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New funds for Europe overseas’ BEST!
The Director General of IUCN and the Director of the French Aid Agency (AFD) signed a financial agreement of 800,000 Euros last December. The grant aims at supporting the BEST initiative for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in the EU Outermost Regions and Overseas Countries and Territories, as well as IUCN’s work on the establishment of a dedicate tool for Europe overseas’ biodiversity. …
22 Feb 2013 | News story
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Building a vision for Pacific Islands
The Pacific Oceanscape, proposed in 2009 by the Hon. Anote Tong, Prime Minister of Kiribati, and endorsed by Pacific Island leaders in 2010, fosters cooperation on ocean conservation. It provides a strong vision for conservation and sustainable management of the Pacific’s wealth of marine resources. …
10 Dec 2012 | Article
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INTERVIEW: IUCN’s efforts to protect Europe overseas
Carole Martinez joined IUCN Europe in October 2012 after working previously on protected areas and ecosystem management issues with IUCN's National Committee in France and on regional cooperation challenges at the French Marine Protected Areas Agency. Carole is Coordinator of the IUCN EU Outermost Regions (ORs) and Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) Programme. …
10 Dec 2012 | Article
Marine biodiversity conservation in Europe overseas
Many of the 30+ overseas territories of the European Union are islands and much of their biodiversity occurs in the seas and the oceans surrounding them. A recent workshop under the European Parliament Intergroup on “Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development” organized jointly with IUCN addressed the challenges of Europe overseas in protecting their marine biodiversity. …
10 Dec 2012 | News story
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Good news from the Caribbean
Nine protected areas in the European overseas territories in the Caribbean have been listed since 2010 under the SPAW (Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife) Protocol of the Cartegena Convention. The SPAW Protocol is the only legally-binding international agreement on biodiversity in the Wider Caribbean, and a key mechanism for strengthening cooperation and increasing consideration of ecological connectivity within the Wider Caribbean. …
04 Dec 2012 | Article
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Beyond mainland: UK Overseas Territories
The UK Biodiversity Framework which is designed to give a common frame to the UK countries’ strategies applies also to the UK Overseas Territories (OTs). …
06 Nov 2012 | Article
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Grand Cayman Blue Iguana takes step back from extinction
The Grand Cayman Blue Iguana (Cyclura lewisi) has taken a formal step back from extinction this year. The announcement comes with the latest update to The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, which was released in India this week by The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). …
20 Oct 2012 | News story
Atlas digital mundial de zonas marinas importantes para las aves
BirdLife International presenta un Atlas digital mundial de Áreas Importantes para la Conservación de las Aves (IBA) marinas. SEO/BirdLife, miembro de UICN, fue el primer socio de BirdLife, junto con la Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves (SPEA) en Portugal, que abordó formalmente la identificación de IBA marinas. El e-Atlas de IBA marinas marca un gran avance en la disponibilidad de datos para gestionar los océanos del mundo. …
18 Oct 2012 | International news release
Islands show the way to conserve nature
A range of new and significant commitments to conserve nature in Europe’s overseas islands and regions were announced at Island Innovations, a dynamic high level event held during the UN Conference on Biodiversity (CBD COP11), in Hyderabad, India. Those include the continuous support of the European Parliament to the EU's BEST Preparatory Action and the British Virgin Islands’ involvement in the Caribbean Challenge Initiative. …
18 Oct 2012 | News story
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Species from the Pacific added to IUCN Red List
New information for Pacific Island freshwater fishes, land snails and reptiles is part of the latest update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ released today by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). These data indicate that 32% of these species are threatened with extinction. …
18 Oct 2012 | News story
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