The US government has announced an additional $14 million in funding for the End Plastic Pollution International ...

The Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) programme is an international collaboration that measures the levels, trends and causes of elephant mortality, thereby providing an information ...

Being defined as the “combined works of nature and of man”, cultural landscapes focus on sustainable land-use techniques, where the local population take into consideration the limits of the natural ...

It is dedicated to the understanding and conservation of the family Hyaenidae: spotted hyenas, striped hyenas, aardwolves, and brown hyenas. I am a wildlife biologist and science writer. As Chair of ...

Bats are among the most endangered of the world's creatures, primarily because much of their habitat has been eliminated by human development or because they are persecuted. The IUCN SSC Bat ... Dr.

A new flagship report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature - on the interplay between agriculture and conservation - argues that better designed and targeted policies could benefit ...

Boas and pythons are widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. However, clearcutting of forests, substitution of natural habitats by crops and infrastructure, introduced ...

Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA) are important instruments for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. CEPA provides the link from science and ecology to people's social ...

The IUCN CEESP Gender Specialist Group (GSG) aims to strengthen the understanding of and promote the full achievement of gender equality and women’s empowerment in all areas of conservation and ...

The Categories Summit which is reported in these proceedings was a major contribution to the revision of the IUCN protected area management categories. The proceedings are published in a spirit of ...

TRI’s project in Guinea-Bissau is working to restore and protect mangrove ecosystems – among the most productive and threatened ecosystems in the world. Found in the intertidal zones of coastlines, ...

These guidelines were drafted by the Re-introduction Specialist Group of the Species Survival Commission, and approved by the 41st Meeting of IUCN Council in May 1995. The definition of ...