July
August Issue of IUCN's Science Bulletin
The IUCN Science Bulletin is a quick summary of some of the vast amount of peer-reviewed literature that relates to IUCN’s Programme. …
30 Jul 2010 | News story
Branding Biodiversity, Futerra's latest report calls for 'Love not Loss'
This report argues that we need 'Love not Loss!' and that rather than sob stories of rainforest depletion, the most powerful agent for change will be people's love of nature and the feeling of awe and amazement it brings. …
30 Jul 2010 | News story
Seeing seamounts through fishermen’s eyes
A survey carried out by IUCN among fishermen in the Western Pacific region of Tonga, Fiji, Samoa and the Cook islands has given precious insight into the state of seamounts—mountains that rise from the seafloor and support rich biodiversity as well as important fisheries. …
29 Jul 2010 | News story
UICN-Med en Meditour 2010
Coincidiendo con su 10º Aniversario en España, el Centro de Cooperación del Mediterráneo de UICN se alía con la Cámara de Comercio de Málaga para un turismo más sostenible …
29 Jul 2010 | News story
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Unique data collected on Indian Ocean seamounts
Within the framework of its Seamounts Project funded by the Global Environment Facility, IUCN, in collaboration with many partners, organized a survey of seamounts in the international waters of the southern Indian Ocean. …
29 Jul 2010 | News story
IUCN expanding Red List in Brazil
IUCN and the Instituto Chico Mendes para conservação da biodiversidade (ICMBio) today signed an agreement to build the Brazilian Red List of Threatened Species. … | Spanish
28 Jul 2010 | News story
CEC signs MoU with Gov't of Jalisco, Mexico, for Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
July 26 in Guadalajara, CEC Chair Keith Wheeler and Ms. Martha Ruth del Toro Gaytán signed an MoU between CEC and the Government of Jalisco to coordinate biodiversity action. The agreement was facilitated by CEC Regional Vice-Chair for Mesoamerica, Dr. Arturo Curiel Ballesteros. …
27 Jul 2010 | News story
Le comité des membres UICN au Burkina Faso est né
Le 20 juillet 2010, dans les locaux de l’UICN, programme du Burkina, les membres de l’UICN au Burkina ont tenu l’Assemblée Générale constitutive de leur comité de membres qu’ils ont dénommé Comité UICN Burkina Faso. …
26 Jul 2010 | News story
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World Heritage in South America
From Venzuela to Argentina natural World Heritage sites are attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors per year. But it's not all plain sailing with much still needed to be done to increase public awareness of why these sites merit World Heritage status. …
26 Jul 2010 | News story
