Viewing posts from July, 2017
Updated Guidelines for the application of IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Categories and Criteria now available
Posted by: Provita in Guidelines , IUCN, Publications, RLE - July 19, 2017, 12:01 p.m.
A new version of one of the key documents for Red List of Ecosystems assessment is now available. These Guidelines aim to support assessors by providing detailed information and examples of how to apply the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Categories and Criteria.
Antarctica, climate change, and the biological answer: A new green continent
Posted by: Provita in Antarctica, Cambio Climático, NERC, Publications - July 12, 2017, 4:26 p.m.
Scientists warn of the “greening” process in the Antarctic Peninsula. Global warming, along with the increase of tourism in Antarctica may result, more rapidly, in the colonization of invasive species; thus causing rapid changes in the zone’s ecosystems.
Celebrating Edmund Barrow
Posted by: Provita in GEMP, IUCN, RLE, RLE Team - July 4, 2017, 2:58 p.m.
Ed Barrow has retired as Head of IUCN's Global Ecosystem Management Programme, but this is not a farewell. After a well-deserved break, Ed will continue supporting the RLE programme as a CEM member.