Story | 12 Jan, 2021
Mangroves, salt marshes and seagrasses of international importance in Mozambique and Tanzania are currently not subject to the level of protection needed to ensure their long-term functioning. This is one of the findings of a new IUCN report that provides an in-depth analysis of carbon-rich…
Story | 08 Dec, 2020
Addressing the Violence of Inequality in Conservation
Around the world, gender-based violence affects sustainable and equitable natural resource access and control - and solutions are urgently needed. Four projects will work to address these issues in wildlife and forestry conservation.
Story | 31 Dec, 2019
Following the decision by IUCN Members to adopt a universal definition of nature-based solutions (NbS) in 2016, IUCN has been working with key stakeholders in relevant sectors, such as water, food, development and humanitarian aid, encouraging them to systematically incorporate NbS into their…
Artículo | 29 May, 2018
Según la Unión Internacional de Conservación de la Naturaleza (UICN), organismo encargado de ofrecer asesoramiento al Comité del Patrimonio Mundial de la UNESCO en materia de sitios naturales, se puede retirar la condición de Patrimonio Mundial en Peligro al segundo arrecife más grande del mundo…
Story | 28 May, 2018
World Heritage in-danger: Belize reef recovers while Lake Turkana faces dam threat – IUCN
In-danger status can be lifted from the world’s second largest coral reef, Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in charge of advising the UNESCO World Heritage Committee on natural sites. IUCN recommends danger-listing Kenya’s…
Article | 28 May, 2018
Le statut de site en péril, déclaré pour le Réseau de réserves du récif de la barrière du Belize (la deuxième barrière de corail au monde), pourra être levé, selon l’Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature (UICN), chargée de conseiller le Comité du Patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO…
Story | 11 Nov, 2015
IUCN and UNESCO welcome no-go pledge for World Heritage sites by Tullow Oil
IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, the official advisory body on natural World Heritage, and UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre have welcomed a new commitment by British company Tullow Oil plc to stay out of World Heritage sites. The firm had received a licence to explore for…
Press release | 02 Jul, 2015
Jamaica’s first World Heritage listing ups the number of natural sites to 229
The Blue and John Crow Mountains has become Jamaica’s first World Heritage site today, following advice from IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, responsible for evaluating the site’s natural values. Extensions of South Africa’s Cape Floral Region Protected Areas and Viet…
Story | 14 May, 2015
IUCN recommends action for natural World Heritage in danger
Key recommendations by IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, on new and threatened natural World Heritage sites are released today ahead of the World Heritage Committee meeting which takes place in Bonn, Germany from 28 June to 8 July. IUCN recommends that Colombia’s Los…
Artículo | 14 May, 2015
La UICN recomienda actuar en favor del Patrimonio Mundial natural en peligro
La UICN, Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza, publica hoy, con anterioridad a la reunión del Comité del Patrimonio Mundial que tendrá lugar el 28 de junio al 8 de julio en Bonn (Alemania), una serie de recomendaciones clave sobre sitios naturales del Patrimonio Mundial…