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Nations urged to adopt global vision to save oceans from climate-accelerated collapse
20 Dec 2007 | News story
End of year message from the DG
IUCN Director General, Julia Marton-Lefèvre, has sent her end of the year message to all IUCN members, staff, Council and Commission members. In it, she looks back at the past year and ahead to what 2008 will hold. The full message is available in the three official IUCN languages. …
19 Dec 2007 | News story
Conservation with Justice: A Rights-based Approach
As there is no generally accepted definition of a rights-based approach to conservation, multiple interpretations exist which leads to confusion when the term is used. The Environmental Law Centre (ELC) has initiated further research and debate about the application of such an approach in order to evaluate the potential merit of the concept and enable it to be ‘operationalized’. …
10 Dec 2007 | News story
Results of the First Global Survey of IUCN Members
More than 500 members from all regions made their views known on their satisfaction as a member of IUCN in the first global Survey of IUCN Members. …
06 Dec 2007 | News story
Global Experts Meet to Assess Species' Vulnerability to Climate Change
A four-day Species Vulnerability Traits workshop was hosted jointly by Imperial College London, IUCN Species Programme and IUCN Species Survival Commission (hereafter referred to jointly as IUCN) and the Zoological Society of London. …
05 Dec 2007 | News story
International organizations launch initiatives for sustainable water use in Asia Pacific
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have launched concrete initiatives to achieve more sustainable management of precious water resources in the Asia Pacific region. …
05 Dec 2007 | News story
“Four factors: The problems of development and globalization.”
3 December 2007 – The Embassy of France in Vietnam in collaboration with Université de Tous Les Savoirs – UTLS and The World Conservation Union have organized six special workshops on that address the theme: “Global changes and problems of globalization” …
03 Dec 2007 | News story
Victoria Falls Integrated water supply - Managing water supply for domestic use and the environment
VICTORIA FALLS – There is an urgent need to start effectively and efficiently managing our water resources. This message and demonstration of an ongoing effort in Southern Africa to manage and conserve this precious resource was conveyed to communicators and policy makers attending the Zambezi Stakeholders Forum in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe from November 27th-29th. …
30 Nov 2007 | News story
Marine research: East and West Africa urged to learn from each other
West Africa has comparably well-developed activities for MPAs and fisheries, whilst East Africa has a longer history of research capacity building and integrated coastal management projects. There is therefore much scope for exchange and cooperation between the two regions according to a new IUCN report. …
27 Nov 2007 | News story
