South America
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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Sustainable páramos: Upcoming efforts in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
With the objective of promoting sustainable management of the páramos, the project “Communities of the Páramo: Strengthening Capacities and Coordination for Climate-Change Adaptation” will be implemented by the Mountain Institute (Peru), Fundación Tropenbos (Colombia) and Ecociencia (Ecuador) under the coordination of IUCN South America (IUCN-Sur) and with the support of the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. … | Spanish
05 Feb 2013 | News story
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Brazil resolves to restore its ecosystems
After numerous national workshops over 13 months, the Ecological Restoration Initiative’s action plan has been established to combat ecosystem degradation caused by productive activities, especially agricultural livestock, in the country. … | Spanish
05 Feb 2013 | News story
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IUCN welcomes eight new Members
On 30 January 2013, the 81st Meeting of the IUCN Council admitted 8 new Members to IUCN. … | French | Spanish
01 Feb 2013 | News story
