Lao PDR joined the Ramsar Convention in 2010, with the designation of the Xe Champhone and Boeung Kiat Ngong wetlands as its first two Ramsar sites. IUCN had proposed that the government also ...
The IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Caprinae Specialist Group (CSG) evaluated the effects of inclusion of local people in the conservation of Golestan National Park, Iran. Community based ...
Marine pollution from sunken vessels is predicted to reach its highest level this decade, with over 8,500 shipwrecks at risk of leaking approximately 6 billion gallons of oil. Lack of data and ...
To give structure to the plethora of IUCN tools and methodologies that can be applied in urban ecosystems, IUCN has developed the IUCN Urban Toolbox, a catalogue of knowledge products on urban ...
Mountain areas cover 24% of the Earth's land and 26% of the global population lives in or around these areas. At the global scale, perhaps their greatest value is as 'water towers', providing water ...
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One of the major impediments to the advancement of medicinal plant conservation is the difficulty of accessing and analysing the relevant literature. Books and papers on medicinal plants count by the ...
To strengthen environmental sustainability and water security in the Lower Mekong Basin by focusing, for the first time, on improved governance and sustainable utilization of the Cambodia-Mekong River ...
TSAPSG evaluates new species and makes improvements to our assessment processes for the Red List. With more than 19,800 species of plants under the scope of the Temperate South American Plant ...
Inland waters – such as rivers, lakes and other wetlands – are among the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet. They are also the most threatened; almost one in three species is at risk of ...
Del 24 al 28 de marzo, el Parque Nacional Cerro Castillo, recibirá al EAGL Chile, quienes evaluarán el cumplimiento de indicadores de gestión efectiva, proceso para ingresar a la Lista Verde de la ...
Le Réseau International de Forêts Modèles (RIFM) est le plus grand réseau au monde consacré à la gouvernance durable des paysages. Le RIFM comprend plus de 60 Forêts Modèles dans 35 pays, couvrant ...