Story | 13 May, 2020
IUCN Việt Nam và Vườn Quốc gia (VQG) Côn Đảo xin trân trọng thông báo kêu gọi tình nguyện viên (TNV) tham gia Chương trình TNV bảo tồn rùa biển năm 2020 tại VQG Côn Đảo, tỉnh Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu, Việt Nam.
Story | 13 May, 2020
IUCN Viet Nam and Con Dao National Park are pleased to announce the call for marine turtle conservation volunteer programme 2020 in Con Dao NP, Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province, Viet Nam.
Story | 12 Mar, 2020
Report: Blue Infrastructure Finance, where all win
All coastal and marine ecosystems are critical to human well-being and global biodiversity. Mangroves, coral reefs, and seagrass beds are examples of these. But urban and rural infrastructure investments are having a heavy negative impact on these systems, and it is…
Story | 27 Feb, 2020
Report: Building ambition and planning ahead for the High Seas treaty
A new IUCN report gives a series of recommendations to build ambition for the new agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) under UNCLOS.
…Story | 13 Feb, 2020
Blueyou business partners with mangrove trees to turn a profit
The swirling question posed by any business wanting to take part in nature conservation is how to make it profitable. In Indonesia, the “Selva Shrimp” project is on the way to proving that small-scale farming with active nature conservation can create livelihoods for local communities. At the…
Story | 04 Feb, 2020
The Marine Plastic Footprint report: calculating the millions of tonnes that end up in the oceans
In The Marine Plastic Footprint, Joao Sousa of IUCN introduces new measures to understand and calculate the frightening leakage of plastic into the marine environment - by following its movement through every stage from production to waste to final destination.
Three integrated case…
Story | 13 Jan, 2020
Young Myanmar researchers receive award for marine mammal research in the Gulf of Mottama
A little over one year ago, we confirmed - with our own eyes - the presence of Indo-Pacific Finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides, Vulnerable) and Irrawaddy dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris, Endangered) in the coastal waters of the Gulf of Mottama.
Press release | 15 Oct, 2019
Charting a course to sustainability and equity in the blue economy
CEESP News: By Dr. Nathan Bennett, Chair of the 'People and the Ocean' CEESP Specialist Group.
The global rush to develop the ‘blue economy’ risks harming both the marine environment and human wellbeing. Bold policies and actions are urgently needed. This paper outlines five priorities…
Article | 10 Oct, 2019
Le Projet Med Bycatch vient de publier un guide pratique destiné à aider les communautés de pêche et les observateurs à bord des navires à identifier, surveiller et améliorer leurs connaissances sur les espèces vulnérables potentiellement menacées par les prises accessoires en Méditerranée.…
Story | 10 Oct, 2019
Identification Guide Of Vulnerable Species Incidentally Caught In Mediterranean Fisheries
BYCATCH - The Med Bycatch Project has just issued a practical guide to help fishing communities and on board observers identify and monitor vulnerable marine species potentially bycaught in the Mediterranean, such as cartilaginous fish (sharks, rays, chimarera), sea turtles, seabirds, marine…