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Lao PDR steps up wetlands protection
LAO PDR has stepped up the protection of its wetlands by joining the Ramsar Convention. …
22 Jul 2010 | News story
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IUCN supports new WaterWiki
The WaterWiki is a new website providing a space to interact and share valuable water knowledge online. The WaterWiki is a freely accessible information resource that is growing rapidly into a global reference for water professionals. …
16 Jul 2010 | News story
Ridge to Reef workshop develops new global initiative
Healthy well-managed river basins and coastal areas, where people and nature thrive, is the vision behind the development of a new IUCN initiative 'Ridge to Reef'. …
21 Jun 2010 | News story
The Mekong River: droughts, dams, and defining a moment in time
26 Apr 2010 | News story
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IUCN supports World Water Day around the Globe
Celebrating this year’s World Water Day, Dr. Milika Sobey from the IUCN Oceania office in Fiji highlights the importance of ‘protecting forests, mangroves, and the restoration of river ecosystems to maintain and improve water quality which is vital to preserve ecosystem health, and ultimately provide clean water for people’. …
22 Mar 2010 | News story
World wetlands day in Vietnam is a call for action
03 Mar 2010 | News story
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IUCN Pakistan’s coastal expert speaks at a Rotary Club function
KARACHI March 1: Rotary Club Karachi held its weekly luncheon meeting at the Pearl Continental Hotel. On its meeting of March 1, 2010, Tahir Qureshi, Coastal Ecosystem Expert from IUCN (international Union for Conservation of Nature) was invited as the guest speaker, to sensitize the Rotarians to the environmental issues, especially near the coast. …
01 Mar 2010 | News story
MRC/IUCN Regional Workshop on Mekong Wetlands, Biodiversity, and Livelihoods
On 25-26 January over 40 wetlands specialists met in Ho Chi Minh City in a workshop organised by Mekong River Commission (MRC) and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in order to share recent experience, knowledge gained and lessons learned from ongoing work on wetlands in the Mekong Basin, and to identify priority areas for future work.
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24 Feb 2010 | News story
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IUCN-ADB to publish River Basin Management cases across Asia-Pacific
IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, Asia Regional Water and Wetlands Programme and the Asian Development Bank have begun work on a new study of river basin management in the Asia-Pacific region. …
12 Feb 2010 | News story
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Learning from Experiences on the Ground: National Dialogue on Water Resource Management in Thailand
The importance of a participatory approach to water resource management in Thailand was the focus of the National Dialogue on Water Resource Management in Thailand. …
18 Jan 2010 | News story
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