News for Members
It’s now or never to stop the biodiversity crisis
IUCN Director General Julia Marton-Lefèvre has sent a strong message to the global community at the UNESCO launch of the International Year of Biodiversity in Paris. She says we are all responsible for today’s biodiversity crisis and we must take immediate action to stop it. …
21 Jan 2010 | News story
IUCN welcomes the Kingdom of Lesotho as new State Member
The Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho has officially announced its decision to join IUCN by endorsing the IUCN Statutes. … | French | Spanish
21 Jan 2010 | News story
WANI and IUCN Members in Mexico establish new Watershed Committee
The newly established Cahoacán River Watershed Committee in Chiapas, southwest Mexico, will aim to coordinate programmes and actions towards a more effective administration for the preservation of watershed resources and development of hydraulic infrastructures. …
19 Jan 2010 | News story
Applications for IUCN Membership
Applications for IUCN Membership to be considered by the IUCN Council at its 2-4 June 2010 meeting … | French | Spanish
15 Jan 2010 | News story
Elephant foster parents in Sri Lanka
In Sri Lanka, three elephants are killed every week as a result of human-elephant conflict, leaving behind defenceless orphans. To address this, IUCN State Member The Department of Wildlife Conservation has launched a novel foster parent scheme, where contributions from donors are used to shelter helpless young elephants in a transit home until they have reached an appropriate age to be released into the wild. …
15 Jan 2010 | News story
Face the Future: carbon trading
Face the Future, an IUCN Netherlands Committee member, develops forest carbon projects around the world with the aim of mitigating climate change and conserving forests. They also promote the business case for biodiversity conservation through the sale of carbon credits. …
15 Jan 2010 | News story
Biofuels Conference
The Shell-IUCN partnership is sponsoring the 7th International Conference on Biofuels, hosted by IUCN Member Winrock International India in Delhi, India on 11-12 February. …
15 Jan 2010 | News story
Encourager la biodiversité dans les marques, labels et certifications de productions agricoles
La biodiversité est peu valorisée dans les signes de reconnaissance agricoles, c’est-à-dire les marques, labels, AOC ou certifications attribués à des productions de vins, fromages, viandes, fruits, légumes, céréales. Pourtant plusieurs mesures favorables à la biodiversité existent, elles demandent à être encouragées. C’est le résultat d’une étude publiée aujourd’hui par le Comité français de l’UICN, en partenariat avec la Fédération des Parcs naturels régionaux de France, qui a porté sur l’analyse d’une cinquantaine de signes reconnus en France. …
15 Jan 2010 | News story
Discover biodiversity - every day
To increase awareness of the enormous variety of life on our planet, and raise the profile of threatened species, we have launched the IUCN Red List ‘Species of the Day’. …
06 Jan 2010 | News story
IUCN Director General speaks of her hopes for the International Year of Biodiversity
2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity. It's an opportunity to find real solutions to safeguard the natural environment which mankind depends upon. IUCN is playing a key role in pushing for immediate action to protect species, ecosystems and natural resources before it's too late. IUCN's Director General, Julia Marton-Lefèvre, says that, coming straight after Copenhagen, the International Year of Biodiversity is very significant. …
23 Dec 2009 | Video
