Press release | 07 12月, 2019
Marine life, fisheries increasingly threatened as the ocean loses oxygen – IUCN report
Madrid, Spain, 07.12.2019 (IUCN) - The loss of oxygen from the world’s ocean is increasingly threatening fish species and disrupting ecosystems, a new IUCN report…
Story | 28 11月, 2019
Experts call attention to the key role of World Heritage in meeting biodiversity objectives
Experts convened by IUCN have issued a statement on how World Heritage contributes to the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. This includes recommendations specific to World Heritage and its relevance to biodiversity. Negotiations to develop the framework, which will be adopted by the…
Story | 15 7月, 2019
Consultation on draft guidance for ecological corridors and networks
The WCPA Connectivity Conservation Specialist Group invites input to produce consistent guidance by 2020 for arresting fragmentation and maintaining intact large-scale ecological networks
Story | 19 11月, 2018
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as well as WildArk – A Movement for the Wild are thrilled to announce the winners of the inaugural Pathfinder Award for innovation in nature conservation. The…
Story | 23 4月, 2018
IUCN Green List gets a new logo!
The new IUCN Green List logo is the graphic identifier for the IUCN Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas (the ‘IUCN Green List’) programme, which implements a new global standard for protected areas in the 21st Century.
Story | 27 11月, 2017
Incubator for Nature Conservation at COP23
IUCN launched the pilot phase of its new initiative, the Incubator for Nature Conservation (INC) at UNFCCC COP23 in Bonn. INC seeks to answer the question: can a protected area also be a good business? Representatives from the Green Climate Fund, Mirova-Althelia, Ecosphere+, the Peru Ministry…
Story | 19 10月, 2017
Conservation policy in the spotlight
In her pursuit to build effective conservation policy and management, WCPA member Martine Maron from the University of Queensland, Australia is currently researching compensatory conservation and the controversial example of biodiversity offsets. Our interview with Martine focuses on her current…
Story | 13 10月, 2017
Australian Environmental Lawyers call for Sea Country Reforms
CEESP News - by Hanna Jaireth, member of IUCN CEESP, WCEL, WCPA
One of the technical papers in a broad blueprint for the next generation of environmental laws in Australia calls for a more strategic national approach to marine and coastal governance, including nationally consistent laws…
Comunicado de prensa | 14 9月, 2017
Las especies de fresno más extendidas y valiosas de América del Norte están al borde de la extinción debido a un escarabajo invasor que está diezmando sus poblaciones, en tanto que la pérdida de áreas silvestres y la caza furtiva están contribuyendo a la disminución de cinco especies de…
Communiqué de presse | 14 9月, 2017
Des espèces de frêne et d’antilope naguère abondantes risquent l’extinction – Liste rouge de l’UICN
Les espèces de frênes les plus répandues et précieuses d’Amérique du Nord sont au bord de l’extinction en raison d’un coléoptère envahissant qui ravage leurs populations, tandis que la disparition des milieux sauvages et le braconnage contribuent au déclin de cinq espèces d’antilopes d’Afrique,…