Brochure | 2024
IUCN Africa Conservation Forum 2024
African Solutions for Nature and People: Creating transformative responses to the biodiversity and climate crisis in Africa.
Story | 22 Aug, 2017
Waste not, want not - Wastewater focus of World Water Week
Every year World Water Week draws the global spotlight onto the world’s water challenges and opportunities. This year, the focus is on wastewater. Over 80% of global wastewater is released untreated back into nature, causing detrimental impacts on water supplies, human health, the economy, and…
Story | 04 Jan, 2016
60 new African dragonfly species described
Only a fifth of the nine million species of animal, plant and fungus thought to occur on earth are known. Dragonflies (which include damselflies) are generally considered well-known but researchers have recently described 60 new species, the greatest number of newly described dragonflies in…
Press release | 17 Nov, 2014
Global appetite for resources pushing new species to the brink – IUCN Red List
Pacific Bluefin Tuna, Chinese Pufferfish, American Eel, Chinese Cobra and an Australian butterfly are threatened with extinction
Comunicado de prensa | 17 Nov, 2014
Apetito mundial por los recursos lleva nuevas especies al borde de la extinción – Lista Roja de UICN
El atún rojo del Pacífico, el pez globo de la China, la anguila americana, la cobra de la China y una mariposa australiana se encuentran en peligro de extinción.
Communiqué de presse | 17 Nov, 2014
Le thon rouge du Pacifique, le fugu chinois, l’anguille d’Amérique, le cobra chinois et un papillon australien sont menacés d’extinction
Press release | 17 Nov, 2014
Vissoorten bedreigd door sushimarkt
De voedselmarkt in Azië drijft diverse vissoorten naar de rand van uitsterving. Dat blijkt uit de nieuwste cijfers van de Rode Lijst van bedreigde soorten, uitgebracht door de International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). De populaties van een populaire soort blauwvintonijn en een…
Story | 13 Nov, 2014
IUCN identifies threatened freshwater biodiversity sites in the Mediterranean
Out of the 167 freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas identified, mapped and validated throughout the Mediterranean region, 75 percent were found outside the boundaries of any pre-existing protected areas or other KBAs, according to the main results of an IUCN assessment revealed today at the IUCN…
Press release | 12 Jun, 2014
IUCN nimmt weitere gefährdete Arten in Rote Liste auf
Fast 80 % der Orchideen der Unterfamilie der Cypripedioideae der gemäßigten Breiten und über 90 % der Lemuren sind nach der neuesten Ausgabe der Roten Liste gefährdeter Arten der Weltnaturschutzunion IUCN [IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™] vom Aussterben bedroht. Der neu beurteilte…
Press release | 12 Jun, 2014
IUCN Red List raises more red flags for threatened species
Almost 80% of temperate slipper orchids and over 90% of lemurs are threatened with extinction, according to the latest update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. The newly assessed Japanese Eel has been listed as Endangered, while the Brazilian Three-banded Armadillo – the mascot of the…