The Adriatic Marbled Bush-Cricket, Zeuneriana marmorata, is a rare bush-cricket species, which is found in a few wetlands in north-eastern Italy (Friuli Venezia Giulia) and Slovenia. For several decades, Z.
Author(s):
Hochkirch, Axel
Gomboc, Stanislav
Veenvliet, Paul
Lipovšek, Gregor
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Grasshopper Specialist Group
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Invertebrates Conservation Sub-Committee
L'Associazione Studi Ornitologici e Ricerche Ecologiche del Friuli Venezia Giulia
The Adriatic Marbled Bush-Cricket, Zeuneriana marmorata, is a rare bush-cricket species, which is found in a few wetlands in north-eastern Italy (Friuli Venezia Giulia) and Slovenia. For several decades, Z.
Author(s):
Hochkirch, Axel
Tami, Francesca
Fanin, Yannick
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Grasshopper Specialist Group
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Invertebrates Conservation Sub-Committee
L'Associazione Studi Ornitologici e Ricerche Ecologiche del Friuli Venezia Giulia
The Bonn Challenge, launched in September 2011 and extended by the 2014 New York Declaration on Forests, is an enormous opportunity to improve environmental and social outcomes globally, nationally and sub-nationally.
Here we report on the ninth iteration of the biennial listing of a consensus of the 25 primate species considered to be among the most endangered worldwide and the most in need of conservation measures.
Author(s):
Schwitzer, Christoph
Mittermeier, Russell A.
Rylands, Anthony B.
Chiozza, Federica
Williamson, Elizabeth A.
Macfie, Elizabeth J.
Wallis, Janette
Cotton, Alison
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
This Youth Voices Curriculum Sourcebook, developed as part of the IUCN World Conservation Congress Hawai'i 2016 to reach younger generations, aims to infuse nature into teaching and learning endeavors, to help (re)connect children and youth with nature, and to inspire their passion and action for
Organization(s):
IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC)
In 2015, the Canadian Parks Council (CPC) formed a citizen working group to develop an action guide to connect Canadians with Nature. One year later, The Nature Playbook was launched to great acclaim.
Organization(s):
IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC)
The objective of the Our Common Dignity initiative has been to contribute towards building awareness of rights issues in World Heritage and heritage management, to promote ‘good practice’ approaches to rights and their enabling conditions, and to develop and recommend relevant tools and guideline
Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) are areas contributing significantly to the global persistence of biodiversity. KBAs need to be managed to ensure environmental flows are sufficient to support these fragile freshwater ecosystems.
The aim of this study is to provide an overview of national legal instruments in all European Union Member States related to protection of the marine environment from plastic pollution, and to support upcoming European policy efforts such as the EU Strategy on Plastics, but also other future effo
With 48 threatened bird species, and the highest number of breeding endemic bird species (11) in mainland Southeast Asia, Viet Nam is a global conservation priority. Many of these threatened species are hunted unsustainably for wildlife trade.
The Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions cooperate to protect human health and the environment from the negative effects of hazardous pollutants.
Author(s):
Gilligan, M.
Sabater, L.
Organization(s):
Basel, Rotterdam, Stockholm (BRS) Conventions, Secretariats
Despite increasing recognition of the importance of ecosystem-based approaches for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, implementation remains mostly underdeveloped worldwide. Lack of knowledge on the implementation process present an important barrier.
The Annie Sunbeam and Friends is a comic book to promote and share information on Life Below Water, SDG Goal #14. Illustrated by famed DC Comics artist Bernard Chang, the 12-page comic will help readers worldwide understand the importance of protecting life under water.
Author(s):
Horwitz, Debbie Margolis
Schneider, Jill
Organization(s):
IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC)
Central Africa has been identified as one of the main sources of illegal ivory fueling unregulated domestic ivory trade throughout West and Central Africa and overseas destinations, especially Asia, in recent years.
In recent years, awareness has risen surrounding the crucial role of plants in providing ecosystem services and on their decline – they are one of the essential foundations of healthy ecosystems that we depend on. However, significant gaps in knowledge still remain.
Forest landscape restoration (FLR) provides an opportunity to transform degraded lands into productive landscapes that yield numerous ecological, economic, and social benefits.
Organization(s):
IUCN, Global Forest and Climate Change Programme
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, US
This report provides an overview of the conservation status of chondrichthyans (sharks, rays, and chimaeras) in the Arabian Seas Region (ASR) and describes the results of a regional Red List workshop held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in February 2017.
Author(s):
Jabado, Rima W.
Kyne, Peter M.
Pollom, Riley A.
Organization(s):
Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi, AE
International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Shark Specialist Group
This field guide provides information on marine turtles in the Maldives. Marine turtles live permanently in a saltwater environment. Unlike tortoises, marine turtles have a streamlined shell and flippers that allow them to swim quickly, but this is not enough to survive in saltwater.
To gain a better understanding of the presence and potential sources of Southern Bluefish Tuna traded and/or consumed in mainland China, desk-based research and a market survey “snapshot” were carried out.
A workshop was held in Cambridge between March 20-22, 2017, to bring together the PiN team and the Global Species Programme (GSP) and TRAFFIC to discuss the inclusion of data from PiN landscape assessments within the Species Information Services (SIS), building on discussions held over the last f
Author(s):
Darwall, W.R.T.
Davidson-Hunt, Iain J. (Iain Johnson)
Deutsch, Nathan
Hilton-Taylor, Craig
Meijer, Seline S.
Oldfield, Thomasina
Olsen, Nathalie
Smith, Kevin
Organization(s):
IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP)
Providing a comprehensive account of marine conservation, this book examines human use and abuse of the world's seas and oceans and their marine life, and the various approaches to management and conservation.
This guide aims to assist companies, which are interested in transforming their operations to meet today’s widely-accepted global goals for biodiversity and sustainable development.
This report aimed at understanding resource use and dependence, perception of marine conservation policies, and adaptive capacities of communities of North Ari atoll, Maldives.
The project "Facilitating REDD+ benefit sharing in Peru" (2013-2016) aimed to implement early REDD+ actions enabled by appropriate, efficient and equitable benefit-sharing mechanisms that are sufficiently robust to be mainstreamed into long-term national and international REDD+ frameworks.
IUCN collaborates with business at the company and sector level as well as across sectors. It also works with key associations and organisations concerned with promoting good business practices.
This document presents the key results of the Our Common Dignity initiative on rights and World Heritage undertaken by the Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Convention (ICCROM, ICOMOS and IUCN) under the coordination of ICOMOS Norway between 2011 and 2016.
Organization(s):
International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
ICOMOS Norway
International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), IT
