Story | 12 Jul, 2019
BRIDGE - Building River Dialogue and Governance: kick off programme 2019-2021
The IUCN BRIDGE programme works towards building river dialogue and governance in transboundary basins. Implemented by IUCN in close collaboration with regional partners, a fourth phase of the programme…
Comunicado de prensa | 03 Jul, 2019
El Comité del Patrimonio Mundial ha seguido hoy el consejo de la UICN de incluir las Islas y Áreas Protegidas del Golfo de California de México en la Lista del Patrimonio Mundial en Peligro. La población de vaquitas del sitio – la especie de marsopa más pequeña y en mayor peligro de extinción –…
Press release | 03 Jul, 2019
The looming extinction of the vaquita puts Gulf of California on World Heritage danger list
The World Heritage Committee today followed IUCN’s advice to list Mexico’s Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California as a World Heritage site in danger. The site’s population of vaquitas – the world’s smallest and most endangered species of porpoise – has been decimated due to the…