Press Releases
IUCN Regional Directors meet with the President, Director General, Global Directors and other Senior Secretariat Staff members of IUCN
From 23 to 27 May, Regional Directors met in Delhi in order to discuss common understanding of how to strengthen collaboration between regions and how to work more effectively as a Union … | Spanish
02 Jun 2009 | News story
Premian al Aula del Mar por su defensa del medio ambiente
Este organismo ha obtenido el Premio Chico Mendes, que da el Ayuntamiento de Córdoba
19 May 2009 | News story
Lebanese Council of Ministers approves the new National Forest Fires Strategy supported by IUCN-Med
Lebanon´s well known and unique Cedrus libani forests have been the object of a constant quest to control the access and trade of its valuable timber for millennia. A new national strategy, supported by IUCN-Med was approved on 15 May by the Council of Ministers. This strategy integrates the need for adapting to climate change in order to reduce the risk of harmful fires and build ecological and social resilience to the impacts of global change.
16 May 2009 | News story
Most successful Congress to date says report
The final evaluation report available as well in French and Spanish,of the 2008 World Conservation Congress (WCC), held in Barcelona, is available for consultation. The report, performed by independent evaluators Universalia, calls the Barcelona Congress the most successful congress to date. …
24 Apr 2009 | News story
An agreement regarding the future of the Alboran Sea
The 2nd International Meeting on the Conservation and Sustainable Development of the Alboran Sea which was held in the city of Oujda (Morocco) from 16-18 April, has ended with the “Oujda Declaration on the conservation and sustainable development of the Alboran Sea”; a document that will enable a strategy to be drawn up for carrying out pilot actions in the coming years.
19 Apr 2009 | International news release
The IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation participates in an international seminar for cooperation in managing protected areas
08 Apr 2009 | International news release
Holcim Spain and the Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN-Med) sign an agreement to develop initiatives for the protection of the environment and biodiversity
The objective of this cooperation agreement between the Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN-Med) and Holcim Spain is to develop a series of short-term joint activities and to establish a future collaboration framework in order to begin new conservation and restoration projects of the natural surroundings affected by the industrial activities of the company. The primary aim of the agreement, which has been given a budget of 18,000 euro and is of 6 months duration, is to advise Holcim as to how to adequately integrate ecological and social aspects when setting into action a Comprehensive Restoration Plan for the quarry of the cement factory in Torredonjimeno,located near Jaén (
08 Apr 2009 | International news release
The Alboran Sea continues transnational work for the conservation of its biodiversity and sustainability
The
24 Mar 2009 | News story
Enhancing engagement of IUCN-Med with councillors and commissions
On 28 and 29 January, a meeting was held by the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation in the aim of “enhancing engagement of IUCN-Med with councillors and commissions". The meeting, which took place at the Civic Centre in
19 Mar 2009 | News story
Maher Mahjoub, new Vice Chair of the IUCN WCPA
Maher Mahjoub from Tunisia has just been named Vice Chair of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas for the region encompassing North Africa, the Middle East and Western Asia. … | French | Spanish
05 Mar 2009 | News story
