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Consuelo Espinosa, IUCN's Senior Forest and Climate Change Officer

Fantastic forests

Protecting forests and planting new ones is one of the most immediate and cost effective ways to reduce carbon emissions and help cool our planet. IUCN's Senior Forest and Climate Change Officer, Consuelo Espinosa, explains the mysteries behind REDD - Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degredation - and decribes why the climate change negotiations cannot afford to drop "Degredation" from the final package. To listen, click here.  

04 Dec 2008 | Audio

Horno Solar

Cómo hacer un pastel sin agotar los bosques

Aaron Oliveras de Fundació Terra es una de las personas que demuestra el uso de horno solar justo a la entrada al congreso. Con un horno solar no sólo la comida sabe bien, sino que se tiene la satisfacción de cocinar sin necesidad de quemar leña ni emitir dióxido de carbono. …  

09 Oct 2008 | Audio

Allison Bleaney, Global Forest Governance Programme Officer from the IUCN Asia Regional Office

Highlights of the Forests Journey

 Allison Bleaney, Global Forest Governance Programme Officer from the IUCN Asia Regional Office talks about some of the exciting events coming up in the Forestry Pavilion and the highlights of her time at Congress so far. …  

07 Oct 2008 | Audio

Mrs Elise Buckle

IUCN to influence decision-makers in Bonn

At the last two weeks of conservation talks in Bonn, IUCN managed to put gender and social equity high on CBD's agenda. Will the Union be equally successful in doing so once again in the same city but for a different UN Convention? The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is holding sessions from 2 to 13 June and IUCN has a role to play. …  

04 Jun 2008 | Audio

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View of logging road in the Cameroon Forests