IUCN Radio: Barcelona Diary
Listen to interviews with participants and staff at the IUCN World Conservation Congress!
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Esther Compadre Ortiz vive en las afueras de Barcelona y es parte del equipo de fotógrafos cubriendo el Congreso Mundial de la Naturaleza de la UICN. Esther piensa que cada uno de nosotros tenemos la responsabilidad de cuidar el medio ambiente pero que los gobiernos deben liderar los esfuerzos. Esther espera que el Congreso concluya con soluciones concretas. …
06 Oct 2008 | Audio
Business and governments start talking at Congress
Kaori Yasuda, Bilateral Relations Officer at IUCN Headquarters, explains how the Sustainability Dialogues, which start later today, will work. The first one will tackle how development programmes can make sure their work is environmentally friendly. …
06 Oct 2008 | Audio
High hopes for womens' issues
Jessica Mowat from Women in Business Development Inc. has travelled all the way from Samoa Island in the Pacific to Barcelona to learn, network and establish partnerships linking women with business development.
It is just the beginning of her time at Congress but by the end of it, she has high hopes that gender concerns will be mainstream in environmental management.
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06 Oct 2008 | Audio
¡Rumbo a Barcelona! - Una iniciativa para crear conciencia
Alejandro Jiménez, de la Unidad de Agua de la UICN-Mesoamérica comenta por qué razón la iniciativa Navegando a Barcelona es una acción que generar interés público acerca del estado de los mares y costas en Europa. …
05 Oct 2008 | Audio
Worlds of water at the Congress
Katharine Cross from IUCN’s Water Programme talks about some of the exciting events coming up at the IUCN World Conservation Congress’s Water Pavilion. …
05 Oct 2008 | Audio
Engaging business in biodiversity conservation
Former Head of IUCN’s Business and Biodiversity Programme, Mohammad Rafiq, speaks about how the Programme has helped businesses develop and follow good practice in biodiversity management over the past four years. …
05 Oct 2008 | Audio
And we're off!
Things are hotting up in Barcelona as the IUCN Congress gets underway. Jean-Christophe Vié and his colleagues in the Species Programme have been working for months to prepare for all the many species-related events that are taking place here. …
05 Oct 2008 | Audio
