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Adaptación al cambio climático: reglas para el cambio
La UICN pone en marcha la iniciativa “Buena gobernanza del agua para la adaptación: Construyendo la capacidad de adaptación al cambio climático basada en ecosistemas a nivel nacional y regional en Mesoamérica”. El proyecto forma parte de la Iniciativa Internacional del Clima. El Ministerio Federal de Medio Ambiente, Conservación de la Naturaleza y Seguridad Nuclear apoya esta iniciativa en el marco de una decisión adoptada por el Parlamento Federal Alemán – Bundestag. … | English
06 Aug 2010 | News story
Join the Rights-Based Approach to Conservation Portal
On 4 August the Environmental Law Centre’s (ELC) Internet platform on Rights-based Approaches to Conservation (RBA) was launched amongst IUCN staff and members of IUCN Commissions (www.rights-based-approach.org). The aim is for this platform to become a central point for collecting and sharing relevant information and experience on the conceptualisation, development and implementation of RBAs to conservation and for building an interactive community of stakeholders, in order to ensure the integration of rights considerations into conservation practices. …
05 Aug 2010 | News story
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Whitley Award Applications Open
The Whitley Fund for Nature recognizes outstanding nature conservation leaders around the world. Applications for the 2011 Whitley Awards are now open. Shared by Gillian Martin Mehers, CEC Specialty Group Leader. …
05 Aug 2010 | News story
Vacancy: Training Officer, European Association of Zoos and Aquaria
CEC member Eoghan O'Sullivan welcomes applications from outside the zoo community. The successful candidate will develop a series of continuous professional development training courses catering to the institutional membership of EAZA. …
05 Aug 2010 | News story
Yaoundé reçoit le quatrième Forum Francophone International Planèt’ERE
Le Forum Planèt'ERE 4 s’est tenu à Yaoundé au Cameroun sous le thème « Réconcilions nous avec la Nature, Éduquer à la Biodiversité et à l'interculturalité » Par membre de la CEC Monique Trudel. …
05 Aug 2010 | News story
IUCN Facilitates Sustainability Declaration by Dilmah Tea
IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature today facilitated the addition of sustainability as one more pillar to the core values of Dilmah Tea. This declaration of a core commitment to sustainability was made by founder Mr Merril J Fernando, at the inaugural session of the Global Distributor’s Conference of Dilmah. …
05 Aug 2010 | News story
Water management takes centre stage for Pacific Islands
“The availability of freshwater is important to the quality of life, and it is critical to the economic development of every country” was the opening message from the President of Palau, His Excellency Johnson Toribiong, in his speech to the Steering Committee meeting of the Pacific Integrated Water Resource Management Programme. …
05 Aug 2010 | News story
Inicia el II concurso centroamericano de fotografía Por la vida de la mano con el ambiente
Casa No´j Arte y Cultura en Quetzaltenango, Guatemala y la iniciativa Pacto por la Vida convocan al II concurso centroamericano de fotografía Por la vida de la mano con el ambiente. …
05 Aug 2010 | News story
Encouraging closer collaboration between biofuel sustainability standards - report now available
As part of an ongoing collaboration to promote the implementation of more sustainable biofuels, IUCN and Shell, working with ProForest and The Packard Foundation convened stakeholders of a number of certification schemes, including secretariat and Board members as well as industry and civil society representatives. The workshop was held to discuss areas of synergy and opportunities for harmonization of standards and certification schemes that may apply to biofuels. The final report is now available. …
04 Aug 2010 | News story
Reaching out for the oceans: Europe's biggest nautical spectacle
Once every five years, tall ships from all over the world converge on the Dutch capital for a five-day international nautical spectacle—SAIL Amsterdam. Attracting more than 600 ships and an expected 1.8 million visitors, this is Europe’s largest ‘admission free’ nautical event. …
04 Aug 2010 | News story
