Océans
€9m EU project on deep-sea organisms under way
IUCN is supporting the PharmaSea project which will bring European researchers to some of the deepest, coldest and hottest places on the planet. …
19 Feb 2013 | News story
Call for abstracts: 3rd International Marine Protected Areas Congress
The French Marine Protected Areas Agency (MPAA) and IUCN are organizing the 3rd International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC3) in Marseille and Corsica from 21 October to 27 October 2013. …
15 Feb 2013 | News story
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A recipe linking nature and people
Have you ever wondered how to represent the links between nature and people in a simple way to facilitate decision making? A diverse group of experts share their tips in addressing this very challenge and suggest possible ingredients of such a representation. The hope is that this 'recipe' will help the work of the top new nature platform (IPBES) in relating biodiversity and its benefits to human well-being, sustainability and conservation. …
25 Jan 2013 | News story
Liban progrèsse dans la protection des habitats marins
Le ministère de l´Environnement au Liban et l´UICN avec le soutien du Centre d´Activités Régionales pour les Aires Spécialement Protégées (CAR / ASP) et du Programme des Nations Unies pour le Environnement (PNUE, Plan d'Action pour la Méditerranée) ont mis en avant la Stratégie des Aires Marines Protégées afin d´atteindre environnement marin sain, productif et biologiquement diversifié dans les eaux libanaises. … | English | Spanish
08 Jan 2013 | News story
Australia creates world’s largest network of marine reserves
In November 2012 the Australian Government announced the creation of the world’s largest network of marine reserves. The government proclaimed 44 marine reserves a network, covering 2.3 million square kilometres, a full third of Australia’s ocean territory. The reserves are home to 45 of the world’s 78 whale and dolphin species, six of the seven known species of marine turtle, and 4,000 fish species. The government received support from over 500,000 Australians, who commented positively on the creation of the network. …
13 Dec 2012 | News story
Marine biodiversity conservation in Europe overseas
Many of the 30+ overseas territories of the European Union are islands and much of their biodiversity occurs in the seas and the oceans surrounding them. A recent workshop under the European Parliament Intergroup on “Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development” organized jointly with IUCN addressed the challenges of Europe overseas in protecting their marine biodiversity. …
10 Dec 2012 | News story
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En réponse à l'appel SOS de la nature, des dauphins, des rhinocéros, des tigres et d’autres animaux menacés bénéficieront d'un financement accru
Gland, Suisse, 22 novembre 2012 (UICN) – L'initiative phare de conservation des espèces Save Our Species (SOS) va pouvoir étendre ses activités grâce à un financement supplémentaire de 2,5 millions de dollars US qui lui permettra de lancer 25 nouveaux projets. … | English | Spanish
22 Nov 2012 | News story
Penguin Rehabilitation
How do you rehabilitate hundreds of oiled penguins to release back into the wild?
It only takes an hour to wash and rinse an oily African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), but it takes nearly four weeks to rehabilitate the bird for release back into the wild.
20 Nov 2012 | News story
IUCN supports Cook Islands to create the world’s largest marine park
Gland, Switzerland, 15 November 2012 – IUCN has recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the Government of the Cook Islands to support the establishment of the world’s largest marine protected area – the Cook Islands Marine Park. …
15 Nov 2012 | News story
EU's largest marine protected area
The Scottish Government has submitted proposals to the EU that include plans for Europe’s largest marine area of nature conservation in waters west of Scotland.
13 Nov 2012 | News story
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