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...
Gland, Switzerland, 8 June 2017 (IUCN) – Overfishing and the degradation of coral reefs across the Caribbean and Pacific islands are pushing many fish, including food sources like tunas and groupers, towards extinction, according to two regional Red...
“Oh Koto malama anie eo e…” (Be careful, Koto, the road is slippery)! It is a rainy day in Mandrivany village in South Eastern Madagascar as the two children gamboling along the road ahead Caroline Rojotahina mimic characters, Bao and Koto from the...
Today is Endangered Species Day, when people across the USA celebrate national conservation efforts to protect the country’s imperilled species and their habitats.
With a goal of increasing the population to 300 pairs by 2025, there are already good signs numbers of Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea) are approaching stabilisation.
In thinking about tiger conservation, and as is the case with most species that IUCN tries to conserve with SOS, one must address species, human and habitat issues – and do so in an integrated way.
Brussels, Belgium, 6 April 2017 (IUCN) – Protecting lions, cheetahs and other iconic African species by helping local communities coexist with these predators is the goal of a new 12 million euro programme, funded by the European Commission, to be...
