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Make Sure the Poor Don’t Miss Out on REDD, Says IUCN
Wednesday, 8 December 2010, 10:37 am | IUCN
Cancun, Mexico, 7 December, 2010 (IUCN) - Governments need to put more attention and resources into making sure vulnerable people get their fair share of benefits from REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation), according ... More >>
Bring Back Lost and Degraded Forests, Says IUCN
Monday, 6 December 2010, 12:05 pm | IUCN
Preliminary analysis shows that an estimated 1.5 billion hectares of the world's lost and degraded forests, an area almost the size of Russia, could be restored. This is the result of the latest global research, which now needs to be expanded ... More >>
International Scientists Track Endangered Whale
Friday, 3 December 2010, 9:55 am | IUCN
A team of scientists from Russia and the United States has successfully tagged and is tracking by satellite one of the world's most endangered whale populations - a western gray whale off the coast of Russia's Sakhalin Island. There are only about ... More >>
Women in REDD Critical for Climate Action
Wednesday, 1 December 2010, 9:41 am | IUCN
Cancun, Mexico, 30 November, 2010 (IUCN) - Women must be included in all international efforts to save the world’s remaining forests and cut greenhouse gas emissions by 17%, according to IUCN. More >>
Confidence Needs To Be Restored Urgently at the Cancun Talks
Tuesday, 30 November 2010, 10:49 am | IUCN
Governments must restore confidence in the negotiation process of the UNFCCC in Cancun by increasing climate funding and ensuring natural solutions are part of the post-2012 regime, says IUCN. “Only an equitable, comprehensive and legally binding agreement ... More >>
No Time for Crisis in Climate Change Confidence
Wednesday, 17 November 2010, 11:46 am | IUCN
wo weeks ahead of the UN climate summit in Cancun, IUCN calls on policy-makers to restore confidence in the negotiation process, increase climate funding and ensure that natural solutions are part of a post-2012 regime. More >>
New Large Squid Found
Tuesday, 16 November 2010, 10:36 am | IUCN
Grahamstown, South Africa, 15 November, 2010 (IUCN) –A new species of squid has been discovered by scientists analysing 7,000 samples gathered during last year’s IUCN-led seamounts cruise in the southern Indian ocean. More >>
‘Big Plan’ for nature needs big commitment
Saturday, 16 October 2010, 1:23 pm | IUCN
Gland, Switzerland, Friday 15 October 2010 (IUCN) – World leaders need vision and political will to ensure we live in harmony with nature, says IUCN. This call comes in the run up to talks to halt the spiraling loss of biodiversity, which is ... More >>
Asian ‘Unicorn’ Sighted For First Time In 10 Years
Friday, 17 September 2010, 3:24 pm | IUCN
For the first time in more than ten years, there has been a confirmed sighting of one of the rarest and most enigmatic animals in the world, the Saola, from the Annamite Mountains of Laos and Vietnam. More >>
The Future Of Water In The Face Of Climate Change
Tuesday, 7 September 2010, 3:27 pm | IUCN
There needs to be significant investment to solve the growing water crisis that threatens water supplies and water quality for both people and nature, says IUCN. Climate change makes the search for practical solutions for water management increasingly urgent. More >>
African freshwater species threatened
Thursday, 2 September 2010, 11:12 am | IUCN
Gland, Switzerland, Thursday 2 September 2010 (IUCN) – Twenty-one per cent of freshwater species in continental Africa are threatened with extinction, putting the livelihoods of millions of people at risk. With so much to lose, inland waters must be managed ... More >>
World Heritage in Danger
Saturday, 31 July 2010, 3:47 pm | IUCN
Brasilia, Brazil, 30 July 2010 (IUCN) - Following the recommendations of IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), important rainforest areas in Madagascar and the Everglades National Park (USA) have been added to the List of World Heritage in Danger ... More >>
96% of Chimpanzees Could Be Saved
Tuesday, 22 June 2010, 2:58 pm | IUCN
Gland, Switzerland, 21 June 2010 (IUCN) – 96 per cent of known populations of eastern chimpanzees, that’s an estimated 50,000 individuals, could be protected with a new action plan, which puts stamping out illegal hunting and trafficking as ... More >>
Launch Of IUCN Environmental Media Awards
Tuesday, 15 June 2010, 6:29 pm | IUCN
IUCN(International Union for Conservation of Nature), Thomson Reuters Foundation and COMplus are launching the 2010 Media Awards, a worldwide competition aimed at raising global awareness of environmental and sustainable development issues More >>
Signs Of Renewed Confidence In Bonn
Saturday, 12 June 2010, 12:11 pm | IUCN
Climate talks in Bonn healed some of the wounds left by the great disappointment of the Copenhagen Climate Summit last December. More >>
IUCN: Stop oil and gas exploration now
Monday, 7 June 2010, 7:26 pm | IUCN
Gland, Switzerland, 7 June, 2010 (IUCN) - Following the catastrophic Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) calls for a global moratorium on oil and gas exploitation in ecologically sensitive ... More >>
Mass Mortality Among Saigas In Kazakhstan
Sunday, 30 May 2010, 11:48 am | IUCN
Nearly 12,000 Critically Endangered saiga antelopes have been found dead over the last week in the Ural population in western Kazakhstan. The official 2009 estimate of the size of the Ural population was 26,000 animals. More >>
Concerns With Schedule 4 Mining
Sunday, 23 May 2010, 11:15 am | IUCN
Proposals to allow mining in specially protected areas are contrary to the philosophy and intent of protected areas legislation, and the ethic of New Zealanders, says the New Zealand Committee of IUCN. More >>
IUCN: Endangered Species Of The Day
Tuesday, 5 January 2010, 12:09 pm | IUCN
IUCN Redlist:Endangered Species Of The Day More >>
Don’t hold REDD hostage in Copenhagen, IUCN
Wednesday, 16 December 2009, 2:15 pm | IUCN
After good progress in week one concerns remain that a deal on REDD-plus could yet stall on a small number of unresolved issues, or could be sacrificed because of the lack of progress in other areas of the bigger deal, says IUCN. More >>
