Story | 21 Apr, 2011
Global forestry institutions call for more community-based forest management
The leading international organizations working to protect and manage the world’s forests are calling for governments across the globe to increase communities’ role in forest management. Doing so could contribute to lifting close to a billion people out of poverty, as well as improve the health…
Press release | 21 Apr, 2011
Earth Day Celebrated by IUCN Pakistan at Quetta
Quetta: The World’s leading Environmental Union, (IUCN) International Union for Conservation of Nature Pakistan, in collaboration with Girls Guide Association Balochistan celebrated the Earth Day 2011 with the tiltle, “A Billion Acts of Green”. A large number of participants from academia,…
Press release | 20 Apr, 2011
With many people starting to plan their annual holidays, IUCN has released a list of top ten tips for tourists who want to visit some of the most beautiful natural sites in the world without damaging the environment. Tips range from choosing eco-hotels and being mindful of your carbon footprint…
Story | 20 Apr, 2011
With many people starting to plan their annual holidays, IUCN has released a list of top ten tips for tourists who want to visit some of the most beautiful natural sites in the world without damaging the environment. Tips range from choosing eco-hotels and being mindful of your carbon footprint…
Story | 18 Apr, 2011
Overview of the Conservation Status of the Marine Fishes of the Mediterranean Sea
Compiled by Dania Abdul Malak, Suzanne R. Livingstone, David Pollard, Beth A. Polidoro, Annabelle Cuttelod, Michel Bariche, Murat Bilecenoglu, Kent E. Carpenter, Bruce B. Collette, Patrice Francour, Menachem Goren, Mohamed Hichem Kara, Enric Massutí, Costas Papaconstantinou and Leonardo Tunesi…
Story | 17 Apr, 2011
Holcim and IUCN continue working together
IUCN and Holcim, one of the world's leading suppliers of cement and aggregates, have renewed their partnership for another three years to continue to strengthen biodiversity management in Holcim’s operations as well as in the wider building materials sector.
Press release | 14 Apr, 2011
Plenty more fish in the sea? Not for much longer
More than 40 species of marine fish currently found in the Mediterranean could disappear in the next few years. According to a study for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ on the status of marine fish in the Mediterranean Sea, almost half of the species of sharks and rays (cartilaginous…
Story | 14 Apr, 2011
The Wetland Carbon Partnership continues for a 3rd Year
Danone, IUCN and Ramsar have agreed to a third year of the their Wetland Carbon Partnership. The partnership aims to find and invest in large scale mangrove restoration projects which deliver CDM-certified carbon credits to Danone as well as benefits to local communities.
Story | 14 Apr, 2011
For two issues (CEESP September 2010 and December 2010), we have raised attention to how an international network of environmental organizations and the forest industry have been shaping forest policy in the Canadian boreal region. We specifically focused on the Far North Act in Ontario and…
Story | 14 Apr, 2011
Linking and Geotagging Pastoralist and Mobile Production Systems
By Dario Novellino and Valentina De Marchi