Nouvelles
Dernières nouvelles de l'Union Internationale pour la Conservation de la Nature
La menace d’extinction s’intensifie sur les espèces les plus proches de l’homme
Les espèces les plus proches de l’homme – les singes, les grands singes et autres primates du monde – sont en train de disparaître. Certaines sont littéralement dévorées jusqu’à l’extinction. … | English | Spanish | Chinese
03 Aug 2008 | International news release
Seagrass meadows in “hot water” – IUCN
Seagrass meadows are essential to commercial species such as prawns … | Spanish
25 Jul 2008 | International news release
World’s poorest on front line in climate change fight
Climate change is already happening – and it hits poor people most. The effect of more frequent hurricanes, floods and droughts on developing countries is devastating, as this year’s cyclone Nagris proved again in southern Myanmar, leaving over 130,000 people dead or missing.
To protect the world’s poor against today’s more frequent extreme weather events, some US$ 2 billion is required according to the Internacional relief agency Oxfam. However, commitments so far only total US$173.
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24 Jul 2008 | News story
Royaume des Pays-Bas et PRCM : Ensemble pour la sauvegarde des côtes marines d’Afrique de l’Ouest
Dakar, 16 Juillet 2008 – M. Johannes W. Gunivortus JANSING, Ambassadeur du Royaume des Pays-Bas à Dakar et Madame Julia MARTON-LEFEVRE, Directrice Générale de l’Union Internationale pour la Conservation de la Nature (UICN) ont signé un contrat de contribution financière pour la mise en œuvre de la seconde phase du Programme Régional de Conservation de la zone Côtière et Marine en Afrique de l’Ouest (PRCM). …
24 Jul 2008 | International news release
Understanding agriculture’s dilemma between food security and conservation – new publication
Agriculture is suffering from a growing dilemma: it needs to feed a fast growing world population, and conserve biodiversity and manage natural resources of an increasingly depleted planet. …
22 Jul 2008 | News story
Environmental Considerations for Post-earthquake recovery action in China
Two months after the devastating 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit Sichuan, Gansu and Shaanxi Provinces, the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China and the United Nations hosted a joint workshop in Bejing to help develop a recovery plan for the affected areas. Killing 69,000 people and rendering more than 5 million people homeless, the 12 May earthquake also had an immense environmental impact on the area, known for its rich biodiversity. … | Chinese
17 Jul 2008 | News story
Países del Pacífico Oriental se unen para proteger a los tiburones
Los tiburones mako, martillo, sedoso, azul y zorro pelágico fueron las especies identificadas por los participantes del taller regional. Se prepara una próxima reunión en México.
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14 Jul 2008 | News story
28 EU overseas entities join forces for the first time to counter climate change - IUCN
For the first time the EU’s overseas entities have come together at a meeting in Reunion Island, calling for action on climate change impacts to help preserve nature, says IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) at the Reunion Conference on Climate Change and Biodiversity in EU Overseas Entities (7-11 July). …
11 Jul 2008 | International news release
Mitigating human-elephants conflicts in South-Western Burkina Faso
Mitigating human-elephants conflicts in South-Western Burkina Faso …
10 Jul 2008 | News story
Scientists send distress signal to Russian PM Vladimir Putin over oil project's threat to rare whales
A panel of whale scientists convened by IUCN has addressed an open letter to the Russian Prime Minister to highlight the lack of transparency in oil operations off eastern Russia, which could seriously imact the already critically-endangered western gray whale population . …
10 Jul 2008 | News story
