Tag:IUCN

Marine

Invisible plastic particles a major source of ocean pollution – Study

Tiny plastic particles washed off products such as synthetic clothes and car tyres could contribute up to 30% of the “plastic soup” polluting the...

admin - February 21, 2017

Conservation

Cameroon to restore 12m hectares of forest in Congo Basin

Cameroon has committed to restoring over 12 million hectares of deforested and degraded land by 2030 as part of the Bonn Challenge initiative. The...

admin - February 17, 2017

Marine

Ghana: Measuring livelihood dependency on river flow

As part of the blog series on IUCN’s “WISE-UP to Climate” project, project partner, BC3 (Basque Centre for Climate Change) research economist, Laetitia Pettinotti,...

admin - February 16, 2017

Conservation

Reports shed light on sustainable python trade

Three new reports published on Monday by the Python Conservation Partnership (PCP), a partnership between Kering, the International Trade Centre (ITC) and the Boa...

admin - September 27, 2016

Conservation

IUCN attributes vilest African elephant losses to poaching

Africa’s overall elephant population has seen the worst declines in 25 years, mainly due to poaching over the past 10 years – according to...

admin - September 25, 2016

Conservation

Govts urged to impose restrictions on pangolins trade

Environmentalists have urged governments attending a global wildlife conference in South Africa this month to impose maximum restrictions on the trade of endangered pangolins, a...

admin - September 18, 2016

Cover

‘Hawai’i Commitments’ emerges as global conservation summit ends

The IUCN World Conservation Congress closed on Saturday in Hawaiʻi, setting the global conservation agenda for the next four years and defining a roadmap...

admin - September 11, 2016

Sustainable Devpt

Support for Indigenous peoples’ rights gets a lift

Support for Indigenous peoples’ rights has received a boost, thanks to key decisions adopted last week by the International Union for the Conservation of...

admin - September 11, 2016

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