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Post2015: Can there be enough water, energy, food for all?
This week, IUCN and the International Water Association (IWA) host an online consultation session on Infrastructure Solutions for the Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus. As part of the UN's 'The World We Want' initiative, the consultation platform allows everyone to have their say on development issues post 2015, from 11-17 March with a particular focus on water, energy and food. …
11 Mar 2013 | News story
World Wetlands Day’s 2013 Celebration Activities (at Beung Kiat Ngong RAMSAR Site)
World Wetlands Day's 2013 Celebration Activities (at Beung Kiat Ngong RAMSAR Site) … | French | Spanish
11 Mar 2013 | Article
Coastal defense: New thinking needed
A major risk with the current obsession with climate change adaptation is in fact maladaptation: expensive solutions to problems that may never emerge or which themselves create new problems (the famous law of unintended consequences). This is evident in Vietnam where in 2009 the prime minister approved a plan to build concrete sea dikes (replacing the existing dirt dikes), at a cost of US$3 million per kilometer, along the entire coastline. This was motivated in part by a World Bank study that showed that most of the Mekong Delta will be flooded when sea level rises by 1 meter as it is predicted to do sometime between 2050 and 2100. A study by an academic at Can Tho University of the costs and benefits of concrete sea dikes around the Mekong Delta concluded that these were a good idea (http://www.eepsea.net/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=434:adaptation-to-sea-level-rise-in-the-vietnamese-mekong-river-delta-should-a-sea-dike-be-built?&Itemid=192). The assumptions on which the study is based are highly selective, however. For example, it assumes that rice and freshwater shrimp are the highest value land uses in the coastal zone, ignoring the benefits of saltwater aquaculture and changing market demands over time. … | Vietnamese
08 Mar 2013 | Article
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Thai civil society discussed principles of natural resources and environmental laws
Bangkok, 22 February 2013 - Representatives from academia, non-governmental organisations, legal experts and members of the Law Reform Commission of Thailand (LRCT) met to develop a legal reform framework for the integration of laws relating to land, natural resources and the environment l. The meeting was organized by the LRCT, IUCN's Mekong Water Dialogues (MWD), the Asia Foundation and Assembly for the Protection of the Environment and Natural Resources as part of Development. …
07 Mar 2013 | News story
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New report warns of uncertain future for African elephants
Bangkok, 6 March 2013— Populations of elephants in Africa continue to be under severe threat as the illegal trade in ivory grows - with double the numbers of elephants killed and triple the amounts of ivory seized over the last decade. …
06 Mar 2013 | International news release
IUCN celebrates its 40 years of continual reality in Bangladesh
Amid the vast green landscapes and full skies that make Bangladesh a land of nature, there is a fascinating story of environmental conservation at work. It’s the story of International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN) – and it’s been 40 historic years in the making. …
05 Mar 2013 | News story
MFF India Small Grant Projects - Call for Proposals
MFF India invites proposals for the third cycle of its Small Grants Projects (SGP) …
05 Mar 2013 | News story
MoU signed for renewable energy boost
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is signed between the Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC) and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Nepal for enhancing biodiversity and sustainable livelihoods through the promotion of renewable energy technologies in the protected areas of Nepal.
04 Mar 2013 | News story
Management Plan of the Beung Kiat Ngong Ramsar Site
In September 2010, the Beung Kiat Ngong Wetland, in Champassak Province, Lao PDR was formally recognized as one of the 2 Ramsar sites in the country.
04 Mar 2013 | Downloads - document
Mangroves for the Future Programme trains local NGOs and CBOs for the development of the coastal communities
Mangroves for the Future concluded a second two-day Training Workshop on the Project Management and Proposal Writing here in Karachi today. …
02 Mar 2013 | Article
