Protected Areas News
Promoting Sustainable Fisheries in MPAs: Planning Skills Built for Stakeholders
A training course on sustainable fisheries planning to support Marine Protected Area (MPA) stakeholders was co-sponsored by IUCN Viet Nam in mid-April 2008 in Quy Nhon City, Binh Dinh Province, where Con Chim Mangrove Reserve and many local fishing communities are located. …
07 May 2008 | News - News story
180 million boost to Australia's National Reserve System
Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett announced a $180 million boost over 5 years to Australia's National Reserve System …
30 Apr 2008 | News - News story
Queensland announces major growth in parks
25 Apr 2008 | News - News story
Implementing the Key recommendations from the IUCN Vth World Parks Congress 2003
The world’s foremost leaders in protected areas met in Cape Town recently to discuss progress in implementing the key recommendations from the landmark 2003 IUCN World Parks Congress. …
22 Apr 2008 | News - Press Release
IUCN promotes Protected Areas, Equity and Livelihoods during Asia-Pacific Forestry Week
IUCN is participating in the first-ever Asia-Pacific Forestry Week taking place from the 21st to the 26th of April 2008, in Hanoi, Viet Nam. The event is expected to be the largest and the most important forestry-related event this year in the South East Asia region, a region which has seen the largest decline in forest area in the Asia-Pacific region. …
21 Apr 2008 | News - News story
IUCN sets its agenda for the CBD
When world leaders meet in Bonn in May for the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), slowing down the rate of species loss will be top of the agenda. …
16 Apr 2008 | News - News story
Climate change key driver to biodiversity loss
Cape Town - Scientific evaluations on climate change have confirmed that climate change is indeed a key driver to biodiversity loss and stress to the country's resources, says Environmental Affairs and Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk. …
14 Apr 2008 | News - News story
Goldman Prize for Belgium's only National Park
IUCN congratulates Ignace Schops, winner of the 2008 Goldman Environmental Prize. Head of the IUCN Member Regionaal Landschap Kempen en Maasland, Ignace Schops led the effort to establish the first and only national park in his native Belgium. …
13 Apr 2008 | News - News story
Deadline extended for applications to UNESCO-Vocations Patrimoine Fellowships for World Heritage site managers
Training World Heritage site managers is one of the most valuable investments in heritage conservation, particularly as these sites confront the challenges of increasing flows of tourism and diminishing flows of international assistance for conservation and management. This is why UNESCO's World Heritage Centre has joined forces - for the third year running - in an innovative public-private partnership to offer Fellowships through the UNESCO-Association Vocations Patrimoine World Heritage Site Managers Programme. …
09 Apr 2008 | News - News story
Natural heritage experts review protected areas in Congo Basin to identify those suitable for World Heritage inscription
As part of the ‘Initiative for World Heritage Forests in Central Africa' , UNESCO's World Heritage Centre organized an expert workshop on March 13-14 in Brazzaville (Congo) to identify the most outstanding protected areas in the Congo Basin and to study their complementarity with sites in the region already inscribed on the World Heritage List. …
20 Mar 2008 | News - Press Release
