SUSPENSION OF BURMA SANCTIONS MUST BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REFORM

LONDON: The European Union’s suspension of sanctions against Burma, which will include lifting the prohibition on direct trade of timber and wood products to EU markets, should be an opportunity to introduce meaningful reform directly benefiting the country’s people. EU Continue Reading

IUCN Species of the Day: Spoon-Billed Sandpiper

  Photo credit: Zheng Jianping  The Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Eurynorhynchus pygmeus, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM.  It breeds in north-eastern Russia and winters in Bangladesh, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand and some other areas of Continue Reading

IUCN Species of the Day: Mekong Giant Catfish

  Photo credit: Zeb Hogan The Mekong Giant Catfish, Pangasianodon gigas, is classified as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.  It is the world’s largest freshwater fish and is found only in the parts of the Continue Reading