Story | 11 Sep, 2011
Selected Medicinal Plants of Chittagong Hill Tracts
Author: Motaleb, M.A., et al. 2011
Press release | 01 Sep, 2011
Leaders define pathway to restoring 150 million hectares of lost forests
A core commitment to restore 150 million hectares of lost forests and degraded lands worldwide by 2020 is launched today at a ministerial conference in Bonn. New analysis by IUCN estimates that restoring 150 million hectares would be worth US$ 85 billion per year to national and global economies…
Story | 23 Aug, 2011
Winners of game-show “Adaptation to Climate Change” announced at IUCN-Holcim Summer Campaign Closing
On July 30-31, 2011, a game-show with the theme “Adaptation to Climate Change” was organized in Phu My Town in Ba Ria-Vung Tau, two hours south of HCMC, to mark the end of the IUCN-Holcim Summer Campaign 2011. IUCN, Holcim and UNIAD, a Hochiminh city (HCMC) - based entertainment company,…
Story | 18 Aug, 2011
Young writers' forest letter contest - Barbados and China win!
A Great Oak in Guyana’s Windsor Forest and an observant little tree ‘prepared to care for humanity’ helped 15-year-old Charlée Gittens from Barbados and 13-year-old Wang Sa from China to win gold medals in the Universal Postal Union’s 40th International Letter-Writing Competition for Young…
Press release | 10 Aug, 2011
The National Park Service (NPS) and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have established a partnership to support protected areas and national parks around the world. The first partnership action is the assigning of Mr. David Reynolds, the NPS Northeast Region Chief of…
Press release | 27 Jul, 2011
Depletion of the body snatchers: bad news for marine environment
A recent study conducted for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ has determined that 20% of hagfish species are at an elevated risk of extinction*. Scientists warn that this figure could be much higher.
Press release | 27 Jul, 2011
IUCN Juniper Project Ziarat in collaboration with Rahbar School Green Club organized cleanup campaign on “World Nature Conservation (WNC) Day”
Press release | 26 Jul, 2011
A presentation on, “Climate Change; Moving from Problems to solutions” was organized by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) under Balochistan Partnership for Sustainable Development program in collaboration with Society for community support & Primary Education in…
Press release | 25 Jul, 2011
Quetta 26th, July 2011 IUCN Balochistan Partnerships for Sustainable Development Project organized one day Training Session on “Natural Resource Management” at District Pishin.
Press release | 18 Jul, 2011
Greening Development Planning in Pakistan
The Government of Pakistan, under the auspices of Planning Commission, in collaboration with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) organized a half-day Seminar titled: “Strategic Environmental Assessment – Greening Development Planning in Pakistan”, at a local hotel in,…