África del Este y del Sur
South American States Frustrated in Rio
With just two days left there is a feeling of frustration on the part of many governments here at the UN Sustainable Development Summit in Rio. And many of those are from South America. …
21 Jun 2012 | News story
African expectations not yet met in Rio
Around 50,000 delegates from around the world are attending the UN’s biggest meeting ever in Rio. The aim of the Rio +20 Sustainability Summit is to lift billions of the world’s poorest people out of poverty without exhausting the planet’s resources. But economic woes are keeping expectations low. …
19 Jun 2012 | News story
At the crossroads of conservation and development
Transboundary cooperation among adjacent countries epitomizes the ambition of the Rio +20 conference. As discussed during the side event organized by IUCN and the Italian Government (DGCS) at the UN Conference on sustainable development (Rio+20), it offers some early results and insights into the relevance of natural resource management for the green economy. …
18 Jun 2012 | News story
Let’s get serious!
IUCN and the UN Global Compact are helping business in Rio get serious about biodiversity, boosting private sector efforts in conserving biodiversity and ecosystem services – the benefits we get from nature. …
18 Jun 2012 | News story
Estados Unidos y otros países a favor de restaurar más de 18 millones de hectáreas de tierras forestales
El Servicio Forestal de Estados Unidos, Ruanda, una coalición de Brasil y grupos indígenas de Mesoamérica se han comprometido a restaurar un total de más de 18 millones de hectáreas de su paisaje forestal. Esta decisión inyectará miles de millones de dólares en las economías locales y mundial además de aportar muchos otros beneficios, según afirma la UICN. … | English | French | Portuguese
18 Jun 2012 | News story
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Blog: Negotiating [clean] water in Rio
My first day in Rio was yesterday. I was off the plane at 6 am, to the hotel and then straight to Rio Centro for a lunchtime side event with the Ramsar Secretariat on the upcoming TEEB study on water and wetlands. …
18 Jun 2012 | News story
Up the road from Rio - fresh forests and green jobs
Several centuries of farming have left the Atlantic rainforest north of Rio de Janeiro scarred and with just a few patches of forest left as havens to rare birds and mammals. Recovery of this forest would seem a tall order. But for Mauricio Ruiz, founder of Instituto Terra de Preservacao Ambiental (ITPA) this has been his life’s work. …
17 Jun 2012 | News story
Regional Forum explores solutions for addressing the spread of Prosopis in the Kalahari-Namib drylands
Scientists, policy makers and community representatives met recently to discuss the management of Prosopis, an invasive alien species occurring in the Molopo-Nossob river basin that covers part of Botswana, Namibia and South Africa. The Annual Regional Forum on Invasive Alien Species was convened by IUCN ESARO early this month in Gaborone, Botswana under the Kalahari-Namib project. It brought together participants from the riparian countries of Botswana, Namibia and S Africa drawn from government, academia, NGOs, private sector and community-based organizations. …
13 Jun 2012 | News story
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Rio+20 Launch: TEEB for Water and Wetlands
A new TEEB -The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity- initiative for Water and Wetlands will be launched at the UN's Summit on Sustainable Development on 15 June in Rio, Brazil. …
13 Jun 2012 | News story
Programa del Congreso en directo
A medida que se aproxima el Congreso Mundial de la Naturaleza, usted puede enterarse de lo que ocurre y cuándo. Actualizado con regularidad, el Programa en línea es un compañero útil para organizar su agenda en Jeju y obtener el máximo provecho de su experiencia. … | English | French
04 Jun 2012 | News story
