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
Story | 05 Jun, 2014
IUCN launches Resolutions and Recommendations Platform
IUCN Resolutions and Recommendations are now more accessible and easier to search than ever with the new IUCN Resolutions and Recommendations Platform.
Artículo | 05 Jun, 2014
La UICN lanza la Plataforma de Resoluciones y Recomendaciones
Las Resoluciones y Recomendaciones adoptadas por los Miembros de la UICN han moldeado la política de la Unión desde 1948. De ahí que la totalidad de las Resoluciones cuente la historia de las contribuciones de la UICN para el desarrollo sostenible y la conservación durante los últimos 65 años.…
Story | 28 May, 2014
Poachers Lose Motorbikes at Chu Mom Ray National Park, Vietnam
Lois Lippold, from the Douc Langur Foundation, an SOS Grantee reports on another heartening development in her project's work to protect the Endangered Langurs and Gibbons of Vietnam's Chu Mom Ray Park. In August 2013, Lois reported the first successful arrest of a poacher in the park. But in…
Story | 01 May, 2014
IUCN 2014 World Heritage recommendations now available
IUCN’s evaluations of 10 sites nominated to obtain World Heritage status are now public ahead of the upcoming World Heritage Committee meeting. In addition, the first batch of State of Conservation reports, prepared jointly by IUCN and the World Heritage Centre, has been released.
Artículo | 01 May, 2014
Recomendaciones del 2014 sobre Patrimonio Mundial ya disponibles
Las evaluaciones realizadas por la UICN de diez sitios propuestos que aspiran a obtener la condición de Patrimonio Mundial se han puesto a disposición del público con anterioridad al próximo Comité del Patrimonio Mundial. Además, se ha publicado el primer lote de informes sobre el estado de…
Article | 01 May, 2014
Recommandations du Patrimoine mondial 2014 à présent disponibles
Les évaluations de l’UICN de dix sites proposés pour inscription sur la Liste du patrimoine mondial ont été rendues publiques en vue du prochain Comité du patrimoine mondial. De plus, la première partie des rapports sur l’état de conservation, préparés conjointement par l’UICN et le Centre du…
Story | 07 Apr, 2014
The knowledge and skills needed to engage in REDD+: A competencies framework
From forest-dependent communities to government staff, many stakeholders are in need of comprehensive information to effectively engage in the design and implementation of REDD+ activities.
Recognizing this need, members of the Alliance for Global REDD+ Capacity (AGRC) have created The…