Story | 15 Aug, 2013
Промысел лосося угрожает краснокнижным серым китам
Группа экспертов при МСОП призывает немедленно остановить крупномасштабный коммерческий промысел лосося вблизи залива Пильтун на острове Сахалин на Дальнем Востоке России, потому что промысел представляет опасность для находящихся на грани исчезновения 150 западных серых китов, пребывающих в…
Story | 06 Aug, 2013
IUCN and The Forests Dialogue Latest REDD+ Benefit Sharing Discussion Summary Report Now Available
The Co-chairs’ summary report highlights key issues, questions, conclusions and next steps related to REDD+ Benefit Sharing mechanisms, discussed by an international group of experts at the latest scoping dialogue on REDD+ benefit sharing.
Story | 18 Jul, 2013
Extracting value from the forest - Acre, Brazil
Originally important in the 19th century as a source of latex rubber, the region subsequently lost out following the rise of the Malaysian rubber industry. As a result, large swathes of the region’s forests were converted for farming and cattle ranching resulting in a loss of forest cover and…
Story | 17 Jul, 2013
Small changes for big impacts - Wassa Amenfi West, Ghana
This paper describes LLS interventions in the Wassa Amenfi West Landscape in the western region of Ghana. The landscape extends over an area of about 120,000 ha. It is a mixed landscape with a variety of agricultural uses; the most important is cocoa farming.
Story | 16 Jul, 2013
Moving Closer to Nature - Miyun Landscape, China
Substantial efforts have been made over the last 30 or 40 years to reforest the Miyun landscape. These efforts were a response to the very urgent need to protect the Miyun reservoir and its watershed, which supplies up to 80% of the water used in Bejing, China’s capital city. Over the last…
Press release | 02 Jul, 2013
World’s oldest and largest species in decline – IUCN Red List
The latest update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ shows worrying declines for conifers – the world’s oldest and largest organisms – freshwater shrimps, cone snails and the Yangtze Finless Porpoise. The Santa Cruz Pupfish, a lizard known as the Cape Verde Giant Skink and a species of…
Comunicado de prensa | 02 Jul, 2013
Las especies más antiguas y más grandes del mundo se pierden - Lista Roja de la UICN
Según las últimas noticias de la Lista Roja de Especies Amenazadas de la UICN™ se observan disminuciones preocupantes de coníferas —los organismos más antiguos y más grandes del mundo— los camarones de agua dulce, los caracoles cónicos y la marsopa sin aleta del Yangtsé. El eslizón gigante de…
Communiqué de presse | 02 Jul, 2013
Les plus anciennes et les plus grandes espèces du monde sont en déclin – La Liste rouge de l’UICN
La dernière mise à jour de la Liste rouge des espèces menacées de l’UICN™ fait état du déclin inquiétant des conifères – les organismes les plus anciens et les plus grands du monde –, des crevettes d'eau douce, des cônes (escargots du genre Conus), et du marsouin aptère du Yang Tsé. Le scinque…
Press release | 02 Jul, 2013
Bijna 21.000 dieren en planten met uitsterving bedreigd
Wereldwijd worden er 20.934 soorten planten en dieren met uitsterving bedreigd, zo blijkt uit de nieuwe Rode Lijst van bedreigde soorten die IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) vandaag presenteert. Dit zijn er 1.117 meer dan bij de vorige taxatie in de zomer van 2012.…
Story | 03 Sep, 2012
Take a Forest Walk at IUCN congress
We are proposing three "Forest Walks" as journeys through the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Jeju, Korea. The attached document details the walks.