North America and the Caribbean News
IUCN’s USA Multilateral Office Supports Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program Workshop
From March 6-7, 2008, the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program (CBMP) convened a group of international experts and stakeholders from arctic nations to participate in a workshop entitled “Building a Partnership for Enhanced Understanding and Conservation of Arctic Biodiversity,” held at World Wildlife Fund’s Washington DC headquarters. …
14 Mar 2008 | News - News story
North American Environmental Atlas - Now Online
A new online information tool from the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) provides a suite of materials that allows users to visualize significant North American environmental issues at a continental scale. The North American Environmental Atlas brings together maps, data, interactive map layers, and links to other related materials.
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13 Mar 2008 | News - News story
New - Protected Areas Information Module
The Protected Areas Management Effectiveness Information Module (PAME) has been developed to help the conservation community share experiences and ideas on management effectiveness, as well as provide ‘lessons learned’ from these assessments. …
13 Mar 2008 | News - News story
World Database of Protected Areas - Updated
UNEP-WCMC and IUCN have been working hard over the past year gathering, analysing and disseminating information about the world's protected areas. The World Database on Protected Areas …
13 Mar 2008 | News - News story
"Addressing Climate Change: the United Nations and the world at work”
IUCN Permanent Observer to the United Nations, Mr. Narinder Kakar, presented a statement to the UN General Assembly on 13 February 2008 on the issue of climate change …
10 Mar 2008 | News - News story
WWF and IUCN launch new green on-line community for youth, supported by Nokia
Two of the world’s largest environmental organizations, WWF and IUCN, supported by Nokia, are launching connect2earth.org for young people to tell the world what they think about the environment …
07 Mar 2008 | News - Press Release
Body part by body part, Sumatran Tigers are being sold into extinction
Laws protecting the critically endangered Sumatran Tiger have failed to prevent tiger body parts being offered on open sale in Indonesia, according to a TRAFFIC report launched today. …
13 Feb 2008 | News - Press Release
Corruption in fisheries – from bad to worse
Corruption in global fisheries is compounding the devastating effects of overfishing – and the problem could get worse, according to IUCN today …
29 Jan 2008 | News - Press Release
Corals: facing the death sentence
The future for corals does not look bright. That’s the message from the first in-depth analysis of 2005’s widespread coral bleaching in the Caribbean …
23 Jan 2008 | News - Press Release
Caribbean Corals in Danger of Extinction
Climate Change, Warmer Waters Cited as Leading Cause … | French | Spanish
07 Jun 2007 | News - Press Release
