Markets and Business
How can markets and business help realize the IUCN vision of “a just world that values and conserves nature”?
What is the value of nature? A report offers an answer
A joint German/European Commission study released today offers economic tools to assess the value of nature in order to better protect it. …
09 Oct 2008 | Video
Green Construction for Sustainable Living
Watch the entire Sustainability Dialogue. …
09 Oct 2008 | Video
Critics challenge conservationists to emulate business leaders for change
Two days after IUCN's President called on the world's corporate executives to seat environmental leaders on every board of directors, critics at the World Conservation Congress countered that environmental leaders must urgently learn and adopt business management approaches, otherwise the conservation movement will continue to “fail” to achieve the impacts it has been seeking for decades. …
07 Oct 2008 | International news release
Banking on change
The World Bank is compiling a report on the impacts of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean. Pamela Cox, the Bank's Regional Vice President spoke to IUCN Web TV about some of the key findings and what is being done in response. …
07 Oct 2008 | Video
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
New solutions for the mining industry
What has the mining industry done to change its ways and overcome poor public perceptions about its environmental record? Can IUCN's Congress provide some of the solutions to the environmental challenges huge companies are facing today? Tom Albanese, CEO of Rio Tinto, one of the world's largest mining and exploration companies speaks to IUCN's Web TV about these burning issues on the first day of intensive debates between governments, businesses, indigenous people, scientists and philanthropists.
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06 Oct 2008 | Video
A true price
The current turmoil in the financial markets makes it more relevant than ever to debate the roles of the state, the public and the private sector in protecting our natural world. Biodiversity and healthy ecosystems are the true foundation of all economies, yet they are under attack by the same economic forces that ultimately depend upon them. …
06 Oct 2008 | News story
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
