Press release | 11 Nov, 2014
Global forum on protected areas puts nature at the heart of a sustainable future
IUCN World Parks Congress 2014 opens today in Sydney
Comunicado de prensa | 11 Nov, 2014
Foro mundial sobre áreas protegidas pone a la naturaleza en el corazón del futuro sostenible
El Congreso Mundial de Parques de la UICN 2014 se inicia hoy en Sídney
Communiqué de presse | 11 Nov, 2014
Le forum mondial des aires protégées met la nature au cœur d’un avenir durable
Le Congrès mondial des parcs 2014 ouvre ses travaux à Sydney aujourd’hui
Press release | 11 Nov, 2014
IUCN World Parks Congres van start in Sydney
Bijna 5.000 vertegenwoordigers uit meer dan 160 landen zijn sinds vandaag bijeen in Sydney (Australië) voor het World Parks Congres, een tienjaarlijks congres over beschermde gebieden. Gedurende een week spreken zij over de oplossingen die natuurparken kunnen bieden voor mondiale uitdagingen als…
Story | 24 Jun, 2014
More good news for Saola as rangers collect over 7,800 snares
How do you protect what you never see and of which we know so little? According to SOS Grantee and IUCN Member, the Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) Alex McWilliam, Deputy Director of the WCS Lao PDR Programme, by far the greatest immediate threat to the survival of the Saola throughout its…
Story | 16 Jun, 2014
SOS grantee Michael Dine of WWF, an IUCN member, has been updating SOS on field activities from his project to help protect the Critically Endangered Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis). This is one of two SOS funded projects helping to protect the little known and rarely seen forest bovid – cousin…
Story | 28 May, 2014
Poachers Lose Motorbikes at Chu Mom Ray National Park, Vietnam
Lois Lippold, from the Douc Langur Foundation, an SOS Grantee reports on another heartening development in her project's work to protect the Endangered Langurs and Gibbons of Vietnam's Chu Mom Ray Park. In August 2013, Lois reported the first successful arrest of a poacher in the park. But in…
Story | 16 Jul, 2013
Moving Closer to Nature - Miyun Landscape, China
Substantial efforts have been made over the last 30 or 40 years to reforest the Miyun landscape. These efforts were a response to the very urgent need to protect the Miyun reservoir and its watershed, which supplies up to 80% of the water used in Bejing, China’s capital city. Over the last…
Story | 07 Feb, 2013
Lam Binh Community sends strong message to poachers
Once bitten, twice shy. Or perhaps, in this case the phrase should be ‘once stung, twice shy’. That is the lesson SOS grantee, People Resources and Conservation Foundation, hopes poachers will take from a recent successful ‘sting’ operation carried out in Lam Binh, a remote mountainous karst…