Noticias por fecha
Thank you for making the 68th Council Meeting possible
IUCN Would like to thank the following organizations for their generous contributions, both financially and in-kind: …
21 Nov 2007 | News story
The World Conservation Union - IUCN
The World Conservation Union (IUCN) is the world’s leading authority and democratic platform in conservation and sustainability. …
20 Nov 2007 | News story
IUCN Council at the hard face of Conservation in southern Africa
World renowned conservation area sets the scene for first stand-alone meeting of Council away from IUCN Headquarters in Switzerland in 60 Years. …
20 Nov 2007 | News story
ELC hosts CEL Law Papers Award winner
Tran Thi Huong Trang from Vietnam, one of the winners of this year's Alexandre Kiss Environmental Law Papers Award, sponsored by the Commission on Environmental Law, was visiting the Environmental Law Centre in Bonn in early November. …
20 Nov 2007 | News story
Bridging science, policy and the implementation of environmental flows
The IUCN Water Programme ran a key session on environmental flows at the CAIWA (International Conference on Adaptive and Integrated Water Management) in Basel on Thursday 15 November. The session addressed the issues of bridging science and policy, and how to move towards implementation of environmental flows. …
19 Nov 2007 | News story
Switzerland in line for 30 new natural parks
Protected areas in Switzerland will get a huge boost when 30 new parks are established across the country. Switzerland currently has one national park, two natural world heritage sites, Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn and Monte San Giorgio, two regional parks and one biosphere reserve. The 30 new parks are in the planning stage and the Swiss government will invest 10 million Swiss Francs a year to support this. …
14 Nov 2007 | News story
Expanding efforts to conserve biodiversity is imperative
On November 12-13, 2007, in Lisbon, Businesses came together with governments and civil society organization in Europe to discuss how business might best fulfill their role in addressing the biodiversity conservation challenges facing the society. …
12 Nov 2007 | News story
Life, biodiversity and harvesting honey in northern Kenya
Threats to the environment such as climate change, the scramble for water, and deforestation have created an urgent need for new ways of tackling these pressing issues which cater for all types of inhabitants. …
07 Nov 2007 | News story
Panel set up to advise on environmental impacts of oil drilling
The World Conservation Union (IUCN) is creating an independent scientific panel to advise the Government of Mauritania on environmental issues concerning oil and gas development.
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06 Nov 2007 | News story
