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UN tracks progress on conserving nature as key component of sustainable development
24.07.2017Nature plays a key role in the quest for sustainable development, as made apparent by the UN’s latest assessment of progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. While dramatic declines of some species groups continue, targeted conservation action such...
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Experts convene to save one of world’s most trafficked mammals
07.07.2017Saving the Sunda pangolin – one of the world’s most trafficked mammals – from extinction will require engaging local communities in their conservation and addressing the demand for pangolin products, according to international wildlife experts gathered in...
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IUCN to assess new measures protecting endangered vaquitas in Gulf of California World Heritage site
06.07.2017IUCN is expected to carry out a field mission with UNESCO to Mexico’s Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California, to assess the effectiveness of new measures to protect the Critically Endangered vaquita. This follows a decision by the World...
Latest publications
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Overview of the conservation status of Mediterranean anthozoa
Bo, Marzia, Numa, Catherine, Otero, María del Mar
Language: En
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The conservation status of marine bony shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean
Carpenter, K.E., Linardich, C., Ralph, Gina
Language: En
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The conservation status of marine biodiversity of the Pacific Islands of Oceania
Buchanan, J.R., Carpenter, K.E., Greenfield, D.W., Harvey, M.S., Harwell, H.D., Larson, H.K., Lawrence, A., Linardich, C., Matsuura, K., Motomura, H., Munroe, T.A., Myers, R.F., Pippard, H., Ralph, G.M., Russell, B.C., Smith-Vaniz, W.F., Thaman, R.R., Vié, J.-C., Williams, J.T.
Language: En
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