2012
FPWC is a new IUCN Member in Armenia
IUCN welcomes the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets (FPWC) as its new NGO Member in Armenia. FPWC was admitted as an NGO Member by the IUCN Council at its 77th meeting held in New Delhi from 14-17 November 2011. Currently, FPWC and the Armenian Society for the Protection of Birds (ASPB) are IUCN Members in Armenia. …
11 Jan 2012 | News story
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IUCN Bangladesh and CEGIS go head to head on the cricket pitch in a friendly T20
All eyes were on the cricketers the grandstands packed as IUCN Bangladesh took to the cricket pitch against CEGIS in a friendly T-20 (20-20) cricket match at Mohammadpur, Dhaka on 7 January 2012. …
11 Jan 2012 | Article
IUCN welcomes Association BIOM as its new member
IUCN’s network in SEE is now strengthened by a new NGO member, Association for Biological Research - BIOM. Its membership application was approved during the 77th Meeting of the IUCN Council. …
11 Jan 2012 | News story
IUCN comments on the way IPBES is being shaped
UNEP, acting as the interim Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), has published all comments received from governments and other stakeholders on the draft elements of the IPBES work programme, the rules of procedure of the plenary and related IPBES procedures. The comments also include contributions from the IUCN network.
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10 Jan 2012 | News story
IUCN and Sakhalin Energy continue joint efforts to protect whales
IUCN, whale experts and Sakhalin Energy Investment Company (Sakhalin Energy) are starting a second 5-year phase (2012-2016) of joint collaboration to protect the endangered population of western gray whales. Through this collaboration, a credible mechanism has been created in the last 5 years to reduce impacts of oil and gas development in the vicinity of Sakhalin Island, in northeastern Russia. …
09 Jan 2012 | News story
Endangered whales are crossing the Pacific
Two female western gray whales, Agent and Varvara, left the coast of Russia late last year and are now half-way across the Gulf of Alaska. For the second consecutive year, an international team of scientists successfully tagged endangered whales off Sakhalin Island and the team is now tracking the animals via satellite. …
09 Jan 2012 | News story
EAZA-IUCN SSC Southeast Asia campaign launched
The wildlife of Southeast Asia is beautiful and mysterious but under threat. To help raise awareness and conservation funds for selected threatened animals in Southeast Asia, the International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission (IUCN SSC) and the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) have teamed up to launch a new campaign. …
06 Jan 2012 | News story
African Young Scientists issue statement on climate change and indigenous knowledge
This Communiqué from COP 17 asserts that young people can mobilize communities to use indigenous knowledge to respond to climate change. …
06 Jan 2012 | News story
Unveiling the secrets of the deep
Everyone knows the oceans are in a trouble but how can we properly protect them when we don’t know much about what lives within them? …
05 Jan 2012 | Article
Nature protection policies and funding opportunities
Building capacities for conservation action project was opened by one-day seminar that shed light on key conservation policies and funding sources in Serbia and Montenegro, facilitating the dialogue between the donor community and potential recipients. It was organized by IUCN on 21 December in Belgrade, and gathered a multitude of state agencies and civil society organizations (CSOs) working in the field of nature conservation in Serbia and Montenegro. …
05 Jan 2012 | News story
