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A Triumph for Species in the 2012 Rolex Awards Laureate Selection
The 2012 Rolex Awards for Enterprise, announced yesterday at the Science Museum in London, UK, recognize pioneers whose work contributes to protecting the environment, or improving lives. Three of the 2012 Laureates, Sergei Bereznuk, Barbara Block and Erika Cuéllar have won Awards for projects devoted to saving species. …
14 Jun 2012 | News story
Regional Forum explores solutions for addressing the spread of Prosopis in the Kalahari-Namib drylands
Scientists, policy makers and community representatives met recently to discuss the management of Prosopis, an invasive alien species occurring in the Molopo-Nossob river basin that covers part of Botswana, Namibia and South Africa. The Annual Regional Forum on Invasive Alien Species was convened by IUCN ESARO early this month in Gaborone, Botswana under the Kalahari-Namib project. It brought together participants from the riparian countries of Botswana, Namibia and S Africa drawn from government, academia, NGOs, private sector and community-based organizations. …
13 Jun 2012 | News story
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Launch of Marine World Heritage App will bring marine crown jewels a lot closer
In celebration of World Oceans Day, the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre are launching a new iPhone application. This year’s Oceans Day theme “Youth: the Next Wave for Change” inspired the development of the mobile application, which will act as a window on marine world heritage sites around the world. …
08 Jun 2012 | News story
IUCN Red Listing for Mediterranean seagrasses
At present, five of the 59 species of seagrasses assessed at global level are at a high threat of extinction. IUCN organised an IUCN Red Listing workshop on 1 June in Essaouira during the Mediterranean Seagrass Workshop organised by the Ecole supérieure de technologie Essaouira and the polydisciplinary faculty Safi Université Cadi Ayyad (Morocco) and supported by the Mediterranean Seagrass Association – Seagrass 2000. …
07 Jun 2012 | News story
Securing a safe future for sawfishes
Shark and ray experts from around the world gathered last week at the Zoological Society of London to address the plight of the most threatened marine fishes in the world – the sawfishes. The group, convened by the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Shark Specialist Group, is breaking new ground with the development of a focused global action plan to bring these iconic species back from the brink of extinction. …
29 May 2012 | News story
Project supported by IUCN wins Equator Prize
An initiative developed between IUCN, TRAFFIC and WWF as part of the EU-China Biodiversity Programme (ECBP) to promote the sustainable harvesting of wild medicinal plants has been awarded the prestigious Equator Prize 2012. …
25 May 2012 | News story
Full force of the law needed to save stricken dugongs
Law enforcement is key to saving one of the world’s most threatened marine mammals - the Dugong (Dugong dugon) - and a project funded by SOS - Save Our Species is on the case in Mozambique. …
23 May 2012 | News story
New online elephant database launched
ElephantDatabase.org, a joint project of the IUCN/SSC African Elephant Specialist Group (AfESG) and Asian Elephant Specialist Group (AsESG), is a new site where the latest information from elephant surveys across Africa and Asia is easily accessible. …
16 May 2012 | News story
Mixed news on the rediscovery of rare frog species in Ecuador
A new population of the Critically Endangered glass frog (Centrolene heloderma) has been discovered in the cloud forests of the Pichincha Province of Ecuador. …
15 May 2012 | News story
IUCN bat expert wins prestigious conservation award
Many congratulations to Rodrigo Medellín, co-chair of the IUCN SSC Bat Specialist Group, who has been awarded the 2012 Whitley Gold Award, donated by The Friends of Whitley Fund for Nature, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to conservation. …
11 May 2012 | News story
