as a…
Press release | 06 Jun, 2012
Threat to the Amazon’s birds is greater than ever
The risk of extinction has increased substantially for nearly 100 species of Amazonian birds, reveals the 2012 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ update for birds released today by BirdLife International. The new assessment is based on models projecting the extent and pattern of deforestation…
Press release | 05 Jun, 2012
2012 marks the start of The International Year of the Rhino
Increasing alarm for the fate of the two rarest rhinoceros species, and growing concern over the increased illegal hunting of rhinos and demand for rhino horn affecting all five species, has prompted President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia to declare 5 June 2012 as the start of the…
Press release | 04 Jun, 2012
A Seminar on World Environment Day 2012 by IUCN in Quetta
IUCN Pakistan organised a seminar on the World Environment Day 2012 in collaboration with Environmental Protection Agency, Government of Balochistan at the Environmental Protection Agency Complex at Quetta. The theme of the year 2012 is: Green Economy Does It Include You? Mr. Mir Asghar Rind,…
Press release | 04 Jun, 2012
World Environment Day celebrated 2012
The Government of Pakistan and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is organizing events all over Pakistan to mark the World Environment Day 2012 celebrations. These events are being organized under the auspices of the National Impact Assessment Programme (NIAP) being…
Story | 03 Jun, 2012
IUCN Congress Programme now live
As the World Conservation Congress draws closer, you can now view what’s on and when. Regularly updated, the Online Programme is a handy companion to organize your schedule in Jeju and make the most out of your experience.
Story | 03 Jun, 2012
Shorter are the days that separate us from the IUCN World Conservation Congress. That was the motivation driving the D-100 celebrations held on Saturday 2 June at the International Convention Centre Jeju (ICCJ).
Story | 31 May, 2012
Sacred Natural Sites - Guidelines for Protected Area Managers
Best Practice Guidelines Nº 16 Task Force on the Cultural and Spiritual Values of Protected Areas in collaboration with UNESCO's Mand and the Biosphere Programme, Editors: Rob Wild and Cristopher McLeod