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Don't cut trees, keep bees!
In Georgia, where IUCN is helping rural people find alternative livelihoods to illegal logging, it’s finding that there is great enthusiasm for bee keeping and honey production as a new business venture. …
01 Apr 2012 | News story
Ecotourism secures Russia's forests
Bezhanitsky district in North-Western Russia is just a three-hour drive from the EU border. It hosts the largest peat bog in Europe and many unique forest and wetland landscapes. …
01 Apr 2012 | News story
El Foro del Congreso a solo unos clics
Optimice su experiencia en el Foro y visite los espacios web dedicados, que han sido específicamente diseñados para facilitar el acceso a información de interés relacionada con el evento. … | English | French
01 Apr 2012 | News story
New York Third Intersessional Meeting : Day Two
The day started with a meeting for civil society to express their concerns to the Bureau of the Rio+20 conference. Civil society groups expressed concerns about governments bracketing issues related to human rights and equity principles. There is an open letter for signature entitled Rights at Risk at the United Nations which can be accessed at http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/rightsatrisk/ and if you want to hear and see how angry civil society is, .... …
29 Mar 2012 | News story
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New York Third Intersessional Meeting : Day One
Yesterday was the first day of the 3rd Intersessional meeting on Rio+20. Delegates were meeting last week in the same place but under a different meeting title: “First round of informal-informal negotiations on the zero draft of outcome document”. …
27 Mar 2012 | News story
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Celebrating the world's forest heroes
Today, World Forestry Day, we report on the outstanding efforts of people who have made an extraordinary contribution towards protecting forests and forest communities. At a special ceremony hosted recently by the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF), the Forest Hero Award was presented to six regional winners. …
21 Mar 2012 | News story
A presidential drive for sustainable development in forest countries
IUCN welcomes former President of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo who is taking on a double role as IUCN High Level Envoy for Sustainable Development in Forest Countries and Patron of Nature. …
15 Mar 2012 | News story
Foro Mundial del Agua: la naturaleza asume un papel central
La “infraestructura” natural, como las cuencas hidrográficas, bosques, lagos y humedales, juega un papel clave en el abordaje de las necesidades globales de agua y debe ser parte integral de los programas de gestión de los recursos hídricos de todos los países, afirma la UICN (Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza) en el Foro Mundial del Agua en Marsella. … | English | French
10 Mar 2012 | News story
ENPI FLEG Program consultant receives a prestigious UN award
The official closing ceremony of the International Year of Forests held on 9 February 2012 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York included a special ceremony of awarding UN Forest Heroes. …
29 Feb 2012 | News story
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El futuro que queremos: preparándonos para Río + 20
Continúan los preparativos para Rio+20, la Conferencia de Naciones Unidas sobre Desarrollo Sostenible que se llevará a cabo en junio, con el lanzamiento del documento Borrador Versión Cero de la conferencia. … | English
31 Jan 2012 | News story
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