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IUCN Radio: Barcelona Diary

Listen to interviews with participants and staff at the IUCN World Conservation Congress!

 

Ana Perez Conguache, de Guatemala

Compartiendo el conocimiento

 Ana Perez Conguache, de Guatemala, habló sobre su trabajo en términos de compartir globalmente las experiencias de gobernanza de áreas protegidas en el marco del Congreso. …  

07 Oct 2008 | Audio

Seichi Aruga, Save the Dugong Campaign Centre

Saving the Dugong

Seichi Aruga (47) comes all the way from Japan with the hope that the IUCN World Conservation Congress will help save Dugong (Dugong dugon). As an active member of Save the Dugong Campaign Centre, he has been instrumental in conserving this endangered species. He is optimistic that this Congress will break grounds on Dugong conservation. …  

07 Oct 2008 | Audio

Josephine Simon, Esilalei Women’s Cultural Boma

Empowering Masai women in Tanzania

Attending the IUCN congress is one more way for Josephine Simon to help empower Masai women in her native Tanzania. She is representing the Esilalei Women’s Cultural Boma, an association which is built on the premise that women are the key to wildlife conservation and which is supported by the African Wildlife Foundation. Selling traditional Masai handicrafts is just one of the ways the Boma aims to channel tourism-related revenue to the villages for development. …  

07 Oct 2008 | Audio

Blanca Espinoza, Coopetres Osa

Buscando oportunidades: de lo local al global

Blanca Espinoza García es coordinadora de educación en Coopetres Osa, una cooperativa de mujeres costarricenses de la provincia de Puntarenas. Ella se dedica a la fabricación de papel artesanal hecho de materiales reciclados y quiere aprovechar su presencia en la feria de mujeres emprendedoras del congreso para generar contactos y establecer redes. …  

07 Oct 2008 | Audio

Allison Bleaney, Global Forest Governance Programme Officer from the IUCN Asia Regional Office

Highlights of the Forests Journey

 Allison Bleaney, Global Forest Governance Programme Officer from the IUCN Asia Regional Office talks about some of the exciting events coming up in the Forestry Pavilion and the highlights of her time at Congress so far. …  

07 Oct 2008 | Audio

Simón García

Buena organización

Simón García, del Centro de Estudios para el Medio Ambiente y el Desarrollo, en Panamá, comentó que el Congreso le ha parecido bien organizado. …  

06 Oct 2008 | Audio

Madelena Puicón Pérez

Recuperando el algodón nativo

Madelena Puicón Pérez, mujer peruana de la Asociación de Artesanas de Arbolsol, comenta cómo fue invitada al Congreso en el marco de la premiación de la Iniciativa Ecuatorial del PNUMA por la labor de su organización en la conservación del algodón nativo y el mantenimiento de la tradición cultural de los telares. …  

06 Oct 2008 | Audio

Juan Chavez

Manejando los bosques

El indígena Peruano Juan Chaves comenta cómo ha sido invitado para relatar la experiencia de su comunidad en el manejo sostenible de bosques. …  

06 Oct 2008 | Audio

Sofia Mateus at the opening of the World Conservation Forum

Winning Connect2earth

Sofia Mateus is the grand prize winner of the connect2earth competition, designed to let young people have their say on the environment. Her video, on the theme of overpopulation, was picked as favourite by other young people logging onto the connect2earth website. She explains how she came to make the video, while John Kidd, Corporate Communications Manager for the IUCN, tells us about how the competition began. …  

06 Oct 2008 | Audio

Anabel Rial, gerente técnico de Conservation Internacional Venezuela

El todo por las partes

El trabajo de profesionales de la conservación de la mano con comunidades y estructuras locales organizadas muestran valiosos resultados en la búsqueda de la conservación de los anfibios en el ámbito local y global. …  

06 Oct 2008 | Audio

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