Statements by Inger Andersen
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The black-bellied pangolin is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
Photo: © Rod Cassidy
Seizure of huge African pangolin scale shipment points to worrying increase in trafficking
24.06.2016Statement by IUCN Director General, Inger Andersen
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Photo: J Tamelander / IUCN
Today defines tomorrow: World Heritage as litmus test for action on agreements
09.06.2016This piece by IUCN Director General Inger Andersen originally appeared on World Heritage, the official UNESCO publication from the World Heritage Centre, as part of a special edition on the IUCN World Conservation Congress. It reflects some of the main...
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Photo: © SRT
IUCN Director General’s statement on World Environment Day
02.06.2016It’s big business, it’s a growing threat to our environment, and it’s illegal. It is wildlife trafficking.
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Photo: Jimena Montane
IUCN Director General announces first round of tiger projects
17.03.2016In the last hundred years, the number of tigers in the wild has plummeted by a staggering 97%. The answer to this alarming fall was 2010’s St Petersburg Declaration, strongly backed by the World Bank, which aimed to double the global tiger population by 2022...
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Photo: © IUCN / Elroy Bos
IUCN Director General's statement on International Women’s Day 2016
08.03.2016Women are leaders, educators, engineers and farmers; they are also caretakers and guardians of the biodiversity which is fundamental to human existence.
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