Here are some of our conservation achievements:
Conservation success stories
IUCN is involved in hundreds of projects worldwide to save species and their habitats.
Let the foxes fly
In eastern Madagascar, the Madagascan Flying Fox (Pteropus rufus) is hunted for bush meat and its habitat is threatened by agriculture and forest fires. IUCN’s community-based project in the area has succeeded in engaging local communities in protecting the species. …
02 May 2010 | News story
Shark meat? Have a sardine!
Shark-finning - slicing off a shark’s fins and discarding the body at sea - is an unsustainable practice that is threatening shark populations in West Africa, pushing them to the edge of extinction. By supporting the withdrawal of women from shark meat processing and teaching them how to process more abundant fish species, an IUCN’s project is providing long-term benefits to both local livelihoods and marine biodiversity in West Africa. …
02 May 2010 | News story
A future for Colombia’s wild cats
A new approach to conservation is making the future seem brighter for Colombia’s wild cats. Colombia has six native wild cat species including the jaguar, puma, and ocelot. As in many other countries, the species are threatened by habitat loss, loss of prey and killing by livestock farmers. Lack of information on their populations, their prey and ecosystems have until now prevented the design of effective conservation strategies. …
14 Jan 2010 | News story
Local pride offers a boost to endangered crocodile
One of the world’s most threatened reptiles has been given a ray of hope in the form of a community programme to reintroduce captive-bred individuals back into the wild. …
22 Dec 2009 | News story
Amphibian action sees results
The benefits that we can gain from amphibians - frogs, toads, salamanders and caecilians - are numerous and wide-ranging. They serve us as a source of food and medicine, as an object of medical research, as a trade product, and as an important element of cultural rituals or entertainment. And yet, nearly a third of all known amphibian species are globally threatened or extinct, with more unknown species likely to be endangered. …
22 Dec 2009 | News story
