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 The World Conservation Union invites its members and partners to the Congress
19 December 2007
IUCN is pleased to invite its members and partners to attend the next IUCN World Conservation Congress, to be hosted by the Ministry of Environment of Spain and the Ministry of Environment and Housing of Catalonia in Barcelona (5 to 14 October 2008). The Provisional Agenda for the Congress can be found here. The registration system for the Congress will open online in February 2008 under this website.
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 IUCN’s Sailing to Barcelona Initiative
13 December 2007
Sailing to Barcelona is an initiative of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) which will provide an unprecedented push for coastal and marine conservation globally. As part of the 2008 IUCN World Conservation Congress, it will offer a neutral platform for its Members and partners to advance the protection of coastal and marine biodiversity. Sailing to Barcelona |
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B for Barcelona, biodiversity and beauty
5 December 2007
The logo for the next IUCN World Conservation Congress has been officially unveiled. The Congress, to be held in Barcelona from 5-14 October 2008, will celebrate diversity and how natural diversity underpins social, cultural and economic diversity.
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 Expression of interests for the International Women Entrepreneurs Fair
31 October 2007
Fifty women from around the world will have the chance to showcase their innovative "green enterprises" at the Congress and to form the basis of a worldwide network of women green entrepreneurs.
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 Key dates for contributions extended
4 September 2007
The final deadline for proposals for the World Conservation Forum has been extended by one month until 31 October 2007. The deadline for announcement of successful applications in the first round has been extended until 30 September 2007.
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 530 proposals received in the first round of submissions to the World Conservation Congress
10 August 2007
Three months ago, the World Conservation Union (IUCN) invited its member organizations, Commission members and partners to submit proposals for events at the World Conservation Congress. More than 650 people from 511 different organizations have followed this request so far and signed up to the Forum system.
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 Fast track to Barcelona
16 May 2007
The World Conservation Union (IUCN) is picking up speed on the road to Barcelona where the 4th IUCN World Conservation Congress will be held in 2008. IUCN Vice President Puri Canals today briefed the Union’s Council on plans for the Congress.
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 Call for Contributions to the World Conservation Congress
2 May 2007
IUCN members, Commission members, partners and the public are now invited to submit ideas for events at the next World Conservation Congress. To be held in Barcelona, Spain, the Congress will be the premier environmental event of 2008, where issues and solutions for a more diverse and sustainable world will be discussed and decided.
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 Marton-Lefèvre briefs EU
2 March 2007
In her first visit to Brussels as IUCN Director General, Julia Marton-Lefèvre has held high level talks with European Union Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas, as well as other senior European Commission officials and members of the European Parliament on the next World Conservation Congress, to be held in Barcelona in October 2008.
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 President Chirac expresses support for 4th IUCN World Conservation Congress
6 February 2007
During the Paris Conference for Global Ecological Governance, French President Jacques Chirac expressed support for the 4th IUCN World Conservation Congress (WCC). President Chirac conveyed his vision for the IUCN Congress to further ecological governance globally and said that France will participate with pleasure in the Congress.
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 Council paves the way to Barcelona
8 November 2006
The IUCN Council today paved the way for preparation of the 4th IUCN World Conservation Congress to begin in earnest.
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 Council raises stakes for 4th IUCN World Conservation Congress
7 November 2006
The IUCN Council intends to make the forthcoming 4th IUCN World Conservation Congress in Barcelona the most important event for conservation and development in 2008 that moves diversity and sustainability to the core of international decision making.
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