Marine Species News
IUCN supports Cook Islands to create the world’s largest marine park
Gland, Switzerland, 15 November 2012 – IUCN has recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the Government of the Cook Islands to support the establishment of the world’s largest marine…
15 Nov 2012 | News story
Body-snatchers and vampires!
This Halloween, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has dug up some of the spookiest, creepiest species on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.
31 Oct 2012 | Article
More highlights from the latest IUCN Red List update
In the most recent update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, there were both new additions and changes to the status of species already listed. Good news included the rediscovery of two…
26 Oct 2012 | Article
Securing the future for sawfishes
There was a time when so many sawfishes were caught in areas of Pakistan that people made fences with the rostrums, the saw-like beak of the sawfish. Today, however, some people in the region might…
27 Sep 2012 | Article
A conservation leader: Fijian chief leads by example
Strong leadership iskeyto successful conservationat the community level. For Ratu Aisea Katonivere,chief of Macuata Province in Fiji, conservation is successful if it is driven and owned by…
12 Sep 2012 | Article
IUCN and Microsoft form unique partnership to tackle species extinction
Microsoft and IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, jointly announced today at the 2012 IUCN World Conservation Congress in South Korea, the formation of a new partnership to… | French | Spanish
11 Sep 2012 | International news release
Gold medalists of the natural world
Running, jumping and diving is on everyone’s mind these days as the London 2012 Olympic Games kick off and the world watches the best human athletes compete. But humans aren’t the only ones that…
27 Jul 2012 | Article
Swimming across the Mediterranean and the Black Seas
New report by experts on the status of seals, sea turtles, porpoises, dolphins and whales now available | French | Spanish
04 Jul 2012 | International news release
Protecting endangered sharks
Endangered sharks in the waters of the United Kingdom (UK)and its overseas territories will be given greater protection following the signing of an international agreement on the conservation of…
25 Jun 2012 | News story
Securing the web of life
The source of our food, medicines and clean water, as well the livelihoods of millions of people may be at risk with the rapid decline of the world’s animal, plant and fungispecies. The latest update… | French | Spanish | Portuguese
19 Jun 2012 | International news release
