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Dhaka Observes World Wetland Day
2nd February each year is World Wetlands Day. It marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea. …
04 Mar 2008 | News story
Sustainable financing needed to preserve environment
Government officials from Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand held discussions last week about promoting sustainable financing to ensure enough funding to protect the environment and livelihoods of villagers. …
04 Mar 2008 | News story
Vientiane Observes World Wetlands Day
IUCN Lao joined in this years celebrations of Ramsar's World Wetlands Day, with the theme 'Healthy Wetlands, Healthy People'.
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04 Mar 2008 | News story
Taking a Leap Forward to save frogs from extinction
A global amphibian assessment set the alarm-bells, indicating that amphibian species are being lost and perhaps even before they are being discovered! The assessment revealed that 30 percent of around 6,000 amphibians are threatened with extinction. Sri Lanka alone nearly has double the average. …
03 Mar 2008 | Project description
Phát triển bền vững: IUCN hỗ trợ Holcim bảo tồn đa dạng sinh học
Ngày 15/2/2008, Holcim Việt Nam, thành viên của tập đoàn Holcim chuyên cung cấp vật liệu xây dựng hàng đầu thế giới và IUCN Việt Nam đã ký một thỏa thuận 5 năm. …
15 Feb 2008 | News story
Sustainable Development: IUCN Assists Holcim to Conserve Biodiversity
Holcim Viet Nam, an affiliate of a world-leading building materials supplier, Holcim Group and IUCN Viet Nam signed a five-year agreement on February 15, 2008. …
15 Feb 2008 | News story
Body part by body part, Sumatran Tigers are being sold into extinction
Laws protecting the critically endangered Sumatran Tiger have failed to prevent tiger body parts being offered on open sale in Indonesia, according to a TRAFFIC report launched today. …
13 Feb 2008 | International news release
Founder and Chairman of MJF Group (Dilmah Tea) visits IUCN Headquarters
On January 28, 2008 the Founder and Chairman of MJF Group of Companies (Dilmah Tea), Mr. Merrill J. Fernando, its Marketing Director, Mr. Dilhan Fernando and a team from Dilmah visited IUCN Headquarters in Gland, Switzerland. …
28 Jan 2008 | News story
The final documentation DVD of the Non-timber Forest Products (NTFPs) sub-sector support project
09 Jan 2008 | Downloads - document
Áp dụng hướng tiếp cận hệ sinh quyển vào quản lý vùng đất ướt ở Việt Nam
Hà Nội, Việt Nam, ngày 09.01.2008 - Chính phủ Việt Nam đang nỗ lực áp dụng hướng tiếp cận hệ sinh thái đối với quản lý đất ướt và khu bảo tồn với sự hỗ trợ về mặt chuyên môn và thực hành IUCN. Hướng tiếp cận hệ sinh thái là khuôn khổ cho quản lý nguồn tài nguyên trong theo Công ước Đa dạng sinh học. …
09 Jan 2008 | News story
