Especies
Launch of the first Dugong Status Report and Action Plan
Cartagena, Colombia 13.02.02. IUCN's Director General, Achim Steiner, and Dr. Klaus Töpfer, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) launched a joint publication, Dugong: Status Report and Action Plans for Countries and Territories, during the seventh special session of UNEP's Governing Council in Columbia yesterday. …
13 Feb 2002 | News story
SSC Specialist Group celebrates success of the First International Tapir Symposium
Gland, Switzerland (20.12.01) IUCN-The World Conservation Union. Global efforts towards tapir conservation have received great impetus thanks to the success of the First International Tapir Symposium that took place in Costa Rica recently. …
20 Dec 2001 | News story
Recovery of the Kunene rhinos - Knights of the Namibian desert
Gland, Switzerland (01.11.01) IUCN-The World Conservation Union. An IUCN Species Survival Commission member is central to the remarkable recovery of some of the most unusual members of the rhino world - the desert-dwelling black rhino of Namibia. …
01 Nov 2001 | News story
IUCN/SSC Specialist Group involved in plan to rescue wild alligators in China
Gland, Switzerland (26.09.01) IUCN-The World Conservation Union. Significant steps towards the conservation of the last "wild dragons" in China have been made thanks to the hard work of IUCN's Crocodile Specialist Group members and Chinese and international experts. …
26 Sep 2001 | News story
Worldwide efforts to save bats boosted by launch of IUCN Action Plan at international conference
Gland, Switzerland (06.08.01) IUCN-The World Conservation Union. The launch of a new IUCN bat Action Plan at an international conference in Malaysia has served as a rallying cry to conservationists worldwide to step up efforts to halt the alarming declines in bat populations. …
06 Aug 2001 | News story
IUCN leads international cooperation to combat the growing "bushmeat" problem
Gland, Switzerland (IUCN) 27.07.01. IUCN is taking the lead on international cooperation to combat the unsustainable use of wild meat that is having a devastating effect on wildlife populations and threatening food security for many local communities. …
27 Jul 2001 | News story
SSC expertise called on for strategy to save Europe's plants
Gland, Switzerland (IUCN) 12.07.01. IUCN's Species Survival Commission (SSC) is playing a key role in developing a strategy to save Europe's diverse but highly threatened plant life. …
12 Jul 2001 | News story
The truth about bats - A new Action Plan to boost their conservation
Gland, Switzerland (IUCN) 28.06.01. A new Action Plan that unveils the often feared, but fascinating world of bats and provides a framework for their conservation worldwide has been published by IUCN's Species Survival Commission (SSC) to coincide with "International Year of the Bat." …
28 Jun 2001 | News story
Rediscovery of "extinct" species on Mauritius spurs joint action to secure its future
Gland, Switzerland (IUCN) 21.06.01. The rediscovery of a Mauritian plant last seen in the wild in 1863 has spurred collaborative efforts on the island to help save the species. …
21 Jun 2001 | News story
Caviar Industry Donates US$10,000 to Sturgeon Conservation
Gland, Switzerland (11.06.01) IUCN-The World Conservation Union. The International Caviar Importers Association (ICIA), has generously agreed to provide a grant of US$10,000 to support the work of the Sturgeon Specialist Group (SSG) of IUCN's Species Survival Commission. Ten members of the Association will each contribute US$1,000 to enable the Group to retain a part-time executive officer and obtain communications equipment. …
11 Jun 2001 | News story
