Comunicado de prensa | 04 Sep, 2016
Cuatro de los seis grandes simios están a un paso de la extinción – Lista Roja de la UICN
Honolulu, Hawái, 4 de septiembre de 2016 (UICN) – El primate más grande del mundo, el gorila oriental, se clasifica en la categoría En Peligro Crítico por causa de la caza ilegal, según la última actualización de la Lista Roja de Especies Amenazadas de la UICN™, publicada hoy durante el …
Communiqué de presse | 04 Sep, 2016
Quatre grands singes sur six sont à un pas de l’extinction, selon la Liste rouge de l’UICN
Honolulu, Hawai’i, 4 septembre 2016 (UICN) – Le plus grand primate vivant, le Gorille de l’Est, est classé En danger critique d’extinction en raison de la chasse illégale, d’après la plus récente mise à jour de la Liste rouge des espèces menacées de l’UICN™, rendue publique aujourd’hui à l’…
Story | 29 Jun, 2016
Biosphere Reserve El Triunfo: where sacred Quetzals roam free…
The mountains of Sierra Madre de Chiapas, south of the Chiapas State, Mexico, are home to the most diverse and largest evergreen cloud forest in Mesoamerica and the largest remaining tropical rainforest on the Mexican Pacific coast. The Biosphere Reserve El Triunfo protects the central portion…
Story | 29 Jun, 2016
The Saviour of the Spirit Bear
Simon saw his first bear in the wild when he was seven. There was "a moment that captured my imagination and gave birth to my passion for bears". By the age of 13, his love for bears became a fight, a fight for one particular type of bear known as the Kermode bear, also called the spirit bear (…
Story | 15 Jun, 2016
МСОП опубликовал детальный отчет о мерах по сохранению китов, примененных "Сахалин Энерджи Инвестмент Компани" во время проведения сейсморазведки летом 2015 г. в близи важного района нагула западной популяции серых китов у о. Сахалин. Выводы отчета будут учтены при создании новых планов…
Story | 15 Jun, 2016
IUCN has released a detailed report on whale protection measures implemented by Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd. during a seismic survey conducted in the summer of 2015 close to an important western gray whale feeding area near Sakhalin Island, off the Russian coast, just north of Japan.…
Artículo | 10 Jun, 2016
Los sitios naturales del Patrimonio Mundial se enfrentan a importantes amenazas, como la explotación forestal con fines comerciales, la caza furtiva, la pesca con redes de enmalle y la construcción de presas, según la Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (UICN). En sus…
Article | 10 Jun, 2016
Le commerce d’espèces sauvages et les barrages compromettent le Patrimoine mondial naturel – UICN
Les sites naturels du patrimoine mondial font face à des menaces majeures, telles que l'exploitation forestière commerciale, le braconnage, la pêche au filet maillant et les barrages, selon l'Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature (UICN). Dans ses recommandations au Comité du…
Story | 10 Jun, 2016
Wildlife trade and dams putting natural World Heritage at risk – IUCN
Natural World Heritage sites face major threats, such as commercial logging, poaching, gillnet fishing and dams, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). In its recommendations to the World Heritage Committee, which meets in July, IUCN has advised that three…
Story | 30 May, 2016
IUCN recommends five World Heritage listings
IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, recommends World Heritage status for five sites nominated for their outstanding natural values. The advisory body on natural World Heritage, IUCN also recommends action against major threats in listed natural sites and danger-listing for two…