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Conservation leaders debate links between nature and poverty 15 February 2006
The World Conservation Union (IUCN) is today hosting a symposium in The Hague, the Netherlands, to debate how natural resources can sustain people’s livelihood. Delivering a keynote address, the Union’s Director General Achim Steiner encouraged the environmental community to reflect on human dependence on natural resources and what ecosystems can offer to safeguard people’s livelihood. The symposium is being convened by the World Conservation Union’s National Committee in the Netherlands and three other members of the Union - Friends of the Earth (Netherlands), World Wide Fund for Nature (Netherlands) and the Dutch Ministries of Agriculture, Nature and Food quality, and of Foreign Affairs. More than 60 Chairs of the Union’s National Committees from around the world are attending the Symposium together with local delegates. The Committee Chairs, conservation leaders representing the Union’s members in their respective countries, also met in The Hague on Monday and Tuesday to discuss how the Union and its democratic structure can better react to increasing conservation and development challenges facing the world. Other topics discussed included how the Union services its members, accountability and governance, and communication. For more information
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