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Scaling new heights in restoring and managing forest landscapes
Highlighting the importance of ecosystems and the services they provide has been an important part of IUCN’s work to better understand the value of forests at each level of the global economy, writes Stephen Kelleher, Deputy Director of IUCN’s Forest Programme. …
01 Nov 2011 | Article
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Improving forest law across national borders
Sheila Abed, founder and Executive President of the Paraguayan Environmental Law and Economics Institute (IDEA) and Chair of IUCN’s Commission on Environmental Law, talks about her work on strengthening transboundary forest law. …
01 Nov 2011 | Article
Greening the future - interview with Wangari Maathai
The Green Belt Movement promotes tree planting as a way of achieving equity, improved livelihoods and environmental conservation. Just weeks before she passed away, its founder Professor Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Laureate, talked to IUCN’s Daniel Shaw about the importance of ensuring gender equality in natural resource management. …
01 Nov 2011 | News story
