Communiqué de presse | 28 Nov, 2017
Gland, Suisse, 28 novembre 2017. L’Union européenne (UE) et le Groupe de pays d’Afrique, Caraïbes et Pacifique (ACP) investissent 60 millions € dans le Programme pour la biodiversité et la gestion des aires protégées (BIOPAMA) pour les six prochaines années - ce qui fait du BIOPAMA l’un des plus…
Story | 12 Oct, 2017
Examining the Livelihood and Conservation Benefits from the Trade in wild caught live Tropical Fish
CEESP News - by Pauline Davey, Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association Ltd (OATA)
The Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association has published a report examining the livelihood and conservation benefits from the trade in wild caught live tropical fish for aquariums. The report, highly commended…
Story | 22 Aug, 2017
Waste not, want not - Wastewater focus of World Water Week
Every year World Water Week draws the global spotlight onto the world’s water challenges and opportunities. This year, the focus is on wastewater. Over 80% of global wastewater is released untreated back into nature, causing detrimental impacts on water supplies, human health, the economy, and…
Story | 01 Feb, 2016
World Wetlands Day: Wetlands & Sustainable Livelihoods
Each year, 2 February marks World Wetlands Day, to celebrate our planet’s wetlands but also to draw attention to the challenges that their degradation brings.
Story | 07 Jan, 2016
One third of the world’s freshwater fish at risk from hydropower dam expansion
A paper released today in Science shows that an unprecedented boom in construction of hydropower dams in the world’s most biodiverse river basins – the Amazon, Congo and Mekong – is placing one third of the world’s freshwater…
Story | 22 Nov, 2015
Valuing natural capital key to tackling climate change – says IUCN
Edinburgh, UK, 23 November 2015 -- IUCN Director General Inger Andersen highlighted the vital role of natural capital in addressing climate change in a…
Press release | 19 Nov, 2015
A global re-assessment of polar bears highlights loss of sea ice habitat due to climate warming as the single most important threat to the long-term survival of the species, according to the latest update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ released today by IUCN, International Union for…
Comunicado de prensa | 19 Nov, 2015
Una reevaluación mundial de los osos polares indica que la pérdida de su hábitat de hielos marinos debida al calentamiento climático es la principal amenaza a la supervivencia de la especie a largo plazo, según la última actualización de la Lista Roja de Especies Amenazadas de la UICN™,…
Communiqué de presse | 19 Nov, 2015
Une nouvelle évaluation mondiale démontre que la menace la plus importante pour la survie des ours polaires à long terme est la perte de son habitat de banquise induite par le réchauffement climatique , d’après la dernière mise à jour de la Liste rouge des espèces menacées de l’UICN™ publiée…
Press release | 19 Nov, 2015
Ruim 23.000 dieren en planten met uitsterving bedreigd
Wereldwijd worden er 23.250 soorten met uitsterven bedreigd, zo blijkt uit de nieuwe Rode Lijst van bedreigde soorten die IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) vandaag presenteert. Dit zijn er 466 meer dan bij de laatste taxatie afgelopen zomer.