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Power of partnerships needed for world's wetlands
At the opening of the 11th Conference of the Contracting Parties (CoP) of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, IUCN Director General Julia Marton-Lefèvre called on governments to support strong partnerships as key to moving from aspiration to implementation for the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands. …
06 Jul 2012 | News story
Rio Summit Closing statement: 20 years on, civil society leads
Governments are leaving the UN’s Sustainable Development Summit (Rio +20) with a big deal but little action. Groups of civil society and business have proved they can lead the way towards a sustainable future. …
22 Jun 2012 | News story
Opening Statement Rio+20: Invest in Nature, says IUCN
Policy-makers must rethink economic growth, promote social equity and ensure environmental protection, says IUCN at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio. …
20 Jun 2012 | News story
Blog: Negotiating [clean] water in Rio
My first day in Rio was yesterday. I was off the plane at 6 am, to the hotel and then straight to Rio Centro for a lunchtime side event with the Ramsar Secretariat on the upcoming TEEB study on water and wetlands. …
18 Jun 2012 | News story
Rio+20 Launch: TEEB for Water and Wetlands
A new TEEB -The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity- initiative for Water and Wetlands will be launched at the UN's Summit on Sustainable Development on 15 June in Rio, Brazil. …
13 Jun 2012 | News story
Sink or Swim: Documentary Awards - Call for Entries
IUCN in collaboration with the Goethe Institute, CGIAR, SIDA, and the Thai Film Foundation are organising the Southeast Asian Students Documentary Awards, a competition to encourage the art of documentary filmmaking in the Asia region as a platform to engage with pressing social and environmental issues. …
06 Jun 2012 | News story
Sharing benefits across borders: Messages from Mekong2Rio
Innovative and collaborative actions that foster positive results are instrumental in encouraging further cooperation between sovereign countries, was the message from IUCN to the participants of Mekong2Rio, an international conference organized by the Mekong River Commission in Phuket, Thailand from 1-3 May 2012. …
04 Jun 2012 | News story
Invest in nature, improve our world
Background: In advance of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), or ‘Rio+20’ as it is commonly known, IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) calls upon policy-makers to rethink economic growth, promote social equity and ensure environmental protection. Among the key issues at the 20th anniversary of the 1992 Earth Summit are the green economy and an institutional framework in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication. … | French | Spanish
31 May 2012 | Media advisory
Celebrating wetlands in Vietnam
The 4th Forum on “Nature and culture conservation for the sustainable development of the Mekong Delta” was held on 21 May 2012 in the city of Cao Lanh, Dong Thap province, Vietnam. On the following day, a ceremony was organised to celebrate the Listing of Tram Chim National Park as the country’s 4th Ramsar Site and the number 2,000 site worldwide. …
30 May 2012 | News story
A water secure future for Southern Africa
USAID/Southern Africa, in collaboration with the Development Grants Program (DGP) has awarded USD 2 million to IUCN to support the three-year project 'A Water Secure Future for Southern Africa: Applying the Ecosystem Approach in the Orange-Senqu Basin'. …
25 May 2012 | News story
