Our monthly focus takes an in-depth look at how IUCN turns conservation policy into a conservation reality, supporting people’s livelihoods and saving nature. Some months focus on IUCN's involvement in key international meetings such as on climate change or biodiversity, others highlight IUCN's efforts on a particular issue such as ocean conservation. In each focus section you'll find a range of material from audio and video interviews to expert opinion articles and stories about concrete conservation action.
Shaking things up at Rio
Nature for all
Wet and wild
Naturally Europe
February 2012. For the people of Europe, struggling through another cold winter, it’s time to fall in love again! Walks along the Seine, bird watching along the coast of the Waddenzee, skiing in the Alps…from Portugal to Russia, Europe is home to some of the world’s most iconic romantic settings. And this is thanks to a rich natural heritage.
Biodiversity up front
Climate change
Celebrating forests
Saving our Drylands
October 2011. This month’s Focus exposes the real value of drylands and IUCN’s efforts to save them. With the biennial meeting of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) taking place 10 to 21 October in the Republic of Korea, IUCN will be promoting solutions that simultaneously conserve the extraordinary biodiversity found in drylands and improve the lives of the people living in them.
Let's do it!
From Karakorum to Kalimantan
From Beirut to Bahrain
July 2011. Few regions are as diverse and fascinating as West Asia, the convergence point of Mediterranean, Persian and Arabic civilizations. Spanning Mediterranean forests, deserts, mountains, mangroves and coral reefs, this region has it all ecologically but is undergoing some profound environmental changes.
Simply the best?
Ocean commotion
Natural born heroes
IUCN at work in South America
1 March 2011. From towering waterfalls to mighty mountains, lush rainforests to harsh deserts, South America is a land of contrasts and a land of extremes. It is home to the world's highest waterfall—Angel Falls in Venezuela, the longest mountain range—the Andes, the driest place on earth—the Atacama Desert and the largest rainforest—the Amazon Rainforest.




















