Oceanía
IUCN supports World Water Day around the Globe
Celebrating this year’s World Water Day, Dr. Milika Sobey from the IUCN Oceania office in Fiji highlights the importance of ‘protecting forests, mangroves, and the restoration of river ecosystems to maintain and improve water quality which is vital to preserve ecosystem health, and ultimately provide clean water for people’. …
22 Mar 2010 | News story
La UICN y la República de Corea firmaron para preparar el mejor Congreso
La UICN, el Ministerio de Medio Ambiente de la República de Corea y la provincia autónoma de Jeju, firmaron un acuerdo acerca de la organización conjunta del Congreso Mundial de la Naturaleza de 2012. … | English | French
05 Mar 2010 | News story
Australian Wildife corridor protects species in a changing climate
The world's first transcontinental wildlife corridor - stretching 3500 kilometres from the coast of the Northern Territory to the coast of South Australia - has been jointly announced today by Premier Mike Rann and NT Chief Minister Paul Henderson. Announcement by Northern Territory Chief Minister Paul Henderson and South Australia premier Mike Rann …
01 Mar 2010 | News story
Mangroves to the rescue
Coastal ecosystems in the Pacific region are under severe threat. Increasing population, coastal development, squatter settlements and increasing demand for resources are having a serious impact. Climate change will only make things worse for these vulnerable coastal areas, and urgent action is needed to address the ongoing threats. …
23 Feb 2010 | News story
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WANI strengthens water management in Fiji and Samoa
Many Pacific Islands are experiencing increasing pressures on water resources due to growing populations, infrastructure development, and climatic fluctuations. IUCN, member and partner organisations are strengthening forces to support Integrated Water Resource Management in the Oceania region. …
22 Feb 2010 | News story
Nuevo Portal de los Miembros: Sistema sobre las Resoluciones y Recomendaciones.
De conformidad con la Resolución 4.011 (Establecimiento de un sistema automatizado para registrar las acciones de los Miembros acerca de las Resoluciones y Recomendaciones, con objeto de mejorar los informes en cada Congreso Mundial de la Naturaleza y entre sus períodos de sesiones), la Secretaría de la UICN ha desarrollado un instrumento en línea para facilitar la presentación de información por parte de los Miembros y la Secretaría de la UICN acerca de actividades encaminadas a la aplicación de Resoluciones y Recomendaciones aprobadas por el Congreso Mundial de la Naturaleza de Barcelona en 2008. … | English | French | Chinese
16 Feb 2010 | News story
IUCN-ADB to publish River Basin Management cases across Asia-Pacific
IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, Asia Regional Water and Wetlands Programme and the Asian Development Bank have begun work on a new study of river basin management in the Asia-Pacific region. …
12 Feb 2010 | News story
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People for plants
Involving local communities is indispensible to ensure that conservation action brings efficient and long-lasting results. IUCN's Vineet Soni uses such a community-based approach in his work on the conservation of an important medicinal plant. …
08 Feb 2010 | News story
IUCN and TRAFFIC release CITES CoP15 Analyses of the Proposals
In preparation for the upcoming CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna) meeting (15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties, CoP15) that will be taking place 13 – 25 March 2010 in Doha, Qatar, IUCN and TRAFFIC have released the results of their Analyses of the Proposals to Amend the Appendices. See here for the table with the Analyses. …
12 Jan 2010 | News story
Discover biodiversity - every day
To increase awareness of the enormous variety of life on our planet, and raise the profile of threatened species, we have launched the IUCN Red List ‘Species of the Day’. …
06 Jan 2010 | News story
