Source: IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature

Articles from this source (5)

Over one third of hoverflies threatened with extinction in Europe - IUCN Red List

  2024-03-23 (or before) in IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature

Brussels, Belgium, 11 October 2022 (IUCN) – Thirty-seven per cent of all hoverfly species in Europe are threatened with extinction, according to the first continent-wide assessment of this essential pollinator group on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM, which was requested and funded by the European Commission. Intensive agriculture and harmful pesticides, unsustainable commercial forestry, urban development and climate change have been identified as the main threats to hoverflies.

  Tagged under: Extinction

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Biodiversity impacts associated to offshore wind power projects

  2022-11-02 (or before) in IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature

The available scientific literature agrees on the key impacts of offshore wind: i) risk of collision mortality; ii) displacement due to disturbance (including noise impacts); iii) barrier effects (also including noise impacts); iv habitat loss; and v) indirect ecosystem-level effects. There is still much to understand on these five key impacts – but it is clear that that they must be considered carefully in all stages of offshore wind farm planning and development. The broad approach to undertaking an impact assessment for onshore wind energy is often equally relevant to offshore wind projects.

  Tagged under: Wind Power | Biodiversity Loss

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The International Union for Conservation of Nature

  2021-11-06 (or before) in IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is a membership Union uniquely composed of both government and civil society organisations. By harnessing the experience, resources and reach of its more than 1,400 Member organisations and the input of some 15,000 experts, IUCN is the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it.

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Nature's Future, Our Future - The World Speaks

  2021-02-03 in IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature

The IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas has compiled the voices of a range of global organisations and world leaders on the importance of protecting and conserving nature amidst the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the result of a global pandemic, we are witnessing an unprecedented call to transform human society and economies and thus reset the relationship between people and nature. This compilation aims to capture a critical moment, as we work together to build the momentum for transformative action to address the major crises of our planet by maintaining nature and ecosystems.

  Tagged under: Economics

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Colombian Supreme Court Recognizes Rights of the Amazon River Ecosystem

  2018-04-20 in IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature

The Supreme Court of Colombia (Corte Suprema de Justicia, Sala de Casación Civil) has issued a decision recognizing the Amazon River ecosystem as a subject of rights and beneficiary of protection.                        

  Tagged under: Amazon Rainforest | Rivers

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