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The IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) has released its revised Guidelines for Species Conservation Planning, which aim to ensure conservationists can develop appropriate and realistic conservation plans for species in the current era of profound ecological change, including that of climate c

Connectivity of protected areas (PAs) is crucial for meeting their conservation goals.

Registration for USAID"s Land Tenure and Property Rights Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is open through April 15th, 2018.Click on the link below for further information and to register for the MOOC.

The global portfolio of protected areas is growing rapidly, despite widely recognized shortfalls in management effectiveness.

Protected areas (PAs) represent a cornerstone of efforts to safeguard biodiversity, and if effective should reduce threats to biodiversity.

Southern hemisphere humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) rely on summer prey abundance of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) to fuel one of the longest-known mammalian migration on the planet.

In the past 50 years, the amount of water in the open ocean with zero oxygen has gone up more than fourfold. In coastal water bodies, including estuaries and seas, low-oxygen sites have increased more than 10-fold since 1950.

...Since 2012, 5 protected areas that exceed 1 million km2 in size have been created, mostly in remote oceanic areas.

The Threatened Island Biodiversity Database is a global dataset of threatened island species at risk from invasive vertebrates.

Three new species of zoantharians were discovered by researchers from the University of the Ryukyus and Kagoshima University, Japan, and the Palau International Coral Reef Center.Click on the link below to read the full article.