2012
Photography exhibition on Pakistan’s Coastal Ecosystem - an MFF- Pakistan Small Grants event
Environmental degradation needs to be combated at the governmental and community levels.
Federal Secretary National Disaster Management Muhammad Javed Malik said that environmental degradation is a big challenge, which has to be prioritised at the governmental as well as community level. …
06 Mar 2012 | News story
Calendario Ambiental 2012 de la Fundación Patagonia Natural
Por décimo novena edición, la Fundación Patagonia Natural ha lanzado su calendario ambiental. 5.000 ejemplares recorrerán escuelas e instituciones de la costa argentina mostrando la belleza e informando sobre valor natural y ecosistémico de los humedales. …
06 Mar 2012 | News story
Media research on man vs. elephant conflict
CEC member Dr. S. Nagarathinam and researcher Ms. Marianne De Nazareth will be studying how the media frames man-elephant conflict and the potential impact on policy and public attitudes. …
06 Mar 2012 | News story
Blue Ventures Conservation receives world renowned grant
Blue Ventures Conservation, an IUCN Member from the UK, will explore leveraging markets to conserve mangrove biodiversity and alleviate poverty in Madagascar. …
06 Mar 2012 | News story
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Spanish version of "Legal Frameworks for REDD: Design and Implementation at the National Level” (EPLP 77) now available
The IUCN Environmental Law Centre (ELC) has just released the Spanish version of the publication “Legal Frameworks for REDD: Design and Implementation at the National Level”. This publication identifies and analyses issues relating to the formulation and execution of laws and regulations for REDD at the national level. It was developed in collaboration with international and national REDD legal experts and includes case studies from Brazil, Cameroon, Guyana and Papua New Guinea.
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06 Mar 2012 | News story
Nature’s a solution to global water needs, IUCN
Media Advisory: Water resources are under increasing stress: with burgeoning populations, growing economies and a changing climate, water scarcity and pollution are set to intensify. …
06 Mar 2012 | News story
Blue Carbon Policy - revisited
The International Blue Carbon Policy Working Group, co-organized by IUCN and Conservation International, revisited Blue Carbon policy recommendations. The revised Blue Carbon Policy Framework 2.0 outlines new and revised activities needed to include coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrasses into climate change mitigation policies and financing processes, taking into account the outcomes of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (UNFCCC) seventeenth Conference of the Parties (COP) in Durban and other relevant fora. …
06 Mar 2012 | News story
Communicating Protected Areas: CEC and WCPA join Futerra to plan marketing
A new global awareness campaign is the aim of a marking meeting organized by CEC Special Advisor Frits Hesselink and CEC member Laurie Bennet of Futerra with managers of protected areas from WCPA. …
06 Mar 2012 | News story
France 1-1 UK
At the end of February 2012, France and UK announced new marine protected areas (MPA) in their overseas territories. France has created the Marine Park of the Glorieuses as part of the French Southern and Antarctic Territories (TAAF) located in Indian Ocean, while the UK have declared an MPA around the South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands in the Southern Ocean. …
06 Mar 2012 | News story
France joins 'Save Our Species'
The quest to protect globally threatened species has taken a large leap forward today with the announcement of the French Global Environment Facility’s (FGEF) commitment to support SOS (Save Our Species) with a € 1 million grant. …
06 Mar 2012 | News story
