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International partnership launched to promote conservation efforts for threatened marine species
IUCN-The World Conservation Union, Gland, Switzerland, 29 October 2003. IUCN's Species Survival Commission (SSC) is joining forces with the Perry Institute for Marine Science to help protect the world's oceans through research, and the development and promotion of conservation efforts for threatened marine species. …
29 Oct 2003 | News story
Modern lifestyle threatens oldest seed plants on Earth
IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Gland, Switzerland, 02.07.03. Cycads, the oldest seed plants on earth, are now also amongst the most threatened plants in the world cautions a new publication from IUCN - The World Conservation Union. Two species have already gone Extinct in the Wild, and continuing pressures from modern lifestyles suggest that more are likely to join them. …
02 Jul 2003 | News story
Small cetacean species may not survive another decade warns new landmark publication
IUCN-The World Conservation Union, Gland, Switzerland, 14.05.03. A new publication on the status of the world's cetaceans - whales, dolphins and porpoises, offers a stark warning that the smaller, lesser-known species such as the baiji (or Yangtze River dolphin) may not survive the next decade. … | English
14 May 2003 | News story
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Homo Sapiens in the picture
January 17, 2003,Human Behaviour Not Numbers: Major Threat to Species on the IUCN Red List, IUCN welcomes the discussion generated by scientists in the United States but says the changes to the Categories and Criteria for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species would be unwarranted. …
17 Jan 2003 | News story
IUCN/SSC and TRAFFIC launch project to review CITES proposals
Gland, Switzerland (IUCN) 06.06.02. Today marks the start of an intensive three months for IUCN's Wildlife Trade Programme and TRAFFIC as a major project begins providing technical reviews of proposals submitted to change the listing of plant and animal species on the CITES Appendices. …
06 Jun 2002 | News story
SSC Shark Specialist Group receives over US$200,000
Gland, Switzerland (IUCN) 30.05.02. The SSC Shark Specialist Group (SSG) has received funding from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the Packard Foundation to support its important and broad-ranging work.
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30 May 2002 | News story
SSC Specialist Group central to the fight against invasive alien species on islands
Gland, Switzerland (IUCN) 25.04.02. The Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) of IUCN's Species Survival Commission is central to implementing a new initiative aimed at combating invasive alien species on islands. …
25 Apr 2002 | News story
SSC Specialist Group provides first online database on all 11,000 ant species
Gland, Switzerland, 08.03.02. IUCN-The World Conservation Union. Ants are one of the most ecologically important groups of animals, and are also considered one of the worst invasive species. They can turn more soil than earthworms, are the main herbivores in tropical South America, and make up to one third of the animal biomass in a rainforest. Yet social insects (ants, bees, wasps, and termites), are not included in mainstream conservation efforts and most of the information that could be used to conserve or manage them is not catalogued or easily available. …
08 Mar 2002 | News story
Launch of the Global Mammal Assessment and Partnership
Gland, Switzerland, 07.03.02. IUCN-The World Conservation Union. In an effort to develop new ideas on biodiversity assessment, using mammals as a test case, the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) has joined forces with several other conservation organisations to form a Global Mammal Assessment and Partnership. …
07 Mar 2002 | News story
SSC and the CBD Global Plant Conservation Strategy
Gland, Switzerland, 26.02.02. IUCN-The World Conservation Union. SSC headed IUCN's input to the recent meeting convened by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) which outlined sound technical rationales for specific targets that will be included in the emerging Global Plant Conservation Strategy. …
26 Feb 2002 | News story
