Story | 08 Jun, 2016
IUCN announces Ha Long cleanup day
IUCN Viet Nam and Au Co Cruise this week finished assembling a group of volunteers for an important cleanup event scheduled for Ha Long Bay on the 14th of June. IUCN called for volunteers on the union’s website and social media channels, resulting in almost 450 applicants from around the country…
Story | 12 Apr, 2016
UN takes significant step towards a new treaty to conserve marine life beyond boundaries
New York, April 8, 2016. In response to mounting concerns about declines in ocean health, States at the United Nations (UN) delivered some good news last week. The first of four two-week UN Preparatory Committee sessions concluded on a positive note on Friday April 8, 2016 by identifying key…
Story | 21 Jul, 2015
The Characterization of Marine Plastics and their Environmental Impacts, Situation Analysis Report
Story | 21 Jul, 2015
Ocean acidification – the other CO2 problem – may be defined as the global decrease in ocean pH due to the absorption of atmospheric carbon dioxide.
Story | 21 Jul, 2015
The Monaco Ocean Acidification Action Plan
Heralding the next era of action on ocean acidification
Story | 07 Jun, 2015
Heralding the next era of action on ocean acidification
Ten years on from when research into ocean acidification started in earnest, the leading scientists in this field have decided that time has come to reflect on what has been learned and to determine a course of action to tackle this very serious threat to our oceans. The Monaco Ocean…
Story | 14 May, 2015
IUCN recommends action for natural World Heritage in danger
Key recommendations by IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, on new and threatened natural World Heritage sites are released today ahead of the World Heritage Committee meeting which takes place in Bonn, Germany from 28 June to 8 July. IUCN recommends that Colombia’s Los…
Story | 15 Mar, 2015
Race against oceans of plastic
A unique sailing expedition to create the first ever inventory of plastic pollution across the most polluted ocean areas set off yesterday from Bordeaux, France.
Story | 02 Mar, 2015
Report - The significance and Management of Natural Carbon Stores in the Open Ocean
Underestimating the ocean: new evidence from IUCN highlights the carbon-regulating capacity of the ocean
Story | 25 Jan, 2015
In the early hours of a snowy Saturday morning in New York, United Nations delegates took a historic step towards safeguarding the global ocean commons. Government representatives at a UN meeting agreed to launch a formal preparatory process for a global and legally-binding instrument for the…