Story | 05 Jun, 2015
On Valuing Nature’s Water Infrastructure
Blog by Mark Smith, Director IUCN Water Programme. Posted originally on the Economist Insight for World Environment Day 2015.
Story | 02 Jun, 2015
Safeguarding the world’s wetlands – let’s be bold, brave and ambitious
“We have to make the Ramsar Convention a catalyst for change – and change on a scale massive enough to stop and reverse a terrible history of wetland loss and destruction.”
Artículo | 02 Jun, 2015
Hagamos que la COP12 de Ramsar valga la pena
“Tenemos que hacer que esta Convención sea una catalizadora del cambio; un cambio a una escala lo suficientemente masiva para detener o revertir la terrible historia de pérdida y destrucción de los humedales”.
Story | 12 Mar, 2015
Demystifying the World's Forest Landscape Restoration Opportunities
A global movement to restore deforested and degraded forest landscapes is emerging. What should forest landscape restoration achieve? And where should it occur?
Story | 25 Jan, 2015
In the early hours of a snowy Saturday morning in New York, United Nations delegates took a historic step towards safeguarding the global ocean commons. Government representatives at a UN meeting agreed to launch a formal preparatory process for a global and legally-binding instrument for the…
Press release | 08 Dec, 2014
Gland, Switzerland, 9 December 2014 – Protecting key carbon-absorbing areas of the ocean and conserving fish and krill stocks are critical for tackling climate change. This is one of the findings of a report released today by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in which top…
Press release | 08 Dec, 2014
Helft van opgenomen CO2 eindigt in oceaan
De oceaan heeft een belangrijker aandeel in de wereldwijde absorptie van CO2 dan tot nu toe gedacht. Dit blijkt uit een studie van de International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Volgens de onderzoekers belandt meer dan de helft van de CO2 die wereldwijd wordt opgenomen in de oceaan.…
Story | 10 Nov, 2014
The IUCN Council has admitted 17 new Members to IUCN.
Artículo | 10 Nov, 2014
UICN acoge con beneplácito a 17 nuevos Miembros
El Consejo de la UICN admitió a 17 nuevos Miembros.
Article | 10 Nov, 2014
L’UICN accueille 17 nouveaux Membres
Le Conseil de l’UICN a admis 17 nouveaux Membres.