Story | 10 Aug, 2020
An ocean hero dedicated to vaquita conservation succumbs to COVID-19
IUCN is deeply saddened by the loss of Mexican conservationist Paco Valverde, who dedicated his life to protect the vaquita – the world’s smallest porpoise and most threatened marine mammal. Paco was regarded as an ocean hero who inspired his community to care for the marine environment on which…
Story | 05 Aug, 2020
The IUCN SSC/WCPA Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force (“the Task Force”) today announces the approval of thirteen new Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs) in the Extended Southern Ocean Region.
Story | 12 Mar, 2020
Report: Blue Infrastructure Finance, where all win
All coastal and marine ecosystems are critical to human well-being and global biodiversity. Mangroves, coral reefs, and seagrass beds are examples of these. But urban and rural infrastructure investments are having a heavy negative impact on these systems, and it is…
Press release | 27 Sep, 2019
Over half of Europe’s endemic trees face extinction
Gland, Switzerland, 27 September 2019 (IUCN) – Over half (58%) of Europe’s endemic trees are threatened with extinction, according to assessments of the state of the continent’s biodiversity published today by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The introduction of…
Article | 05 Jul, 2019
Crise de la Grande Nacre en Méditerranée ( Pinna nobilis ) - Mise à jour janvier 2021
Grâce aux informations fournies par des organisations et des institutions de conservation de toute la Méditerranée, l'UICN-Med a travaillé pour produire l'Évaluation de la Liste rouge de la Grande Nacre de la Méditerranée (Pinna nobilis), qui est désormais officiellement reconnue et…
Artículo | 05 Jul, 2019
Crisis de la Gran Nacra del Mediterráneo (Pinna nobilis) - actualización de enero 2020
Gracias a la información proporcionada por organizaciones e instituciones de conservación de todo el Mediterráneo, la UICN-Med ha trabajado para producir la Evaluación de la Lista Roja de la Gran Nacra del Mediterráneo (Pinna nobilis), ahora reconocida oficialmente y clasificada como "…
Story | 07 Jun, 2019
Launch of comic book: “THE POSEIDON PATROL – The Reef Riders”
In celebration of World Oceans Day on June 8, Comics Uniting Nations, in collaboration with IUCN, the French Ministry in charge of the Overseas Territories, the International Coral Reef Initiative, Gallifrey Foundation, UNICEF, The World’s Largest Lesson and PCI…
Story | 24 Apr, 2019
Гланд, Швейцария, 24 апреля 2019 г. – Сегодня МСОП сообщил, что Генеральный директор МСОП назначила группу выдающихся учёных, чтобы они изучали воздействия, вызванные освоением запасов нефти и газа и иными опасностями, на находящихся под угрозой…
Story | 24 Apr, 2019
Scientific panel to continue advising industry on endangered gray whales in Russian Far East
Gland, Switzerland, 24 April 2019 - IUCN’s Director General has appointed a team of distinguished scientists to examine the impacts of oil and gas development and other threats on endangered whales found off the coast of Russia’s Sakhalin Island…
Publication | 2019
Island invasives : scaling up to meet the challenge
The papers in this volume were, with a few exceptions, presented at the third Island Invasives conference, held in Dundee, Scotland in July 2017. The papers demonstrate up-scaling in several aspects of eradication operations – not least in ambition, land area, operational size, global reach and…