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Workshop on Education for Sustainable Development
A daylong workshop on Education for Sustainable Development was organized by IUCN under its Balochistan Programme for Sustainable Development at the Elementary Girl’s College, Quetta on 21st November 2012. …
20 Nov 2012 | News story
Tender invited from interested fish purchasers to sale fish of Tanguar haor
Commercial Fish Harvesting Campaign -2013 will be held from 01/01/2013 to 13/04/2013 (Time is changeable on weather and hydrological condition of the Tanguar Haor ) at Tanguar haor, Sunamganj under supervision of the District Administration following the modality of community Based Sustainable Management of Tanguar Haor Project of the "Ministry of Environment and Forest" supported by Swiss Agency for Development and Co-operation. …
20 Nov 2012 | News story
Hydro-diplomacy: Bridging the gap between science, policy and action
How we use and share water is a complex issue. It involves diverse groups of people such as farmers and fishermen, energy suppliers and developers, all who are competing for a limited and precious resource. Water use issues typically cross natural, social and political boundaries and can be local, national, regional and global in nature. …
01 Nov 2012 | News story
Youth leadership training programme on environmental protection and climate change in Viet Nam
Center for Environment and Community Research (CECR) is conducting a training programme for youth leadership on environment protection and climate change in Viet Nam from 24 November 2012 to 1 January 2013. The training programme will be organzied in Soc Son District for 3 days and following by 3 weeks of implementing small scale projects in Ha Noi. The programme is applied to interested students from different universities and colleges in Hanoi. For details of training programme and application requirements, please click HERE
This is one of activities under a project "Youth leadership school for environmental protection and climate change in Viet Nam" jointly funded by United States Embassy in Hanoi and The World Conservation Union (IUCN) in Viet Nam through the financial support of United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF).
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29 Oct 2012 | News story
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BRIDGE 'Building River Dialogue and Governance': Plans towards 2013
Cross-border water management not only benefits regional water security, but also promotes dialogue, peace and cooperation. IUCN BRIDGE project colleagues met in Chiangrai to discuss progress on the transboundary initiative since it's inception in May 2011, and in particular to put in place plans for BRIDGE into 2013 and beyond. …
29 Oct 2012 | News story
Planning for biodiversity action in Vietnam
In early October, IUCN and Holcim Vietnam co-convened a workshop to review and finalize the Biodiversity Action Plan recommendations for Holcim’s Hon Chong plant in Kien Giang Province, Southern Vietnam. …
19 Oct 2012 | News story
Largest salmon in the world edges toward extinction
An international team of scientists have released assessment reports on the precarious status of a group of Asian salmon, taimen, which are recognized as the largest species of salmon in the world. The reports conclude that all species of taimen are now listed as threatened or Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, and point to a host of ongoing and emerging threats, including habitat loss and over- harvest. …
19 Oct 2012 | News story
Going wise over sustainable use of wild plants
Ways to help government policy makers to engage the private sector in ensuring sustainable use of wild plants was explored at a side event entitled “‘Going wise’: mutual benefits for plant-based businesses and national policy-makers in sustainable use of wild plants”, which was held at the meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Hyderabad, India. …
18 Oct 2012 | News story
In a nutshell: Hyderabad Biodiversity summit - Week One
At the 2010 Biodiversity summit in Nagoya, Japan, Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity agreed the ‘Big Plan to save nature’ with its 20 Aichi biodiversity targets to be met by 2020. Today, the Parties meet again, this time in Hyderabad, India to discuss what progress has been made so far in turning the Big Plan into reality. …
14 Oct 2012 | News story
Stakeholders committed to address adverse impact of climate change
An Inception Workshop on “Ecosystem based Adaptation in mountain ecosystem in Nepal (EbA)” has been jointly convened by the Government of Nepal, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Kathmandu today.
09 Oct 2012 | News story
