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10 bougies pour un bilan positif de l'UICN-BRAO
Du 09 au 14 juillet 2007, à un rythme soutenu, les événements marquant la célébration des 10 ans du Bureau régional de l'UICN pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest (UICN-BRAO) ont eu lieu à Ouagadougou, au Burkina Faso. …
16 Jul 2007 | News story
Focus on... A Rocha: Conservation in the Mediterranean Biodiversity Hotspot
A Rocha is an international conservation organisation, with a Christian basis, working in 16 countries. Within the Mediterranean, it has over 40 years of combined experience in nature conservation in Portugal , France and Lebanon. …
10 Jul 2007 | News story
Does your organization work on sustainable tourism? Call for contributions on sustainable tourism standards. Deadline – August 31st
With receipts in 2006 up to 735 billion US dollars, and 842 million international travelers, tourism is one of the leading industries' world-wide. …
09 Jul 2007 | News story
Real action for plant diversity: The CBD working in practice
Governments meeting in Paris have pledged support for saving plants, the basis of all life on earth. The World Conservation Union has been a driving force in the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC). …
06 Jul 2007 | News story
Full of eastern promise - CEL Specialists meet on the Bosphorus
On 29-30 June, the Chairs of the 12 Specialist Groups of IUCN's Commission on Environmental Law (CEL) met in Istanbul to discuss how to coordinate their work, to ensure that the Specialist Groups complement each others' efforts and contribute to the work of IUCN. …
05 Jul 2007 | News story
CEL Steering Committee Vice Chair visits ELC
Melinda Janki, Vice Chair of the CEL Steering Committee and Co-Chair of the Protected Areas Specialist Group, visited the Environmental Law Centre (ELC) this week. …
05 Jul 2007 | News story
El Instituto de Derecho y Economía Ambiental (IDEA) abre su filial en Montevideo, Uruguay
El Instituto de Derecho y Economía Ambiental (IDEA) organización constituida en Paraguay en 1996 y miembro de UICN desde el año 2000, anunció la apertura de su primera filial fuera del País. …
05 Jul 2007 | News story
New updated Tapir Action Plan launched
The survival and conservation of the world’s four species of tapir has received a major boost with the recent completion of an updated Tapir Action Plan by the IUCN/SSC Tapir Action Plan. The Plan was completed in Brazil in early 2007 and is comprised of four Population and Habitat Viability Assessments (PHVA), one for each of the world’s four surviving Tapir species. …
27 Jun 2007 | News story
Announcing the second round of the Sir Peter Scott Fund for Conservation Action Grants
Madagascan flying foxes, Ganges river dolphins, Hawaiian plants and Arabian leopards are among the species that are all set to benefit from the second round of grants issued under the Sir Peter Scott Fund for Conservation Action, created by the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) to support its Specialist Group’s conservation projects. …
26 Jun 2007 | News story
IUCN CEL Steering Committee member to take senior position in Jordan
IUCN CEL Vice Chair Ms. AL-Sharifeh Nawzat bint Ali has been appointed by the Minister of Environment of Jordan to be his Legal Adviser on International Environmental Law issues, in Amman, starting end of July 2007. …
22 Jun 2007 | News story
