Tag:IUCN

Conservation

As wildlife returns, Ivorian park may be struck off ‘danger list’

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has recommended withdrawing in-danger status from Comoé National Park in Côte d’Ivoire after seeing chimps and...

admin - June 4, 2017

Marine

Concern as climate change, plastics choke the ocean

Ahead of the United Nations Ocean Conference to support the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14 (Life below water), the International Union for the...

admin - June 1, 2017

Conservation

Three habitat sites recommended for World Heritage status

The advisory body on natural World Heritage, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), has recommended World Heritage status for three sites nominated...

admin - May 28, 2017

Conservation

International Day for Biodiversity: Nature-based tourism holds key to conserving nature – IUCN

Director General of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Inger Andersen, in a statement to commemorate the International Day for Biological...

admin - May 22, 2017

Conservation

France, IUCN collaborate to support global environment, development efforts

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has signed a new framework agreement with France for 2017-2020, which aims to support the...

admin - May 17, 2017

Cover

Nations take stock as SAWAP/BRICKS project explores fresh opportunities

Teams from the 12 nations of the Sahel and West Africa Programme in Support of the Great Green Wall Initiative (SAWAP) are utilising the...

admin - May 9, 2017

Marine

Conservationists’ expedition to explore life on undersea mountains

A scientific expedition to explore life on undersea mountains – or seamounts – in the high seas south of Madagascar is under way. The expedition...

admin - April 20, 2017

Conservation

12m Euro SOS scheme to help carnivores, humans coexist

Protecting lions, cheetahs and other iconic African species by helping local communities coexist with these predators is the goal of a new 12 million...

Michael Simire - April 17, 2017

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