Protected areas are one of the best means of protecting critical ecosystems and biodiversity. IUCN prides itself as the world authority in this field, and its World Commission on Protected…
The Leaders for Nature initiative, managed by the IUCN National Committee in the Netherlands has enabled the development of action plans on global biodiversity and ecosystems by those Dutch companies…
I am on holiday in Malta, a small island in the Mediterranean Sea. The pace of life is different here, and you take more time to reflect on work, society…
I have never been to Albania, and was therefore very interested to read on our web that, although relatively small in size, Albania has a rich biological diversity and almost…
IUCN published its latest red List of Threatened Species recently, and a story was posted on the IUCN web page: http://www.iucn.org/news_homepage/?10173/Securing-the-web-of-life. As so often, the information in such global statements…
I read the latest story on our web which explained that France has many species on the Red List of Threatened Species. (http://iucn.org/about/union/secretariat/offices/europe/?10218/IUCN-Red-List-of-Threatened-Species-France-ranks-fifth-worldwide). This is due to the fact that…
We are putting on our IUCN Europe website some information about what our Members in Europe will be doing during the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Jeju, Korea in September…
I am off to Tbilisi this evening, to visit the IUCN Caucasus Cooperation Centre, our office in the southern Caucasus. I am joined by the coordinator of our European neighbourhood…
I have started a blog to give you my personal take on what is happening in Europe in the world of nature conservation and sustainable development. I am writing as…
