Story | 09 Oct, 2019
A Governance Toolkit for artisanal fisheries in the Mediterranean
The Governance Toolkit for managing Small-Scale Fisheries (SSF) in Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas (MPA) is a practical collection of 13 sustainable fishery management-related solutions. The Toolkit is ready to be used in any Mediterranean MPA, and will be crucial for setting up policy…
Article | 01 Oct, 2019
L'empoisonnement, le manque de nourriture, les collisions avec les installations éoliennes et les lignes électriques, ainsi que les électrocutions, comptent parmi les principales menaces pour la majorité des rapaces et des vautours. De plus, de nombreuses populations nicheuses sont isolées et la…
Story | 01 Oct, 2019
The conservation community takes actions to protect Mediterranean raptors and vultures
Poisoning, food scarcity, collisions at wind farms and power lines, as well as electrocutions are some of the biggest threats for the majority of raptors and vultures. Moreover, many breeding populations are isolated and most species have low reproduction rates. For this reason, there are major…
Story | 25 Sep, 2019
27,000+ students and now six massive open online courses (MOOCs) at IUCN-PAPACO
The New Technologies course will be available for the first time from October, joining the existing courses of Protected Area management, Ecological monitoring, Law enforcement, Species conservation, and Valorisation of natural resources and sustainable tourism.
Story | 24 Sep, 2019
Championing conservation outcomes, the Green List expands in West Asia
With a new site committing to the Green List during the event, an inception meeting for a new project in the region, and a half-day workshop on the Green List with the Kuwait Environment Protection Agency, the Green List was a much talked about subject during the…