Décembre 2010
Integration, integration, integration!
Integration is the word that repeatedly resonated in the hall where the conference closing the International Year of Biodiversity was held yesterday. …
15 Dec 2010 | News story
Buying land to save the species of Spain
Some of Spain’s flagship species such as the Iberian lynx and brown bear are benefiting from the work of IUCN Member organization Fundació Caixa Catalunya. …
15 Dec 2010 | News story
Securing a safe passage for salmon
IUCN experts are advising the Japanese on the removal of a series of dams that have hampered wild salmon migration in the Shiretoko World Heritage Site. …
14 Dec 2010 | News story
International Mountain Day Celebrated at Ziarat
IUCN Pakistan, Ziarat Office in collaboration with the local communities celebrated International Mountain Day 2010 at Ziarat. The participants belonged to the Valley Conservation Committees and the Juniper Environmental Council Ziarat. The event was organized to create awareness about the significance of mountains and to mobilise communities for sustainable use of mountain resources. The event began with planting of saplings in ‘Khandi Mountain Range Reserve’ by the community representatives and other participants followed by an awareness raising ceremony held at the PTDC Hotel. …
11 Dec 2010 | News story
IUCN partners with ACWUA during Arab Water Week
In a region that is severely affected by climate change, population growth and increasing demand on water resources, an urgent need for addressing those challenges has become essential to propose common solutions to better manage water resources in the Arab region. Therefore, the first Arab Water Week was organized in Amman, Jordan from 5-9 December, 2010 by the Arab Countries Water Utilities Association (ACWUA) under the umbrella of the League of Arab States (LAS) and in partnership with the Arab Ministerial Water Council (AMWC) and the Jordanian Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MWI). …
10 Dec 2010 | News story
Can high fashion help the high Andes?
The growing demand for luxury clothing is helping to secure one of South America’s threatened species—the vicuña—but can it also secure the livelihoods of the poor Andean communities who produce vicuña fibre? …
10 Dec 2010 | News story
Fast track funding for climate
Fast track climate funding for vulnerable mountain communities was announced today by the government of Germany. The programme, to be carried out by IUCN, UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), will assess vulnerability among communities and farmers to droughts and floods linked with rising regional temperatures and the loss of glaciers and ice. …
10 Dec 2010 | News story
Sommet de la Francophonie : l’UICN rappelle par sa présence que développement et biodiversité sont intimement liés.
A l’occasion du 13ème Sommet de la Francophonie organisé à Montreux, en Suisse, les 23 et 24 octobre dernier, une délégation de l’UICN a appuyé les efforts internationaux de la « Francophonie » visant à préserver les diversités biologiques et culturelles qu’elle recèle sur les six continents. … | English
10 Dec 2010 | News story
Study calls for EU ban on removing shark fins at sea
Shark fisheries experts say in a report released today that to strengthen the European Union’s ban on shark finning, EU fishermen should no longer be permitted to remove shark fins on board ships, and that loopholes in EU regulations make it possible for fishermen to fin an estimated two out of every three sharks without detection or punishment. …
09 Dec 2010 | News story
