Story | 14 Dec, 2008
Top 50 Mediterranean Island Plants on Google
IUCN-Med has created and published its “Top 50 Mediterranean Island Plants” layer on Google Earth. This layer is based on “The Top 50 Mediterranean Island Plants” publication presenting a selection of 50 of the most threatened plant species growing on Mediterranean islands.
Press release | 26 Nov, 2008
A network of marine protected areas to safeguard biodiversity urgently needed in the Mediterranean
The Mediterranean Sea covers only 0.8% of the world’s ocean surface, but it also accounts for 7% of all marine species known. Considered a hotspot of biodiversity, almost one fourth of Mediterranean species are endemic to the region. An almost closed sea surrounded by an overpopulated coast, it…
Story | 27 Oct, 2008
Mediterranean Reflections 2007
You will see in this report that IUCN-Med had another busy and fulfilling year working closely with our IUCN partners in the Mediterranean, members, Councillors, Commission members and National Committees, learning from them, sharing our knowledge and doing our utmost to communicate better with…
Story | 26 Oct, 2008
Mediterranean Reflections 2006
As you can see in this progress report, the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation made incredible progress during 2006. We validated and made available stunning facts about our Mediterranean biodiversity and its links to society. We learnt that a quarter of our amphibians are in danger of…
Story | 15 Oct, 2008
Edited by Ameer Abdulla, PhD and Olof Linden, PhD
Story | 15 Oct, 2008
Edited by Nilüfer Oral and François Simard
Story | 15 Oct, 2008
Mediterranean Mountains in a Changing World - Guidelines for developing action plans
Pedro Regato & Rami Salman
Story | 15 Oct, 2008
Status of Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean Sea
Ameer Abdulla, Marina Gomei, Elodie Maison, and Catherine Piante
Press release | 06 Oct, 2008
IUCN Red List reveals world’s mammals in crisis
Barcelona, Spain, 6 October, 2008 (IUCN) – The most comprehensive assessment of the world’s mammals has confirmed an extinction crisis, with almost one in four at risk of disappearing forever, according to The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, revealed at the IUCN World Conservation Congress…