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Global Conservation Leaders Vote For Moratorium On Ocean Mining
Thursday, 9 September 2021, 6:44 am | IUCN
MARSEILLE, France (September 8, 2021)--Today, voting members of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress--a major global gathering on nature that brings together 1,400 members from more than 170 countries--passed ... More >>
IUCN To Boost Open Access To Conservation Knowledge
Wednesday, 1 September 2021, 6:49 am | IUCN
Gland, Switzerland, 31.08.2021 (IUCN) - Thanks to a 3-year grant from the Arcadia Fund – a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin – the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) will be able to promote and improve researchers’ ... More >>
Australia’s reptiles threatened by invasive species
Friday, 6 July 2018, 10:32 am | IUCN
Gland, Switzerland, 5 July 2018 (IUCN) – Australia’s unique reptiles – including lizards and snakes – face severe threats from invasive species and climate change, with 7% of them threatened with extinction, reveals the latest update of The IUCN ... More >>
France to host IUCN World Conservation Congress 2020
Saturday, 19 May 2018, 12:52 pm | IUCN
Marseille, France, 18 May 2018 (IUCN) – The French Ministry for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition and IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, today signed an agreement to jointly organise the next IUCN World Conservation Congress, ... More >>
Natural World Heritage Sites Threatened by Climate Change
Tuesday, 14 November 2017, 8:45 am | IUCN
Number of Natural World Heritage Sites Affected by Climate Change Nearly Doubles in Three Years – IUCN More >>
Paris Agreement only chance for coral reef survival – IUCN
Saturday, 23 September 2017, 11:24 am | IUCN
Gland, Switzerland, 22 September 2017 (IUCN) – Limiting global warming to below 2°C in line with the Paris Agreement provides the only chance for the survival of coral reefs, warns David Obura, Chair of the International Union for Conservation ... More >>
Illegal activities threaten natural World Heritage
Saturday, 1 July 2017, 3:23 pm | IUCN
Illegal activities threaten natural World Heritage, pushing the vaquita to the brink and depleting forests – IUCN More >>
Urgency of protecting the Arctic from ships & oil
Wednesday, 5 April 2017, 4:28 pm | IUCN
Monaco, 4 April 2017 (IUCN) – The Arctic Ocean urgently needs protection as melting sea ice is opening up previously inaccessible areas to activities such as shipping, bottom trawl fishing and oil exploration, according to a scientific report launched ... More >>
Cameroon to restore 12 million hectares of forest
Saturday, 18 February 2017, 1:25 pm | IUCN
Gland, Switzerland, 17 February, 2017 (IUCN) – Cameroon has committed to restoring over 12 million hectares of deforested and degraded land by 2030 as part of the Bonn Challenge initiative. The pledge is the biggest made so far in the species-rich Congo ... More >>
German resolution reaffirms IUCN’s position
Saturday, 28 January 2017, 11:00 pm | IUCN
German resolution reaffirms IUCN’s position on the international stage Gland, Switzerland, 27 January, 2017 (IUCN) – The German government has officially recognised IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, as an intergovernmental ... More >>
Poaching behind worst African elephant losses in 25 years
Sunday, 25 September 2016, 9:50 pm | IUCN
Johannesburg, South Africa, 25 September 2016 (IUCN) – Africa’s overall elephant population has seen the worst declines in 25 years, mainly due to poaching over the past ten years – according to IUCN’s African Elephant Status Report launched ... More >>
Global conservation summit sets the direction
Sunday, 11 September 2016, 4:16 pm | IUCN
Global conservation summit sets the direction for post-2015 sustainability agenda Honolulu, Hawaii, 10 September 2016 (IUCN) – The IUCN World Conservation Congress closed today in Hawaii, setting the global conservation agenda for the next four ... More >>
IUCN Congress boosts support for Indigenous peoples’ rights
Saturday, 10 September 2016, 6:53 pm | IUCN
Honolulu, Hawaii, 9 September 2016 (IUCN) – Key decisions boosting support for Indigenous peoples’ rights have been adopted by IUCN State, government and civil society members today at the IUCN World Conservation Congress taking place in Hawaii. More >>
New ocean Hope Spots, vetted by IUCN and Mission Blue
Saturday, 10 September 2016, 12:56 pm | IUCN
New ocean Hope Spots, vetted by IUCN and Mission Blue, to ignite global support for ocean protection Honolulu, Hawaii, 9 September 2016 – Fourteen new ocean Hope Spots – marine areas critical to the health of the ocean and deserving special ... More >>
Poland to report on impacts of felling in Bialowieza Forest
Sunday, 17 July 2016, 7:17 pm | IUCN
Poland to report on impacts of felling in Bialowieza Forest in 2017, as advised by IUCN More >>
Bornean orangutans (among others) slide towards extinction
Saturday, 9 July 2016, 8:40 pm | IUCN
Gland, Switzerland, 08 July 2016 (IUCN) – New IUCN Red List assessments reveal that growing human pressures on whale sharks, winghead sharks and Bornean orangutans are putting these species at an increasing risk of extinction. Whale sharks and winghead ... More >>
IUCN advice to keep close watch on Great Barrier Reef
Thursday, 2 July 2015, 8:13 am | IUCN
Bonn, Germany, 1 July 2015 (IUCN) – IUCN’s advice to continue close monitoring of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef was adopted in full today at the UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting taking place in Bonn, Germany. More >>
World Heritage site in conflict area comes off ‘danger list’
Wednesday, 1 July 2015, 8:21 am | IUCN
Colombian World Heritage site in conflict area comes off ‘danger list’, as advised by IUCN More >>
World on track to meet ambitious forest restoration goal
Sunday, 22 March 2015, 4:30 pm | IUCN
Bonn, Germany, 21 March, 2015 – New restoration initiatives were announced today by Latin America, Southeast Asia and Africa at the second international Bonn Challenge conference on forest landscape restoration taking place in Germany. With these announcements, ... More >>
Pollinating birds and mammals declining
Saturday, 14 March 2015, 11:53 am | IUCN
Pollinating birds and mammals declining, reveals first global assessment of trends in the status of pollinators More >>
