Story | 09 Jul, 2014
SOS Marine: Collaboration key to saving Bangladesh’s cetaceans from gillnets
The lives of Bangladesh's fishermen and its coastal cetaceans are intertwined. Regarded as their brethren at sea, fishermen often lament the death of these top predators through entanglement in gillnets. Finding mutually beneficial solutions, Brian Smith and colleague Rubaiyat Mowgli Mansur,…
Story | 01 Jul, 2014
Study demands new strategy to save species
A team of scientists working in partnership with IUCN has revealed that intergovernmental commitments to expand global protected areas could still leave many species in danger of disappearing from our planet.
Story | 26 Jun, 2014
Javan Rhinos: Rangers protect the unseen
Like the semi-mystical Saola, the Critically Endangered Javan Rhino (Rhinoceros sondaicus) is rarely seen. That does not…
Story | 24 Jun, 2014
More good news for Saola as rangers collect over 7,800 snares
How do you protect what you never see and of which we know so little? According to SOS Grantee and IUCN Member, the Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) Alex McWilliam, Deputy Director of the WCS Lao PDR Programme, by far the greatest immediate threat to the survival of the Saola throughout its…
Story | 16 Jun, 2014
SOS grantee Michael Dine of WWF, an IUCN member, has been updating SOS on field activities from his project to help protect the Critically Endangered Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis). This is one of two SOS funded projects helping to protect the little known and rarely seen forest bovid – cousin…
Story | 12 Jun, 2014
arborvitae Issue 45 - Forest Landscape Restoration: Potential and Impacts
Press release | 12 Jun, 2014
IUCN nimmt weitere gefährdete Arten in Rote Liste auf
Fast 80 % der Orchideen der Unterfamilie der Cypripedioideae der gemäßigten Breiten und über 90 % der Lemuren sind nach der neuesten Ausgabe der Roten Liste gefährdeter Arten der Weltnaturschutzunion IUCN [IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™] vom Aussterben bedroht. Der neu beurteilte…
Press release | 12 Jun, 2014
IUCN Red List raises more red flags for threatened species
Almost 80% of temperate slipper orchids and over 90% of lemurs are threatened with extinction, according to the latest update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. The newly assessed Japanese Eel has been listed as Endangered, while the Brazilian Three-banded Armadillo – the mascot of the…
Comunicado de prensa | 12 Jun, 2014
La Lista Roja de la UICN advierte sobre un aumento del número de especies amenazadas
Casi un 80% de las orquídeas "zapatilla de dama" que viven en climas templados y más del 90% de los lémures se encuentran en peligro de extinción, según la última actualización de la Lista Roja de Especies Amenazadas™ que elabora la Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (UICN…
Communiqué de presse | 12 Jun, 2014
La Liste rouge des espèces menacées de l’UICN dresse un état des lieux toujours plus alarmant
Selon la dernière mise à jour de la Liste rouge des espèces menacées de l’UICN™, près de 80 % des orchidées de la sous-famille des Cypripedioideae des zones tempérées et plus de 90 % des lémuriens sont menacés d’extinction. Alors que l’anguille du Japon, une espèce récemment évaluée, a été…