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From Countdown 2010 to a new IUCN office in India:
Decisions of the 64th IUCN Council |
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| September 30, 2005 |
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Countdown 2010 going global, three potential hosts for the 4th World Conservation Congress, greater attention to climate change, a new IUCN office in India and seven World Conservation Congress resolutions prioritized – these are only some of Council’s decisions in a nutshell. Find out more at:
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| Daily update on 64th IUCN Council meeting |
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A growing Union: 25 new members join World Conservation Union |
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Spotlight on the IUCN Commissions |
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| September 28, 2005 |
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What are the six IUCN Commissions up to? With the 64th IUCN Council meeting currently taking place at IUCN Headquarters, the commission chairs were asked to highlight one of their major projects in a five minute interview. Find out here what they reported back from IUCN’s 10,000 expert strong commissions.
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| Daily update on 64th IUCN Council meeting |
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| Connecting for Biodiversity: Countdown 2010 at European Nature Conference in Apeldoorn |
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| September 27, 2005 |
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| The World Conservation Union together with other European environmental organizations have issued the Apeldoorn Appeal, a joint call on the European Commission, governments and civil society to achieve the 2010 biodiversity commitment. |
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| Connecting for Biodiversity: Countdown 2010 at European Nature Conference in Apeldoorn |
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IUCN Council conceptualizes conservation in 2005 |
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| The World Conservation Union’s Council appoints two new members |
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| September 26, 2005 |
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| Aroha Te Pareake Mead from Polynesia and Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury are the two new additions to the Council of the World Conservation Union (IUCN). They will add two important dimensions of work to the Council: indigenous issues and conservation, which Aroha Te Pareake Mead was appointed for and a field level perspective of the links between poverty alleviation and the environment, which is Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury’s background. |
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Full story IUCN Council |
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| Drive for a Central American Policy on Shared Management of Protected Areas |
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| September 23, 2005 |
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| In a workshop organized by the World Conservation Union, more than 60 representatives from the seven Central American countries worked to set up a future Central American Policy on Shared Management of Protected Areas this week, aiming at increasing stakeholder participation in the management of protected areas in the region. |
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| Full storyNoticia completaUICN Oficina Regional para Mesoamérica |
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| The World Conservation Union promotes Fair Trade in Jordan |
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| September 22, 2005 |
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| Fair Trade Jordan will kick off on 23 September 2005 with over 80 producers showcasing their products at the one-day market place for goods, ideas and shopping at Wild Jordan Nature Center in Jabal Amman. The World Conservation Union’s Regional Office in Jordan is one of the organizers of the event, sponsored by the Enhanced Productivity Program of the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation. |
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| Full storyIUCN Regional Office for West/Central Asia and North AfricaFair Trade Jordan leaflet |
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| The ban on fisheries at depths greater than 1000 m has now entered into force in the Mediterranean |
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| September 21, 2005 |
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| Towed dredges and trawl nets fisheries at depths beyond 1000 m have been banned in the Mediterranean. The 24 countries of the General Fisheries Commissions (GFCM) of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) adopted this recommendation, based on a comprehensive study on deep sea fishing in the Mediterranean developed by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and WWF. |
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| Full storyIUCN Global Marine Programme |
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| Experts develop Global Action Plan to Save Amphibians Facing Extinction |
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| Make the environment the future to make poverty history |
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| Partnership signed in Central Asia |
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| World Conservation Union undertakes first ever IUCN Red List of European Threatened Mammals |
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| September 15, 2005 |
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| The World Conservation Union is to conduct its first specific assessment of Europe's approximately 281 mammal species. They include a high number of threatened endemic species, amongst them the most endangered big cat in the world - the Iberian lynx. |
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| Full storyIUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesCoutndown 2010 |
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| Revised guidelines for biodiversity conservation in tropical production forests |
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| World Conservation Union launches US$ 300 million initiative for poverty reduction |
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| September 14, 2005 |
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| The World Conservation Union today launches the Conservation for Poverty Reduction Initiative, a worldwide programme of action to secure and improve livelihoods through the improved management of ecosystems in Africa, Asia and Latin America. |
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| Full releaseConservation for poverty reduction |
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What Africans really want
By Chief Emeka Anyaoku and Valli Moosa |
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| September 14, 2005 |
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| IUCN President Valli Moosa and Chief Emeka Anayoku, former Nigerian Foreign Minister and President of WWF International, share their opinion on Africans’ perspective of the Millennium Development Goals, currently under discussion at the UN Summit in New York. |
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| Full storyThe 2005 World Summit |
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| Investing in the environment yields high returns |
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| September 14, 2005 |
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| At the 2005 World Summit a new economic study is released on the role of environmental management in poverty reduction, which concludes: “that investing in the environment makes economic sense, especially for the poor”. The publication, entitled “Investing in Environmental Wealth for Poverty Reduction” was prepared by David Pearce of University College London on behalf of the Poverty Environment Partnership, supported by the World Conservation Union. |
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| Full releaseThe 2005 World Summit |
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| Make poverty history, make environment the future |
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| September 13, 2005 |
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| 2005 World Summit must make major progress on last day to avoid failure; invest in existing strategies and action plans to deliver results. With negotiations only making slow progress in New York at present, pressure mounts on governments to make progress at the 2005 World Summit on the Millennium Development Goals. |
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| Full releaseThe 2005 World Summit |
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| Investing in the environment to fight poverty: live webcast from New York |
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| September 13, 2005 |
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| World Conservation Union Director General Achim Steiner will participate in a UNDP policy dialogue moderated by Mary Robinson, with other panelists including Jeffrey Sachs, the UK’s Minister of Development Hilary Benn, and the Danish Environment Minister Connie Hedegaard. The dialogue will be broadcast live on the internet on 14 September from 2.30 to 3:45pm New York time. |
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| Live Webcast |
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| Indigenous and gender guidelines for natural resource management to be released |
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| September 13, 2005 |
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| World Conservation Union members WWF-Denmark and IWGIA, along with other partners, will release guidelines in Copenhagen this week that aim to ensure gender and indigenous differences are taken into account in natural resource management policy and practice. |
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| Full story Download guidelinesWWF-DenmarkIWGIAIGNARM |
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| Water for nearly half of the world’s population under threat at roof of the world |
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| September 09, 2005 |
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| The mountains of Asia, including the mighty Himalayas, are facing accelerating threats from the rapid increase of roads, settlements, overgrazing and deforestation, experts are warning in a new report. There is concern that the region’s water supplies, fed by glaciers and monsoons and vital for around half the world’s population, may be jeopardized along with the area’s abundant wildlife. |
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| Full storyWater and Nature Initiative |
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| Forest Landscape Restoration |
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| September 09, 2005 |
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| What is forest landscape restoration (FLR) and how does it help address forest degradation, biodiversity loss and rural poverty? The latest issue of the IUCN/WWF Forest Conservation Newsletter, arborvitae, explains the various elements behind this concept, and presents a range of real-life cases from around the world. |
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| arborvitaeIUCN Forest Conservation Programme |
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| IUCN Donors and Partners strengthen collaboration |
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| Mount Elgon Regional Ecosystem Conservation Programme begins in East Africa |
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| September 06, 2005 |
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| Good news for the conservation of Mount Elgon: On 2 September an agreement was signed between the East African Community Secretariat, the Government of Norway and the World Conservation Union (IUCN) to implement the four-year programme of integrated ecosystem management for Mount Elgon, one of Africa’s largest mountains shared between Kenya and Uganda. |
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| Full storyIUCN Regional Office for Eastern AfricaIUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management |
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| What’s your marine ecosystem worth? |
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| September 05, 2005 |
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| Today the IUCN Global Marine Programme started its first online lecture of the recently launched Large Marine Ecosystem (LME) learning project, sponsored by the Global Environment Facility – International Waters: Learn. The first lecture elaborates on economic valuation of transboundary marine and coastal resources. For the next three months, discussions between LME managers will follow up on the lecture. |
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| Economics of Marine ResourcesIUCN Global Marine Programme |
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| “Green” Parliamentarians to Promote Improved Forest Governance in Central Africa |
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