Story | 16 Jun, 2016
Reef Manager’s Guide to Stewardship
"Helping people work together to improve the outlook for coral reefs and communities"
Story | 16 Jun, 2016
Forest and Farm Producer Organisations show “Strength in Numbers”
A joint Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) and International Family Forestry Alliance (IFFA) publication unveiled today at the European Development Days (EDD) provides practical examples of the involvement of many of the most marginalised in the global quest to fulfil the Sustainable Development…
Story | 15 Jun, 2016
IUCN has released a detailed report on whale protection measures implemented by Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd. during a seismic survey conducted in the summer of 2015 close to an important western gray whale feeding area near Sakhalin Island, off the Russian coast, just north of Japan.…
Story | 10 Jun, 2016
Wildlife trade and dams putting natural World Heritage at risk – IUCN
Natural World Heritage sites face major threats, such as commercial logging, poaching, gillnet fishing and dams, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). In its recommendations to the World Heritage Committee, which meets in July, IUCN has advised that three…
Story | 09 Jun, 2016
IUCN’s partnership with the Global Environment Facility – an update
Since gaining accreditation as a Project Agency with the Global Environment Facility in 2014, IUCN has laid important groundwork and is now set to scale up its work on biodiversity conservation, ecosystem restoration and sustainable development.
DG Statement | 09 Jun, 2016
Today defines tomorrow: World Heritage as litmus test for action on agreements
This piece by IUCN Director General Inger Andersen originally appeared on World Heritage, the official UNESCO publication from the World Heritage Centre, as part of a special edition on the IUCN World Conservation Congress. It reflects some of the main messages brought by IUCN to the 40th World…
DG Statement | 02 Jun, 2016
IUCN Director General’s statement on World Environment Day
It’s big business, it’s a growing threat to our environment, and it’s illegal.
It is wildlife trafficking.
Story | 27 May, 2016
The Top 20 Threatened Small Mammals
When most people think of endangered mammals they jump to the iconic giant pandas, tigers or elephants, but not to be overlooked are the equally charismatic and curious small mammals of the world.
Press release | 28 Apr, 2016
Cement giant vows to respect World Heritage in joint effort with IUCN and UNESCO
Building materials company CEMEX has committed to staying out of World Heritage sites and to building awareness of the need to protect them, following a collaboration with UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre and IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Story | 03 Apr, 2016
IUCN brought scientific experts from around the world to Paris in February to explore possible new marine World Heritage sites in the Arctic. They reviewed the most unique and exceptional of Arctic features that could potentially merit inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage list.