Protected Areas

IUCN Global Protected Areas Programme and

IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas

Delivering the Promise of Sydney

Photo: IUCN

CEC work and #NatureForAll were presented and discussed at the meeting of the IUCN WGNCD
24.04.2018
IUCN WGNCD (Working Group on National Committee Development in Europe, North and Central Asia) Developing synergies among Members, Commissions and Secretariat were among the major topics at the meeting of the IUCN Working Group on National Committee...
Booted Eagle Photo: Shouf Biosphere Reserve

The wonders of Shouf Biosphere Reserve, Lebanon
23.04.2018
Al-Shouf Cedar Nature Reserve, accounting for a quarter of the remaining cedar forest in Lebanon, was declared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in July 2005. Covering approximately 50,000 hectares - or 5% of the total area of Lebanon, the...
The first permanent Eco-acoustic Theatre - Naturama, Denmark Photo: Alex d’Emilia

A temple to experience the hidden breath of our protected planet
23.04.2018
Fragments of Extinction, a long-term environmental sound-art and science dissemination project, showcased its work at the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2016 in Hawai‘i at the Protected Planet pavilion. The project records 24-hour sound portraits...