Goldfinch eggs in Castro Marim, Portugal

IUCN’s Pan-European Region covers the whole of Europe and North and Central Asia. This is IUCN’s largest programmatic region and contains two global biodiversity hotspots: The Mediterranean basin and the Caucasus.

Conference: "The European Union and its Overseas Entities: Strategies to counter Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss" (Reunion Island, 7-11 July 2008)
Climate Change | Europe

On the front line – the EU’s overseas entities battle climate change

For the first time, the EU’s overseas entities, ranging from islands in the Tropics to the Polar regions and sections of the Amazon rainforest, will get together to learn lessons and act together on climate change and species loss. …  

13 May 2008 | News - News story

Featured Project

Drapeau, Parlement européen à Strasbourg
Europe | Environmental Policy

IUCN and the European Parliament

In order to increase the attention of the European Parliament on the 2010 biodiversity target, the IUCN Regional Office for Europe closely collaborates with the Intergroup on Sustainable Development (ISD), hosted by the European Bureau for Conservation and Development. …  

20 Mar 2008 | Description - Project

Featured Publication

IUCN Pan-European Newsletter 15: Business and Biodiversity
Europe | Business

IUCN Pan-European Newsletter 15: Business and Biodiversity

This newsletter issue focuses on Business and Biodiversity, with contributions from the World Business Council on Sustainable Development, WWF, the European Commission and the Portuguese Presidency of the EU. …  

01 Feb 2008 | Downloads - Publication

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