News | 27 Th11, 2023
New report on High Seas Biodiversity Treaty gives accessible at-a-glance introduction
This introductory report's target audience is professionals from governments, civil society, private sector, and other stakeholders who know multilateral processes and treaties but are not high seas “BBNJ (biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction) experts”. The report is more digestible than…
Story | 24 Tháng 5, 2023
A total of 126 invasive alien species (IAS) and another 89 species posing a serious threat to freshwater and estuarine ecosystems have been recorded by the Life Invasaqua project in Spain and Portugal.
From the 25th to the 26th of May this conference, led by IUCN-Med, will…
Story | 21 Th6, 2022
International bycatch meeting - Bringing forward solutions for effective monitoring & reduction
From 4 to 6 October in Malaga (Spain), the “International Bycatch Meeting” will demonstrate the current state-of-the-art in addressing bycatch worldwide, with particular emphasis on the needs and challenges associated with the implementation of bycatch programmes in different seas and fisheries…
Story | 29 Th10, 2021
Brand new podcast builds the business case for investing in our ocean
IUCN’s Blue Natural Capital Financing Facility has released a new podcast, Investing for Ocean Impact, which explores a new future for ocean financing.
Story | 12 Th3, 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 Th2, 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 | 04 Th2, 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…
Article | 10 Th10, 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 Th10, 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…
Story | 22 Th2, 2019
IUCN joins Fortune 500 companies to address plastic leaks in their supply chains
IUCN, together with the World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Life Cycle Initiative, have joined the strategic committee of a newly launched Plastic Leak Project (PLP), which aims to help…