December
Copenhagen Day 9 - we are all in it together
Julia Marton Lefèvre, Director General of IUCN, was in the most famous queue in Europe with thousands of diplomats and activists in the cold Copenhagen winter. She describes a cheerful and motivated crowd, both inside and outside the conference center. …
15 Dec 2009 | News story
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Copenhagen Day 5 - Women agents of change
IUCN's Senior Gender Adviser, Lorena Aguilar, explains the importance of women as actors in the climate debate. …
12 Dec 2009 | News story
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Sharing the benefits under REDD
IUCN, with the support of Econ Pöyry, has reviewed experiences with existing benefit sharing arrangements in the forest sector and in other areas in order to inform discussions on how to develop benefit sharing systems under REDD. …
10 Dec 2009 | News story
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Protected Areas – a natural solution to climate change crisis
Protected areas offer a cost effective solution to the impacts of climate change, according to a report just released by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). …
10 Dec 2009 | News story
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Copenhagen Day 4 - it's a serious game
The Head of IUCN's Water Programme Mark Smith got a naked greeting upon his arrival at COP15, but it's much more than fun and games inside, he explains. …
10 Dec 2009 | News story
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WANI leads climate change resilient communities in Guatemala
More than 30 officials from different municipalities in Guatemala gathered to learn from IUCN’s Water and Nature Initiative (WANI) field experience in the Tacaná II project: a catchment management model and practical guide formulating management plans …
10 Dec 2009 | News story
IUCN French National Committee committed to International Year of Biodiversity
The IUCN National Committee of France will organize its upcoming National Congress on Nature, on 20 January 2010, around the theme of the International Year of Biodiversity. … | French
10 Dec 2009 | News story
General Assembly Commits to Strengthened Framework for Oceans
Following an extensive day-long debate on oceans and the law of the sea, the United Nations General Assembly adopted two wide-ranging resolutions last week to help to guide States in preserving ocean health including the protection of threatened fish stocks and marine habitats around the world. …
09 Dec 2009 | News story
Sharing the benefits under REDD
IUCN, with the support of Econ Pöyry, has reviewed experiences with existing benefit sharing arrangements in the forest sector and in other areas in order to inform discussions on how to develop benefit sharing systems under REDD. …
09 Dec 2009 | News story
National experts trained on Ecological Networks
The second round of training courses under the InWEnt programme “Regional Environmental Policy in the South Caucasus” was held from 25 November to 09 December 2009 in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. The IUCN Environmental Law Programme and the Programme Office for the Southern Caucasus jointly conducted the trainings in collaboration with Adelphi Research. The objective of this series of training courses is to contribute to the further development of the region's nature conservation policies and legislation in order to support approximation to the EU Aquis Communautaire. …
09 Dec 2009 | News story
