Politique mondiale
Forest governance and climate policies
Fred Stolle of the World Resources Institute looks at the need for REDD to address forest governance issues as well as creating market incentives. …
01 Oct 2009 | News story
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Forests, people and climate change: the REDD solution
Major reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions are necessary if we are to avoid disastrous climate change. Given that deforestation and forest degradation account for up to 17% of man-made global greenhouse gas emissions, conservation and sustainable management of forests is a good place to start. …
01 Oct 2009 | News story
Nouveau système pour les membres sur les Résolutions et Recommandations de l’UICN
Un nouveau système automatisé, qui sera lancé à la mi-novembre, permettra aux membres de l’UICN de partager des informations sur les actions entreprises pour mettre en œuvre les Résolutions et Recommandations adoptées à Barcelone l’année dernière. … | English | Spanish
28 Sep 2009 | News story
La France confirme sa coopération avec le plus grand réseau mondial de protection de la nature
Des projets de conservation de la biodiversité en Afrique, en Méditerranée et dans l’outre-mer européen sont mis en place dès cette année … | English | Spanish
18 Sep 2009 | News story
G8 ministers fail to recognise environmental risks of energy options beyond GHG emissions
In the G8 declaration released this week, ministers set a joint target of 80% reductions of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, with a large focus on energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies – though potential environmental and social barriers were not considered. While renewable energy technologies hold much promise for delivering energy with reduced greenhouse gas emissions, IUCN advocates for the establishment of legal and regulatory policies that are robust and which safeguard the environment and people as an important part of the enabling framework for renewable energy. …
10 Jul 2009 | News story
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Energy systems should safeguard the environment, says IUCN to UN
This was the message that was delivered by Narinder Kakar from the Permanent Observer Mission of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to the United Nations at the UN General Assembly Interactive Thematic Dialogue on Energy Efficiency, Conservation and New and Renewable sources of Energy. …
18 Jun 2009 | News story
IUCN signs agreement with Nippon Keidanren Committee on Nature Conservation
Celebrations around International Biodiversity Day in Tokyo started early in the morning on Friday 22 May with a ceremony to plant trees at Shinjuku Gyoen park organized by the Ministry of the Environment of Japan. …
25 May 2009 | News story
International Biodiversity Day sounds the alarm on invasive species
International Biodiversity Day, celebrated each year on May 22, pays tribute to the global importance of biodiversity, both as an asset for posterity and a vital resource for people and their livelihoods. …
22 May 2009 | News story
Don't forget environment, IUCN tells UN
World leaders must consider the environment if they want to ensure people enjoy a sustainable and dignified life. That was the message IUCN Director General Julia Marton-Lefèvre gave in her keynote address to the High-Level Ministerial segment of the 17th session of the United Nations Commission of Sustainable Development (CSD), held in New York from May 4 to 15. …
14 May 2009 | News story
Ecosystem approach is the way forward
The newly established IUCN drylands programme stepped out in style for the first time at the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development in New York by convening a Learning Centre on the ecosystem approach. It was the first outreach engagement of the programme at a large international meeting of the United Nations. …
14 May 2009 | News story
