Interviews

Margarita Astrálaga, Director of the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation

Interview with Margarita Astrálaga, Director of the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation

Margarita Astrálaga, Director of the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation talks about Malaga's role as an international centre for environmental issues. She is joined by Begoña Oliva and Pedro Marín Cots, Observatorio de Medio Ambiente Urbano in Málaga (OMAU).  OMAU works with European and Latin-American cities and depends on the Malaga City Council - Ayuntamiento de Málaga, which is currently applying for IUCN membership. Spanish MP3

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06 May 2008 | Downloads - Audio

David Sheppard, Head IUCN Programme on Protected Areas

Interview with David Sheppard, Head of IUCN's Programme on Protected Areas

Less then a month before the opening of the CBD COP 9 meeting in Bonn, IUCN’s David Sheppard, Head of the Protected Areas Programme talks in detail about the major outcomes of the recent Durban +5 meeting and challenges the protected areas community is facing worldwide. 

23 Apr 2008 | Downloads - Audio

Biodiversity through the eyes of Constanza's 4 years old daughter

Interview with IUCN's Constanza Martinez

With only two years left to reach the 2010 biodiversity target, the upcoming meeting on the Convention on Biological Diversity is a rare and last opportunity for action. IUCN will use this chance to address the crisis related to the rapid loss of biodiversity. Constanza Martinez of the Global Policy Unit will tell us more about the Union’s role in Bonn and its major expectations for the future. …  

21 Apr 2008 | Downloads - Audio

Dr Hans Friederich, Strategic Partnerships, tells more about the IUCN-Kinnarps Agreement

IUCN's Hans Friederich explains the IUCN and Kinnarps Agreement

Kinnarps, Europe’s premier manufacturer of eco-friendly office furnishings has signed an agreement with IUCN to become a “Preferred Partner” for IUCN’s New Conservation Centre. Hans Friederich, head of IUCN's Stragic Partnerships, explains more about the agreement, the partners and the New Conservation Centre. 

17 Apr 2008 | Downloads - Audio

Right Reverend James Jones

Bishop of Liverpool goes green

The Bishop of Liverpool, the Right Reverend James Jones, became deeply involved in environmental issues about eight years ago. In a visit to IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, he talks to Sarah Halls about the reasons he became an environmentalist and the role he thinks the Church has to play in the fight against climate change. …  

08 Apr 2008 | Downloads - Audio