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Protected Areas – a natural solution to climate change crisis
Protected areas offer a cost effective solution to the impacts of climate change, according to a report just released by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). …
10 Dec 2009 | News story
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2.3 million Euro for mangrove management for climate change and livelihood in the Pacific
IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, signed a Euro 2.3 million (or US$3.4 million) Pacific Mangrove Initiative project with the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), on Monday December 7th.
08 Dec 2009 | International news release
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Bangladesh joins Copenhagen negotiations
The Bangladesh delegation is taking a national agenda to the international climate change negotiations in Copenhagen this month. …
07 Dec 2009 | Event
IUCN welcomes 18 new Members
On 25th November 2009, the 73rd Meeting of the IUCN Council admitted 18 new Members to join IUCN.
The Council, President, Director General and entire family of IUCN extend a very warm welcome to the new Members and look forward to their active involvement.
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06 Dec 2009 | News story
Pacific energy experts apply environmental management tools
Pacific energy practitioners adopt tools for managing environmental consequences of energy projects and policies …
04 Dec 2009 | News story
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Water - the big story about climate change
Many of the impacts of climate change; storms, drought, sea level rise; are linked to water, IUCN's Head of Water Programme Mark Smith explains. But building good institutions and good governance of water resources will also help us build resilience to climate change. …
03 Dec 2009 | Audio
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Billion hectares of forests with potential for restoration, study shows
Land areas around the world, bigger than Canada, have been identified as having potential to be restored to good quality, healthy forests, a new study has found. …
26 Nov 2009 | International news release
Council meeting wraps up at IUCN’s Swiss headquarters
The IUCN Council met in Gland, Switzerland from 23 to 25 November 2009. … | French | Spanish
26 Nov 2009 | News story
IUCN Council gets underway in Gland, Switzerland
The approval of the IUCN’s work plan and budget for the coming two years, the venue for the next World Conservation Congress (2012) and IUCN’s involvement at the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference (COP15) are all on the agenda as the 73rd meeting of the IUCN Council gets underway in Gland, Switzerland on November 23. … | French | Spanish
23 Nov 2009 | News story
Policy makers urged to look at role environment plays in supporting communities
The importance of biodiversity and ecosystems to economies around the world is the focus of a series of five reports from the Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) study. The latest TEEB report, tailored for policy makers, is released today. …
13 Nov 2009 | News story
