I work as a teacher and scientist at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences, which is the first and most important University for many years. During these many years I have held various positions: ...
Deep-sea mining threatens over half of molluscs reliant on hydrothermal vents, today’s update of The IUCN Red List of ...
For more than 20 years, Kent led the Global Marine Species Assessment with his team at Old Dominion University, coordinating hundreds of experts worldwide to assess almost 20,000 marine fishes, corals ...
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has approved nearly US$5 million in funding for two projects to be implemented by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Southern Africa.
The IUCN SSC Lagomorph Specialist Group (LSG) provides the scientific foundation to inform effective lagomorph conservation action around the world and is active in conservation planning and action ...
Luigi Boitani is Honorary (Emeritus) Professor of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology at the University of Rome, Dept. of Biology and Biotechnologies. He has been Chair of the Department of Animal ...
The IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) extends our congratulations to botanist, taxonomist, and medicinal plant conservationist Uwe Schippmann, on being named a recipient of the American Botanical ...
EU outermost regions and Overseas Countries and Territories host some of the world's most significant terrestrial and marine biodiversity, including globally important coral reefs, seagrass meadows, ...
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) – areas of the ocean set aside for long-term conservation aims – are the only mainstream conservation-focussed, area-based measure to increase the quality and extent of ...
Globally, oceans have lost around 2% of dissolved oxygen since the 1950s and are expected to lose about 3–4% by the year 2100 under a business-as-usual scenario (Representative Concentration Pathway 8 ...
The IUCN Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS) provides a systematic procedure to check IUCN projects for potential adverse environmental and social impacts. Its purpose is to ensure that ...