UICN - Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza

IUCN Membership tops 1200

29 November 2011 | News story

On 16 November 2011, the 77th Meeting of the IUCN Council admitted 52 new Members to IUCN and officially recognized the Malawi National Committee of IUCN Members. IUCN Membership now tops 1200 organizations and institutions.

The Council, President, Director General and entire family of IUCN extend a very warm welcome to the new Members and Committee, and look forward to their active involvement.

The 52 new IUCN Members will be featured on the IUCN Members’ web pages in the coming weeks.

New IUCN Members:

• Africa’s Sustainable Development Council, Burkina Faso
• Agence des aires marines protégées [French Agency for Marine Protected Areas], France
• Association Action Citoyenne [Citizen Action Association], Senegal (No website)
• Association for Biological Research – BIOM, Croatia
• Association intervillageoise de Gestion des Ressources Naturelles et de la Faune de la Comoé-Léraba [The Intervillage Association for Natural Resources and Wildlife Management of Comoé-Léraba], Burkina Faso
• Asociación Mesoamericana para la Biología y la Conservación [Mesoamerican Society for Biology and Conservation], Costa Rica
• Association Protection des Ressources Naturelles pour le Bien-Etre de la Population au Burundi [Association for the Protection of Natural Resources for the Wellbeing of the Population in Burundi], Burundi (No website)
• Association Terres de Loire [“Lands of Loire” Association], France
• Brotee social welfare organization, Bangladesh
• Centre de Découverte du Monde Marin [Centre for the Discovery of the Marine World], France
• Civic Exchange, Hong Kong
• Eco-union, Spain
• Environmental Protection Agency for Special Areas, Turkey
• Forum des Organisations Non Gouvernementales pour la Conservation de l`Environnement en Republique Democratique du Congo [FONCE Congo], Democratic Republic of the Congo (No website)
• Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets, Armenia
• Friends of the Earth Netherlands, Netherlands
• Fundación Biodiversidad [Biodiversity Foundation], Argentina
• Fundación Lurgaia [Lurgaia Foundation], Spain
• Fundación Oxigeno [Oxygen Foundation], Spain
• Fundación para la Conservación de los Recursos Naturales y Ambiente en Guatemala [Foundation for the Conservation of Natural Resources and Environment], Guatemala
• Gotjawal Trust of Jeju, Republic of Korea
• Green Hand Organization, Lebanon
• Groupe de Recherche et d`Etudes Environnementales [Group of Environmental Research and Studies], Senegal
• Jeju City Project 21, Republic of Korea
• Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Agenda 21, Republic of Korea
• Korea Green Club, Republic of Korea
• Korea Marine Environment Managment Corporation, Republic of Korea
• Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment, Republic of Korea
• Korean Society of Environment and Ecology, Republic of Korea
• Korean Society of Environmental Impact Assessment, Republic of Korea
• Korea Society of Environmental Restoration Technology, Republic of Korea (No website)
• Korean Society of Nature Conservation, Republic of Korea
• Local Agenda21-Seogwipo City, Republic of Korea (No website)
• Mauritian Wildlife Foundation, Mauritius
• McCall MacBain Foundation, Switzerland
• Mt. Huangshan Scenic Area Administrative Committee, China
• National Nature Trust, Republic of Korea
• National Tropical Botanical Garden, USA
• Nature Conservation Research Centre, Ghana
• Polynesian Voyaging Society, USA
• Quercus - Associaçao Nacional de Conservação da Natureza [Quercus – National Association for Nature Conservation], Portugal
• Ruajtja dhe Mbrojtja e Mejedisit Natyror ne Shqiperi (RMMNSH) [Preservation and Protection of Natural Environment in Albania], Albania (No website)
• Stichting CHIMBO [CHIMBO Foundation], Netherlands
• Sustainable Environmental Education Center of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, Republic of Korea
• The Ecological Society of Korea, Republic of Korea
• The Indonesian Biodiversity Foundation, Indonesia
• The Korean Society of Oceanography, Republic of Korea
• The Korean Society of Plant Taxonomists, Republic of Korea
• The Sibthorp Trust, United Kingdom
• Trust for Conservation of Coastal Resources, Pakistan
• Vereniging Nederlands Cultuurlandschap [Association for the Dutch Cultural Landscape], Netherlands
• Wildscreen USA, USA