April
Conservation and the European Minerals Sector
On the 13th April, 2011 an event was held at the European Parliament to announce this year’s European Minerals Day which will take place from 13-15 May 2011. Speaking at the event was Hans Friederich, Regrional Director for IUCN Europe. …
19 Apr 2011 | News story
Pace Law School hosts International Symposium on Environmental Courts and Tribunals
More than 50 nations have created specialized environmental courts and tribunals to give priority attention to enforcing these laws.
Participants to the symposium explored what measures are needed to sustain and enhance the work of the judiciary, in order to strengthen the rule of law and access to environmental justice in environmental matters. …
19 Apr 2011 | News story
TEEB: achievements and future perspectives
On the 12th April, 2011, a meeting on TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity) was hosted at the European Parliament by the Mediterranean subgroup of the European Parliament Intergroup “Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development”. It aimed to show how actors can implement TEEB and to outline what future actions should be taken. …
19 Apr 2011 | News story
VII World Conference on Bioethics to be held in Spain
The VII World Conference on Bioethics iss going to be held in Gijón (Spain) from 19th to 22nd September 2011. …
19 Apr 2011 | News story
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CEESP members to run Panel Session on the Indigenous World
CEESP members Dennis Martinez and Alejandro Argumedo will be running a Panel session on the Indigenous world of adaptation to climate disruption with a particular focus on the role of community ecosystem management and eco(bio)cultural restoration as revealed in the international work of the Indignous Peoples’ Biocultural Climate Change Assessment Initiative (IPCCA) at the SER2011World Conference on Ecological Restoration in Merida, Mexico, 21-25 August 2011.
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19 Apr 2011 | News story
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Union Pulse - Message from the Membership Unit: Regional Conservation Fora
The Regional Conservation Fora, taking place between May-October 2011, will provide Members, Commissions and Secretariat with an opportunity to meet and prepare for the next World Conservation Congress (Jeju, Republic of Korea, 6-15 September 2012). … | French | Spanish
19 Apr 2011 | News story
Globally endangered waterfowl spotted in Tanguar Haor, Bangladesh
One Baer's Pochard, a globally endangered species, was recently spotted in Tanguar Haor by an IUCN survey team. …
18 Apr 2011 | News story
COMESA and IUCN explore opportunity for collaboration
IUCN and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) have committed to strengthen their collaboration on issues of biodiversity conservation. This commitment was made when Ali Kaka, IUCN Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, paid a courtesy call at the COMESA Secretariat recently. …
18 Apr 2011 | News story
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Bringing conservation businesses to the market
IUCN, the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment and Kuoni, the Swiss travel company, have embarked on a joint project to build capacities in conservation organizations that are developing sustainable tourism as part of their conservation efforts. …
18 Apr 2011 | News story
Private sector engagement in the forest sector
We pose three questions to Stewart Maginnis -- IUCN Global Director, Environment and Development Group and Director, Global Forest Conservation Programme -- about private sector engagement in the forest sector as well as his expectations for the 2011 International Year of Forests. …
18 Apr 2011 | News story
