Press release | 18 Nov, 2013
Nederlandse mannen en vrouwen hebben gelijke stem over de natuur
Tijdens de klimaatconferentie in Warschau heeft de International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) de nieuwe Environment en Gender Index gepresenteerd. Deze index laat zien hoe 72 landen scoren op het terrein van gelijkheid tussen mannen…
Story | 15 Nov, 2013
Registration now open for the IUCN World Parks Congress 2014
Registration is now open for the IUCN World Parks Congress (WPC), the landmark global forum on protected areas held every 10 years. The event takes place in Sydney, Australia 12-19 November 2014, with the theme 'Parks, people, planet: inspiring solutions' designed to help deliver IUCN’s three…
Story | 27 Oct, 2013
No time to lose for our planet’s “blue heart”
A strong commitment to conserve and sustainably manage the ocean, including areas beyond national jurisdiction, was among the outcomes of the 3rd International Marine Protected Areas Congress, whose ministerial segment closed yesterday in Ajaccio, Corsica.
Press release | 23 Oct, 2013
World nearing 3% of ocean protection
Marseille, France, 24 October 2013 – Marine protected areas now cover 2.8% of the global ocean – an area larger than Europe – according to the official map released today based on data provided by the World Database on Protected Areas, run by IUCN and the United Nations Environment Programme (…
Comunicado de prensa | 23 Oct, 2013
El mundo se acerca al 3% de la protección de sus océanos
Las áreas marinas protegidas cubren en la actualidad 2.8% de los océanos del mundo – un espacio mayor que Europa – de acuerdo con el mapa oficial que se lanza hoy con información de la Base de Datos Mundial de Áreas Protegidas, que lideran la UICN y el Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Medio…