IUCN Statement | 30 Apr, 2020
IUCN deplores the brutal killing of 17 people in Virunga National Park
IUCN is deeply shocked by the tragic loss of 12 park rangers, a staff driver and four civilians close to Virunga National Park, following an attack by armed militia on 24 April. One of the world’s most biodiversity-rich areas and home to the last remaining mountain gorillas, Virunga is Africa’s…
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…
Story | 03 Sep, 2019
Thailand introduces SMART tech to protect Asian elephants
In early May, the Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) programme of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), together with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), organised a three-…
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…
Story | 06 Mar, 2019
Elephants and people: Exploring options for co-existence in Asia
Analysing and understanding the complexities of human-wildlife conflicts and applying appropriate implementation methods and processes adapted to the local context, are critical in the prevention and mitigation of Human-Elephant Conflict (HEC).…
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…