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Securing the Future for Sawfishes

There was a time when so many sawfishes were caught in areas of Pakistan that people made fences with the rostrums, the saw-like beak of the sawfish. Today, however, some people in the region might catch a sawfish just once or twice a year.
Earlier this month at the IUCN 2012 World Conservation Congress the IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group took the opportunity to promote sawfish conservation and use networking opportunities to connect and build awareness with people who may be able to help stop sawfishes disappearing from our waters forever. One person had not even realized that sawfishes were a species present in her country and that she could help to protect them – a new supporter for sawfish conservation!…

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Sir David Attenborough Receives Conservation Award

This week, Sir David Attenborough was honored with one of the highest awards within conservation, the IUCN John C. Phillips Memorial Medal, which has been presented at every IUCN General Assembly and Congress since 1963. Awarded in memory of the life and work of Dr. John C. Phillips, a pioneer of the conservation movement and specialist in species classification and genetics, it is in recognition of outstanding service in international conservation. Former recipients of this medal include Indira Gandhi, Professor E. O. Wilson and Dr. Luc Hoffmann.

A British naturalist and broadcaster, Sir David has reached the masses with his captivating programs on natural history, creating awareness of the natural world and its vulnerability, and, over the course of the last fifty years, inspiring generations to protect and conserve our planet.…

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