South America
Post2015: Can there be enough water, energy, food for all?
This week, IUCN and the International Water Association (IWA) host an online consultation session on Infrastructure Solutions for the Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus. As part of the UN's 'The World We Want' initiative, the consultation platform allows everyone to have their say on development issues post 2015, from 11-17 March with a particular focus on water, energy and food. …
11 Mar 2013 | News story
Novedades del Consejo Internacional para la Protección del Medio Ambiente del PNUMA
Cuatro debates interesantes y el nombramiento del Presidente de la Comisión Mundial de Derecho Ambiental de la UICN, Antonio Herman Benjamin, como Secretario General del Comité sobre Justicia Ambiental del PNUMA, se destacan. …
11 Mar 2013 | News story
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Signs of progress on women’s role in tackling climate change
To mark International Women’s Day, IUCN is celebrating the progress made in recognising the role of women in national and regional climate change agendas. …
08 Mar 2013 | News story
New video: Integrando Fronteras / Integrating Borders
As the UN recently kicked off the official launch of 2013 as the International Year of Water Cooperation, the IUCN Mesoamerica office released a new video on cooperation achievements between Panama and Costa Rica, including actions in the transboundary Sixaola river basin. … | Spanish
04 Mar 2013 | News story
Buena nueva para los apasionados de las áreas protegidas
A través de un grupo de discusión en Facebook, la UICN-Sur retoma el trabajo de La Red Virtual de Áreas Protegidas Latinoamericanas que surgió en 2007 a propósito del II Congreso Latinoamericano de Parques, Bariloche, 2007. Para unirse a este grupo, ingrese a Facebook, busque: Red Latinoamericana de Áreas Protegidas y ¡únase al grupo! …
18 Feb 2013 | News story
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How do we strengthen the Nagoya Protocol implementation?
As part of the GEF ABS LAC activities on access and benefit sharing (ABS), IUCN is developing the Virtual Forum “Nagoya Protocol Implementation” (www.foroadb.jimdo.com). This space will allow participants to discuss the national policies and legal frameworks on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) in different countries. The Virtual Forum is carried out from January to March. … | Spanish
18 Feb 2013 | News story
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Call for abstracts: 3rd International Marine Protected Areas Congress
The French Marine Protected Areas Agency (MPAA) and IUCN are organizing the 3rd International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC3) in Marseille and Corsica from 21 October to 27 October 2013. …
15 Feb 2013 | News story
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Two New Salamanders Discovered
A team of young researchers from Colombia have recently published an article in the journal Zootaxa describing two new species of salamander discovered during a project supported by the Conservation Leadership Programme and Save Our Species. This exciting discovery is just one of a number of such discoveries made during an SOS funded project that will be reported soon in a special news article. What follows is the original release published by our partners, the Conservation Leadership Programme. …
11 Feb 2013 | News story
Guardabosques heridos y desaparecidos en Paraguay
Los guardabosques se encontraban realizando un patrullaje rutinario como parte del sistema de control y protección de la Reserva del Mbaracayú, creada en 1991 y administrada por la Fundación Moisés Bertoni, miembro de la UICN. …
08 Feb 2013 | News story
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Applying Rights-Based Approaches to Conservation – From Theory to Reality
The Shuar Arutam People of the Cordillera del Cóndor in the Ecuadorian Amazon have been stewards of their forests for millennia. But now, as mining and illegal logging encroach on its territories, this indigenous group faces a struggle to maintain their rights to live in their ancestral lands. To assist them, IUCN is helping to test a new idea: a rights-based approach to conservation (RBA). … | Spanish
06 Feb 2013 | News story
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