In May 2006 the hippopotamus was identified as a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List drawn up by the World Conservation Union ( IUCN ), with an estimated population of between 125, 000 and 150, 000 hippos, a decline of between 7 % and 20 % since the IUCN's 1996 study.

The IUCN's World Conservation Strategy ( 1980 ) was founded upon this kind of principle, and clearly announced the IUCN's ambitions to more effectively enter into dialogue with the promoters of human development.

Numerous scientific studies — such as a 2004 report published in Nature, and papers authored by the 10, 000 scientists who contribute to the IUCN's annual Red List of threatened species — have since reinforced this conviction.

The IUCN's global red list can be accessed on the internet to determine if there is any species within a particular wetland system that has been identified as needing assistance to prevent extinction.

The original nomination and IUCN's recommendation drew attention to the area's " exceptional natural beauty ", " habitats of rare and endangered species " and its natural landforms such as mountain peaks, glaciers, lakes, canyons, limestone caves, and the unique Burgess Shale fossils.

In 2004, Mitsukurina owstoni was classified by the IUCN's Shark Red List Authority as a species of " Least Concern ".

The IUCN's hyena specialist group identifies the spotted hyena's negative reputation as detrimental to the species ' continued survival, both in captivity and the wild.

The park contains many animals that are on the IUCN's endangered or critically endangered list.

In 1992, it was classified as " Endangered in the wild " under IUCN's criteria C2ai.

There are some concerns regarding the IUCN's listing of Dipterocarps, as the criteria used to assess the level of threat are based mainly on animal population characteristics.

The Amphibian Specialist Group of the World Conservation Union ( IUCN ) is spearheading efforts to implement a comprehensive global strategy for amphibian conservation.

However, the lack of a large temporary exhibition space has led to the £ 100 million World Conservation and Exhibition Centre to provide one and to concentrate all the Museum's conservation facilities into one Conservation Centre.

According to the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 209 species of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and plants are endangered.

As this area has had very limited use for agriculture, habitats remain largely undisturbed while parts of the desert are protected areas including Mamungari Conservation Park ( formerly known as Unnamed Conservation Park ) in South Australia, a large area of pristine arid zone wilderness which possesses cultural significance and is one of the fourteen World Biosphere Reserves in Australia.

Habitat destruction threatens the survival of indigenous and endemic species, including 140 species of mammals identified by the World Conservation Union ( IUCN ) as threatened, and 15 identified as critically endangered, including the Sumatran Orangutan.

All three species of manatee are listed by the World Conservation Union as vulnerable to extinction.

Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently ( for example, see Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in the United States ), an international organization, the International Union for Conservation of Nature ( IUCN ), and its World Commission on Protected Areas, has defined " National Park " as its Category II type of protected areas.

It is listed by the World Conservation Union as one of the world's 100 worst invasive species.

* World Map of Biodiversity an interactive map from the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Indicators adopted by United Nations Environment Programme's World Conservation Monitoring Centre and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) to measure natural biodiversity use the term in a slightly more specific way.

Some of the earliest forms of transnational environmental NGOs started to appear after the Second World War with the creation of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources ( IUCN ).

He was invited and then trained with former US Vice President Al Gore as a Climate Change Presenter ( now named Climate Reality ), launched Clean up the World Day with The UN in New York, and is an Ambassador for Greenpeace, Australian Conservation Foundation, Planet Ark and National Tree Day.

The World Conservation Union ( IUCN ) has placed four cavefish species on the Red List of threatened species.

The World Conservation Union ( IUCN ) classifies wilderness at two levels, Ia ( Strict Nature Preserves ) and Ib ( Wilderness areas ).

The uniqueness of the Seychelles ' ecology is reflected in the US $ 1. 8 million project of the Global Environment Trust Fund of the World Bank ( see Glossary ) entitled Biodiversity Conservation and Marine Pollution Abatement, that began in 1993.

The survival of the species in captivity is more assured than in the wild ; the World Conservation Union estimates that there are fewer than 3, 000 pygmy hippos remaining in the wild.

In June 2009, the Wadden Sea ( comprising the Dutch Wadden Sea Conservation Area and the German Wadden Sea National Parks of Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein ) was placed on the World Heritage list by UNESCO.

The " New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening " ( 1999 ) points out that among the various kinds of organisations now known as botanical gardens there are many public gardens with little scientific activity, and it cites a more abbreviated definition that was published by the World Wildlife Fund and IUCN when launching the ’’ Botanic Gardens Conservation Strategy ’’ in 1989: " A botanic garden is a garden containing scientifically ordered and maintained collections of plants, usually documented and labelled, and open to the public for the purposes of recreation, education and research.

During the decade prior to World War II, several Civilian Conservation Corps ( CCC ) camps were located along the Greenbrier River.

* United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Center, Protected Areas Programme

In 1949, Camus founded the Group for International Liaisons within the Revolutionary Union Movement after his split with Garry Davis ' movement Citizens of the World, which the surrealist André Breton was also a member.

* 1944 – Continuation War: The Vyborg – Petrozavodsk Offensive, the largest offensive launched by Soviet Union against Finland during World War II, ends to a strategic stalemate.

* 1945 – World War II: The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and begins the Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation.

* 1943 – World War II: The discovery of a mass grave of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces in the Katyń Forest Massacre is announced, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government in exile in London from the Soviet Union, which denies responsibility.

* 1939 – World War II: Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.

For several years, Solomonoff's work was better known in the Soviet Union than in the Western World.

During World War II, Abadan was a major logistics center for Lend-Lease aircraft being sent to the Soviet Union by the United States.

In 1914, on the eve of the First World War, Carnegie founded the Church Peace Union ( CPU ), a group of leaders in religion, academia, and politics.

* 1940 – World War II: the Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia.

Assault guns were primarily used during World War II by the forces of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.

* 1945 – World War II: Soviet Union forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the German High Command headquarters.

* 1999 – The World Trade Organization rules in favor of the United States in its long-running trade dispute with the European Union over bananas.

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, at which time Belarus gained its independence, Belarus became a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe ( OSCE ), NATO's Partnership for Peace, the North Atlantic Cooperation Council, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank.

In 1965, Fuller inaugurated the World Design Science Decade ( 1965 to 1975 ) at the meeting of the International Union of Architects in Paris, which was, in his own words, devoted to " applying the principles of science to solving the problems of humanity.

The Maritz Rebellion or the Boer Revolt or the Five Shilling Rebellion or the Third Boer War, occurred in South Africa in 1914 at the start of World War I, in which men who supported the re-creation of the old Boer republics rose up against the government of the Union of South Africa because they did not want to side with the British against Germany so soon after they had had a long bloody war with the British.

During World War II, the Soviet Union annexed several countries as Soviet Socialist Republics within the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

In Bulgaria, toward the end of World War II, the Soviet Union crossed the border and created the conditions for a communist coup d ' état on the following night.

These multilateral treaties have been ratified by nearly all countries, and international organizations such as the European Union or World Trade Organization require their member states to comply with them.

For example, the rules of tournament bridge are governed by the World Bridge Federation, and by local bodies in various countries such as the American Contract Bridge League in the U. S., and the English Bridge Union in England.

Other multilateral organizations — including the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, United Nations agencies, European Union, and the African Development Bank -- and bilateral donors — including Germany, Japan, the European Union, and the United States — are significant development partners for the C. A. R.

Croatia became a World Trade Organization ( WTO ) member in 2000 and started the Accession of Croatia to the European Union in 2003.

Popular opinion in the Western World and Former Soviet Union often associates international law with the concept of opposing terrorism — seen as a crime as distinct from warfare.