IUCN - Barcelona Diary

A productive forum

2008-10-11

Ferdousi Begum represents an NGO member from Bangladesh. She has found the congress to be a very productive forum and hopes that the conservation agenda will get the topmost priority in the coming years.

Conservation in China

2008-10-11

Haigen Xu has a strong feeling that the congress will help to bring more conservation initiatives in China in the years ahead.

A legacy to the Union

2008-10-11

Christine Milne, IUCN Vice-President, speaks about her work in the IUCN Council and gives advice to the incoming councillors.

Congress in a student’s eye

2008-10-10

Meghna Agarwala is a student from Yale School of Forestry and Environment Studies. She has seen many conservation icons in the congress and her days are filled with excitements.

Protecting the River Dolphin

2008-10-10

Anna Forslund from WWF-Sweden talks about some of the work WWF is doing to protect the river dolphin in India and Pakistan.

Diversidad de experiencias

2008-10-10

Juan Carlos Montúfar, de la Comisión Trinacional del Plan Trifinio para Guatemala, manifestó su impresión sobre la diversidad de actividades y espacios de discusión generados en el marco del congreso.

Interesada en cuencas y áreas protegidas

2008-10-10

Maritza Guido, de la Comisión Trinacional del Plan Trifinio, explicó su interés sobre el tema de las áreas protegidas y la gestión de cuencas, además de saber qué se está haciendo en estos temas para aplicarlo en sus experiencias.

Interesado en las cuencas

2008-10-10

Julián Gaxiola, de CEDECALI, Centro Regional de Capacitación del Agua las Hierbas, quiere dar a conocer el centro y compartir experiencias sobre el manejo de cuencas.

‘Less guns, more cooperation’

2008-10-10

Sean Willmore, Director of Thin Green Line NGO, is from Australia. He has been in the spotlight at large music festivals and at the Sydney Opera House. Hear him about his expectations of a roving congress.

Coral Reefs and Climate Change

2008-10-10

David Obura from CORDIO (Coastale Oceans Research and Development - India Ocean), a new IUCN member, explains their approach to strengthening coral reefs' resilience from climate change.

‘It is time to change’

2008-10-09

As the Congress is half way through, Taskha Yawanawa of Brazil has found it filled with excitement and promise, and urges all to care for the mother earth before it is too late.

Voices of indigenous communities

2008-10-09

Jose Antunez represents indigenous communities from Peru. He wouldn’t have come to Barcelona leaving his paddy fields unattended. His only agenda is to press the Congress to recognize indigenous people’s voices.

Cómo hacer un pastel sin agotar los bosques

2008-10-09

Aaron Oliveras de Fundació Terra es una de las personas que demuestra el uso de horno solar justo a la entrada al congreso. Con un horno solar no sólo la comida sabe bien, sino que se tiene la satisfacción de cocinar sin necesidad de quemar leña ni emitir dióxido de carbono.

Earth Hour

2008-10-09

Andy Ridley, Director of WWF's Earth Hour, talks about what he has presented at Congress and the plans for the climate change campaign in 2009.

Federico Cinquepalmi, Marina Pulcini and Damiano Luchetti, Italian Ministry of Environment

2008-10-09

"The take home message from this congress is "action"! This is also a great opportunity for networking. We support the Countdown 2010 and the Sailing to Barcelona initiative, and congratulate the Secretariat of IUCN on doing a great job!"

Mohamed Mohamed, Kenya Wildlife Service

2008-10-09

"The speech during the Opening Ceremony by Prof. Yunus was highly motivating. With very little, you can do a lot!"

Melissa Moye, WWF US

2008-10-09

"My highlight was the session on charity lotteries because it was a very interactive workshop. I learnt many useful things for my job, from people I had not previously been in contact with."

Bishop Geoff Davies, Southern African Faith Communities' Environment Institution, South Africa

2008-10-09

"This congress, through the Sustainability Dialogues and other sessions, is illustrating how religions are getting involved in conservation. This is a first and it is an encouraging development!"

Josephine Simon, African Wildlife Foundation

2008-10-09

"The IUCN Congress is a great place to meet face to face with colleagues from different parts of the world and also network with women from Africa who are involved in enterprises."

Dorienne Rowan-Campbell, Rowan's Royale

2008-10-09

"The Learning Opportunity on ecoagriculture landscapes was one of my highlights so far. I will take home and reapply what I learned there."