Story | 10 Feb, 2018
Freshwater habitat encounters alarming acidification and phosphorus pollution
Story | 25 Jan, 2018
How do we know when forest landscape restoration has been achieved?
A principal rationale for restoring a landscape is to return ecosystem services in a way that makes the ecosystem functional and productive while providing for the needs of those who depend on the landscape. There may be some common indicators from restoration efforts that apply to a broad range…
Story | 13 Oct, 2017
Australian Environmental Lawyers call for Sea Country Reforms
CEESP News - by Hanna Jaireth, member of IUCN CEESP, WCEL, WCPA
One of the technical papers in a broad blueprint for the next generation of environmental laws in Australia calls for a more strategic national approach to marine and coastal governance, including nationally consistent laws…
Press release | 14 Sep, 2017
Once-abundant ash tree and antelope species face extinction – IUCN Red List
North America’s most widespread and valuable ash tree species are on the brink of extinction due to an invasive beetle decimating their populations, while the loss of wilderness areas and poaching are contributing to the declining numbers of five African antelope species, according to the latest…
Press release | 22 Jun, 2017
Gland, Switzerland – IUCN former President, globally recognised environmentalist Yolanda Kakabadse, will Chair the new IUCN independent scientific and technical advisory panel on the restoration of the Rio Doce watershed in Brazil, following the 2015 collapse of the Fundão tailings dam at the…
Story | 21 Feb, 2017
Mass mangrove restoration: Driven by good intentions but offering limited results
There is an urgent need to address the global degradation of coastal ecosystems, but are mass mangrove planting initiatives sustainable?
Story | 26 Jan, 2017
World Wetlands Day: Strengthening resilience and collaboration to reduce disaster risk
On February 2nd the world celebrates its wetlands – complex ecosystems that provide a wide variety of services and benefits for people and nature. Wetlands such as estuaries, mangroves, marshes, and swamps play, beyond their biological role, a key part in helping people cope with disasters. Yet…
Story | 17 Jan, 2017
Blog: Could Trump create water risks for businesses he wants to protect?
By Peter Newborne and James Dalton.
As we wait to see if President-elect Donald Trump upholds his campaign pledge to tear up the Paris climate change agreement, one of his close to home constituencies is already struggling on the frontline of the climate struggle.
CEO’s who may…
Story | 01 Nov, 2016
The unique role of protected area partnerships - including the Asia Protected Areas Partnership (APAP) - was highlighted at a well-attended event organised as part of the recent IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawai’i.
Story | 13 Oct, 2016
Convening experts to move forward on primary forests: IUCN’s Primary Forests Task Team at Congress
Primary forests are under intense pressure – a rapidly dwindling resource of which only one-fifth are officially protected. Conservation of primary forests can take place in many forms and on many scales, from small community-controlled fragments to large nationally protected areas. But signs of…