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World governments fail to deliver on 2010 biodiversity target
Background: World leaders have failed to deliver commitments made in 2002 to reduce the global rate of biodiversity loss by 2010, and have instead overseen alarming biodiversity declines. These findings are the result of a new paper published in the journal Science and represent the first comprehensive assessment of how the targets made through the 2002 Convention on Biological Diversity have not been met. …
29 Apr 2010 | Media advisory
Eco-tourism is becoming a source of income for communities in Madagascar
Tourism activities in the natural parks of Madagascar are increasingly becoming a source of livelihood for communities through income generating activities and creation of employment opportunities. …
29 Apr 2010 | News story
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The 4th International Symposium on Water Resources and Sustainable Development
22 - 23 February 2011, Algiers, Algeria … | French
28 Apr 2010 | Event
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CEC Steering Committee Meeting in Aviemore
A productive meeting in Aviemore, Scotland, yielded concrete action plans for the coming year. Also productive was the volcanic eruption beneath Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull glacier, which yeilded an ash cloud that forced airspace closures across northern Europe. Travel delays affected many CEC members, all now safely home. …
28 Apr 2010 | News story
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Fijian communities discuss future water resources
Successes achieved from Fiji’s Locally Managed Marine Areas (LMMA) were the backdrop of IUCN’s latest Water and Nature Initiative (WANI) workshop in Kadavu, Fiji 15-16 April. This community-based work successfully achieved the rehabilitation and protection of local Marine Protected Areas and coastal zones. …
22 Apr 2010 | News story
The first island purchased for species conservation
Cousin Island Special Reserve, Seychelles …
22 Apr 2010 | Fact sheet
WWF-Colombia lanza dos nuevas publicaciones
Un diagnóstico para el manejo sostenible de especies migratorias y una recopilación de experiencias sobre adaptación al cambio climático están disponibles en el sitio web de la organización. …
22 Apr 2010 | News story
Debating Strategies for Reducing Poverty in Transboundary River Basins
More than 50 water management policy specialists and practitioners met in Nairobi on April 15-16 to ask how people living in poverty can be helped by coordinating the management of water across international borders. …
19 Apr 2010 | News story
Preserving Guinea Bissau’s natural and cultural diversity
Guinea Bissau houses a wealth of biodiversity that is of local, national, and global significance. However, growing population pressure on coastal and marine resources, shifting agriculture, rice production, artisanal fishing and the extraction of fuelwood from forests and mangroves are causing increasing biodiversity loss. …
18 Apr 2010 | Video
