2013
Novedades del Consejo Internacional para la Protección del Medio Ambiente del PNUMA
Cuatro debates interesantes y el nombramiento del Presidente de la Comisión Mundial de Derecho Ambiental de la UICN, Antonio Herman Benjamin, como Secretario General del Comité sobre Justicia Ambiental del PNUMA, se destacan. …
11 Mar 2013 | News story
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World Wetlands Day’s 2013 Celebration Activities (at Beung Kiat Ngong RAMSAR Site)
World Wetlands Day's 2013 Celebration Activities (at Beung Kiat Ngong RAMSAR Site) … | French | Spanish
11 Mar 2013 | Article
RDC: Consultation des communautés locales vivant en périphérie du Parc National des Virunga menées par l'ONG SOPR
Dans le cadre d’un projet de renforcement du dialogue entre acteurs et d’amélioration de la gouvernance des ressources naturelles du Parc National des Virunga (PNVi), l’ONG congolaise SOPR a mené une série de consultations des communautés locales... …
10 Mar 2013 | Article
Effets néfastes des changements climatiques : Élèves et enseignants sensibilisés
Dans le cadre du programme des petites subventions du programme CARPE, le Groupe d’Action pour la Protection de l’Environnement (GAPE), bénéficiaire a organisé le 03 mars 2013, une campagne de sensibilisation des élèves et enseignants de l’Ecole Primaire Mvululu du territoire de Kasangulu dans la province du Bas-Congo sur la REDD+ et les changements climatiques.Au total plus de 500 élèves et 23 enseignants ont pris part à cette activité. …
08 Mar 2013 | News story
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The World Parks Congress needs you: contribute to a work stream now
08 Mar 2013 | Article
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Coastal defense: New thinking needed
A major risk with the current obsession with climate change adaptation is in fact maladaptation: expensive solutions to problems that may never emerge or which themselves create new problems (the famous law of unintended consequences). This is evident in Vietnam where in 2009 the prime minister approved a plan to build concrete sea dikes (replacing the existing dirt dikes), at a cost of US$3 million per kilometer, along the entire coastline. This was motivated in part by a World Bank study that showed that most of the Mekong Delta will be flooded when sea level rises by 1 meter as it is predicted to do sometime between 2050 and 2100. A study by an academic at Can Tho University of the costs and benefits of concrete sea dikes around the Mekong Delta concluded that these were a good idea (http://www.eepsea.net/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=434:adaptation-to-sea-level-rise-in-the-vietnamese-mekong-river-delta-should-a-sea-dike-be-built?&Itemid=192). The assumptions on which the study is based are highly selective, however. For example, it assumes that rice and freshwater shrimp are the highest value land uses in the coastal zone, ignoring the benefits of saltwater aquaculture and changing market demands over time. … | Vietnamese
08 Mar 2013 | Article
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Signs of progress on women’s role in tackling climate change
To mark International Women’s Day, IUCN is celebrating the progress made in recognising the role of women in national and regional climate change agendas. …
08 Mar 2013 | News story
First Asia Parks Congress strives for protected area connections
Sendai, Japan is set to host the Asia Parks Congress (APC) from November 13 to November 17, 2013 – the first meeting of its kind to be held in the region. The Congress is being organized by the Ministry of the Environment-Japan (MoEJ) and IUCN. The theme “Parks Connect” signifies protected areas connections at many different levels, linking people with nature, people with people and protected areas with pressing world challenges, including disaster risk reduction, climate change, biodiversity loss, and sustainable development and livelihoods. …
07 Mar 2013 | News story
Les requins à l’épreuve du vote à la COP16 de la CITES
La 16ème conférence des Parties à la CITES, la Convention Internationale sur le Commerce des Espèces Menacées, se tient actuellement à Bangkok. Parmi les projets d’inscription aux annexes I et II figurent plusieurs propositions concernant des espèces de raies et de requins. Il s’agit des propositions n°42 à 46. …
07 Mar 2013 | News story
Nature+ development in South East Europe
Nature is a resource for people and our well-being. Countries in South East Europe, like elsewhere, have the opportunity to shape a sustainable future where economies grow while protecting natural resources. Will they win the challenge? …
07 Mar 2013 | News story
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