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Policy makers urged to look at role environment plays in supporting communities
The importance of biodiversity and ecosystems to economies around the world is the focus of a series of five reports from the Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) study. The latest TEEB report, tailored for policy makers, is released today. …
13 Nov 2009 | News story
Arab governments show foresight over climate change and gender equality
With a firm agreement elusive in the countdown to the UN climate change negotiations in Copenhagen next month, the ability of local communities in the Arab region to fight the negative effects of climate change hang in the balance. …
12 Nov 2009 | News story
Insider's view: from Barcelona to Copenhagen
The Climate Change Talks held in Barcelona (2-6 November) under the auspices of the UNFCCC ended with the Chairmen of the two main negotiating streams expressing confidence that ‘a strong outcome of COP15 at Copenhagen can be achieved that is balanced, fair, ambitious and effective’. However, at the same time, most negotiating groups are now playing down the probability that the initially hoped-for legally binding agreement will emerge in December. They admit that there is now a lack of time as well as a lack of progress. They prefer to refer to a ‘politically binding agreement’ (the meaning of which is less than clear) and to devoting 2010 to negotiating the details of a legal treaty- i.e. legally binding under international law. …
09 Nov 2009 | News story
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Water: Centre of Climate Change
The UNFCCC’s Climate Change Talks in Barcelona are the last stop before the key COP15 conference held in Copenhagen in December, where a post-2012 climate change agreement should be agreed upon. …
30 Oct 2009 | News story
Convention internationale sur la conservation des psittacidés
La Fondation Loro Parque, par ailleurs Membre de l’UICN, organisera la 1ère convention internationale sur la conservation des psittacidés – Sciences, politiques et pratiques, du 20 au 22 septembre 2010, et la 7ème convention internationale sur les perroquets, du 22 au 25 septembre 2010. … | English | Spanish
27 Oct 2009 | News story
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
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
UICN y Cepesca estrecharán su colaboración
UICN y Cepesca estrecharán su colaboración para lograr una actividad pesquera más sostenible y asegurar una mayor conservación de los ecosistemas marinos …
15 Sep 2009 | News story
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Trouvez des experts en environnement en un clic
Un Répertoire d’Experts en matière de Services Écosystémiques est désormais disponible gratuitement en ligne. Journalistes, dirigeants d’entreprise et gouvernements peuvent utiliser le répertoire pour rechercher des centaines d’experts en environnement venant d’organisations telles que l’UICN, la Société écologique d’Amérique et les groupes de travail de l’Évaluation des écosystèmes pour le Millénaire. … | English | Spanish
15 Sep 2009 | News story
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Desert power
As climate change escalates, the world is increasingly looking to engineered solutions to reduce carbon emissions and provide sustainable energy. Recently the focus has turned on deserts and how they can be used to supply large amounts of renewable energy which is causing some concern among environmentalists. …
14 Sep 2009 | News story
