News for Members
ASOC presents information papers for Antarctic Treaty Meeting of Experts
IUCN Member, the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC), has developed four papers ahead of the Antarctic Treaty Meeting of Experts (ATME) on climate change and implications for Antarctic management and governance. …
31 Mar 2010 | News story
Union Pulse Members' newsletter online
The March 2010 edition of Union Pulse is now online containing news and information from and for IUCN Members. … | French | Spanish
30 Mar 2010 | News story
International Year of Biodiversity: A wealth of information
“The International Year of Biodiversity will be most effective if every single human being on this planet understands why biodiversity is important and has the tools to act upon saving the loss of biodiversity” says IUCN’s Director General Julia Marton-Lefèvre. … | French | Spanish
29 Mar 2010 | News story
Grace Mwaura appointed as member of Council
Following Council’s decision last November to strengthen the voice of the youth in the Council to ensure that the concerns of the next generation are adequately addressed, Council approved the appointment of Ms. Grace Mwaura from Kenya until the end of Council’s term in 2012. … | French | Spanish
29 Mar 2010 | News story
Invitation to comment on the draft agenda for the 74th Council (2-4 June 2010)
IUCN Members, National and Regional Committees are invited to send their comments on the draft agenda for the 74th Council to the IUCN Director General (jml@iucn.org), in English, French or Spanish, before 14 May 2010. … | French | Spanish
29 Mar 2010 | News story
Join us for Earth Hour
Message from the Director General … | French | Spanish
26 Mar 2010 | News story
Healthy biodiversity is no luxury - it’s the foundation of all life on Earth
Gland, Switzerland, 23 March 2010 (IUCN) – We have failed to meet the target adopted through the Convention on Biological Diversity to reduce the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010 and we are currently witnessing the greatest extinction crisis since dinosaurs disappeared from our planet 65 million years ago. Urgent action is needed to avoid potentially catastrophic consequences, both for nature and for people around the world. …
24 Mar 2010 | News story
IUCN and Members form a Conservation Initiative on Human Rights
IUCN and seven other major conservation organisations are collaborating to promote human rights in conservation … | French | Spanish
23 Mar 2010 | News story
IUCN supports World Water Day around the Globe
Celebrating this year’s World Water Day, Dr. Milika Sobey from the IUCN Oceania office in Fiji highlights the importance of ‘protecting forests, mangroves, and the restoration of river ecosystems to maintain and improve water quality which is vital to preserve ecosystem health, and ultimately provide clean water for people’. …
22 Mar 2010 | News story
Lights out to fight climate change - Earth Hour, 27 March
Since the first event in Sydney in 2007, hundreds of millions of people around the world have joined the world’s largest call to act against climate change by switching off all lights for one hour. …
19 Mar 2010 | News story
