Story | 18 Jan, 2021
Reverse the Red Webinar Series and the IUCN One Programme
January 26th, 8AM EST
Story | 07 Jan, 2021
CEC celebrates Alejandra Torrez
Alejandra Torrez shares her story working in the 'Andean Cat Education Program', an initiative aiming to achieve a permanent change in the perception and valuation of nature, especially the Andean cat as an emblematic specie of the Andes in Bolivia. Alejandra…
Story | 21 Dec, 2020
From Snares to Wares… Converting youth into conservation craftsmen
A new project in Uganda, the Snares to Wares initiative is transforming one of the most dangerous and problematic poaching weapons into inspiring pieces of art. The initiative supported by IUCN Save Our Species and co-funded by the European Union is working with youth and converted poachers, who…
Story | 17 Dec, 2020
“Operación Atacama”, the Recovery of Trafficked Threatened Cacti
For over a year, the IUCN SSC Cactus and Succulent Plants Specialist Group (CSSG), Associazione per la Biodiversitá e la sua Conservazione (Italy) and Universidad de Concepción (Chile) have collaborated with Italian and Chilean authorities in…
Story | 17 Dec, 2020
Establishment of the Global Gibbon Network Initiative
The following statement was announced by Dr Jane Smart, Global Director of the Biodiversity Conservation Group and Director of the Global Species Programme at IUCN, at the fifth Anniversary Celebration of International Gibbon Day on Saturday 24 October 2020. The event was held in Haikou, Hainan…
Story | 15 Dec, 2020
Buenos Aires, Argentina. 15th December 2020 — The Center will act as a regional support hub for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, to IUCN conservation planning and to mobilizing species recovery action.
Press release | 10 Dec, 2020
European bison recovering, 31 species declared Extinct – IUCN Red List
Gland, Switzerland, 10 December 2020 (IUCN) – The European bison (Bison bonasus), Europe’s largest land mammal, has moved from Vulnerable to Near Threatened thanks to continued conservation efforts, according to today’s update of the IUCN…
Story | 03 Dec, 2020
Launching IUCN Red-listing Process for Orchids in Arunachal Pradesh, India
IUCN in partnership with Government of Arunachal Pradesh has made a mark in upscaling conservation initiatives by e-launching its project 'IUCN Red-Listing Process of Orchids species assessment in Arunachal Pradesh' on 24th October 2020. IUCN in partnership with Government of Arunachal Pradesh…
Story | 03 Dec, 2020
CEC Co-Organized International Snow Leopard Day Celebration in China
The event led by Beijing Forestry University and Eco-Bridge Continental was successfully held in Beijing and Kunming