North America’s most widespread and valuable ash tree species are on the brink of extinction due to an invasive beetle decimating their populations, while the loss of wilderness areas and poaching are contributing to the declining numbers of five...
In partnership with the European Commission, IUCN’s SOS – Save Our Species is delighted to confirm the first ten projects for funding through its African Wildlife initiative. This marks the beginning of an exciting period for coordinated species...
Despite over four decades of global conservation efforts, tigers (Panthera tigris) remain Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ since 1969 and continue to be threatened with extinction to this very day writes Tashi Dhendup, Research...
When a fire spread into Anabohazo forest in Sahamalaza-Iles Radama National Park (SIRNP) in north-western Madagascar in late 2016 forest guides ran to alert their village communities.
It was a lucky escape for the Mediterranean Monk seal (Monachus monachus). The pirogue was illegally fishing with purse seine nets inside the Costa de las Focas reserve, Mauritania - right beside an adult male.
It may be every wildlife conservationist’s worst fear – the apparent absence of a species in its key habitat. But it is always worth double-checking to confirm if that fear was well-founded or not.
A key challenge in global conservation is optimising and measuring return on effort. For example, has the predator proof fence been built to standard? Generally speaking, have the funds been put to best use to help achieve meaningful impacts?
With the recent approval of a further 20 lemur conservation projects, IUCN’s SOS is delighted to announce the SOS Lemurs initiative which started in late 2015 has now grown to 30 projects in total.
All projects are informed by the Lemur...
