Education and Communication News
IUCN Supports Pacific Future Environmental Leaders Forum
IUCN’s Regional Programme for Oceania is partnering with the Secretariat for the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and the University of the South Pacific (USP) to host the second annual Pacific Future Environment Leaders Forum in Suva this week. …
11 Mar 2008 | News - News story
ECOLEX Steering Committee Meeting
The Steering Committee of ECOLEX met at the IUCN Environmental Law Centre in Bonn on December 12-13. …
20 Dec 2007 | News - News story
ELC hosts CEL Law Papers Award winner
Tran Thi Huong Trang from Vietnam, one of the winners of this year's Alexandre Kiss Environmental Law Papers Award, sponsored by the Commission on Environmental Law, was visiting the Environmental Law Centre in Bonn in early November. …
20 Nov 2007 | News - News story
A step towards water awareness in Aleppo
About 20 participants from the Syrian city Aleppo were trained to design and implement public awareness campaigns in the field of water resources management. The 5-day-workshop, entitled "How to Design and Implement a Public Awareness Campaign" is the third workshop organized in the Arab Region by The World Conservation Union (IUCN) and InWent Capacity Building International. Two other regional courses were held previously in Morocco and Syria (Damascus) in 2006 and early 2007. …
04 Nov 2007 | News - News story
Young Leaders Empowered to "Be the Change"
Youth leaders from all over the world gathered in Jordan to build their leadership capacities and raise their awareness on their roles and responsibilities towards sustainable development in the world. Tomorrow's leaders were urged to "Be the Change" and start acting to save the world during a global seminar entitled Advancing Youth Leadership on Sustainable Development held at the United Nations University – International Leadership Institute (UNU/ILI) in Amman, Jordan from October 21- 25, 2007. …
24 Oct 2007 | News - News story
CEC presents new social learning and communication technologies to enhance environmental sustainability in the Arab Region
Participants from universities, NGOs, government offices, and global networks from the Arab region joined together at the Alexandria Library to explore new learning to support and promote accelerated learning in the Arab region. …
23 Sep 2007 | News - News story
Sharing experiences on shared waters
A number of representatives from local governments, NGOs, civil society, and IUCN partners have been trained recently in legal and institutional aspects relating to shared waters in Mesoamerica. …
02 Aug 2007 | News - News story
Alexandre Kiss Environmental Law Papers Award
Last year the Commission on Environmental Law (CEL) launched a Call for Papers, aiming mainly at encouraging the work of young environmental lawyers. … | Spanish
19 Jun 2007 | News - News story
The oil Spill – how the Israeli war in Lebanon affected the environment
On 15 August 2006 smoke from the July war bombs had still not settled, the smell of death and artillery was still congesting the air, a ceasefire was declared but remained uncertain, the blockade ongoing, and more than half of the Lebanese shoreline was soaking in black toxic oil. …
26 Apr 2007 | News - News story
Environmental journalists hold forum and first network meeting
07 Mar 2007 | News - News story
