Story | 05 Jun, 2014
IUCN launches Resolutions and Recommendations Platform
IUCN Resolutions and Recommendations are now more accessible and easier to search than ever with the new IUCN Resolutions and Recommendations Platform.
Artículo | 05 Jun, 2014
La UICN lanza la Plataforma de Resoluciones y Recomendaciones
Las Resoluciones y Recomendaciones adoptadas por los Miembros de la UICN han moldeado la política de la Unión desde 1948. De ahí que la totalidad de las Resoluciones cuente la historia de las contribuciones de la UICN para el desarrollo sostenible y la conservación durante los últimos 65 años.…
Story | 24 May, 2014
Cry for help for migratory fish from New Zealand to Hawaii
Today is the first ever World Fish Migration Day and community events are taking place across the globe to celebrate the importance of freshwater migratory fish and free flowing rivers. WWF (NL), The Nature Conservancy (USA), the IUCN SSC/Wetlands International Freshwater Fish Specialist Group…
Story | 01 May, 2014
IUCN 2014 World Heritage recommendations now available
IUCN’s evaluations of 10 sites nominated to obtain World Heritage status are now public ahead of the upcoming World Heritage Committee meeting. In addition, the first batch of State of Conservation reports, prepared jointly by IUCN and the World Heritage Centre, has been released.
Artículo | 01 May, 2014
Recomendaciones del 2014 sobre Patrimonio Mundial ya disponibles
Las evaluaciones realizadas por la UICN de diez sitios propuestos que aspiran a obtener la condición de Patrimonio Mundial se han puesto a disposición del público con anterioridad al próximo Comité del Patrimonio Mundial. Además, se ha publicado el primer lote de informes sobre el estado de…
Article | 01 May, 2014
Recommandations du Patrimoine mondial 2014 à présent disponibles
Les évaluations de l’UICN de dix sites proposés pour inscription sur la Liste du patrimoine mondial ont été rendues publiques en vue du prochain Comité du patrimoine mondial. De plus, la première partie des rapports sur l’état de conservation, préparés conjointement par l’UICN et le Centre du…
Press release | 02 Feb, 2014
IUCN welcomes Total’s ‘no-go’ commitment in World Heritage sites
Oil and gas company Total has confirmed that it will not carry out extractive operations within natural World Heritage sites, including Virunga National Park. IUCN welcomes this decision and calls on all oil and gas companies to follow suit.
Press release | 02 Feb, 2014
Total: geen olie- en gaswinning in werelderfgoedgebied
Het Franse bedrijf Total heeft toegezegd geen olie- en gaswinning uit te voeren in gebieden die op de lijst van het werelderfgoed staan. Dit is goed nieuws voor het Afrikaanse natuurgebied Virunga, dat al jaren onder druk staat van oliemaatschappijen. Virunga is één van de laatste leefgebieden…
Story | 26 Jan, 2014
Nominate experts for the work of IPBES
In January 2014, IPBES issued a call for nominations of experts through IPBES member governments and other relevant stakeholders to help implementing its first work programme 2014-2018. It is highly relevant to the experts within the IUCN network.
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…