Previous focus topics Saving our Drylands October 2011. This
month’s Focus exposes the real value of drylands and IUCN’s
efforts to save them. With the biennial meeting of the United
Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) taking
place 10 to 21 October in the Republic of Korea, IUCN will be
promoting solutions that simultaneously conserve the
extraordinary biodiversity found in drylands and improve the
lives of the people living in them. Let's do it! From Karakorum
to Kalimantan From Beirut to Bahrain July 2011. Few regions are
as diverse and fascinating as West Asia, the convergence point
of Mediterranean, Persian and Arabic civilizations. Spanning
Mediterranean forests, deserts, mountains, mangroves and coral
reefs, this region has it all ecologically but is undergoing
some profound environmental changes. Simply the best? Natural
born heroes IUCN at work in South America 1 March 2011. From
towering waterfalls to mighty mountains, lush rainforests to
harsh deserts, South America is a land of con