Décembre 2008
IUCN Encourages Strengthened Partnerships to Coordinate Pacific Energy Activities
IUCN has joined forces with the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) to help coordinate their respective energy projects in Pacific island nations. IUCN’s Energy, Ecosystems and Sustainable Development Livelihood Initiative (EESLI) and SPREP’s Pacific Islands Greenhouse Gas Abatement through Renewable Energy Project (PIGGAREP) held a joint meeting in Apia, Samoa in November 2008 to map a coordinated way forward for the projects. …
19 Dec 2008 | News story
Armenian Ministry of Nature Protection and IUCN agree on future collaboration
The Ministry of Nature Protection of the Republic of Armenia and the IUCN Programme Office for the
17 Dec 2008 | News story
Zoos and aquariums join forces with IUCN
IUCN and the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) have teamed up to increase public awareness of conservation issues and improve access to research carried out in zoos and aquariums. The five-year Memorandum of Understanding, which was signed today between IUCN and WAZA, will also increase resources for conservation. …
17 Dec 2008 | News story
Assessing Countries' Legal and Institutional Frameworks Relating to PES
The IUCN Environmental Law Centre (ELC) and the Katoomba Group are currently implementing a legal analysis initiative with the aim of better understanding the legal and institutional frameworks of water and carbon related Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) schemes. …
16 Dec 2008 | News story
Making blue energy green with E.ON
IUCN’s Global Marine Programme and Energy, Ecosystems and Livelihoods Initiative are initiating research into the ecosystem and livelihood implications of marine-based energy alternatives. This work is intended to inform policy and practice of governments, the private sector and the conservation community and will be supported by the Swedish government and the energy company E.ON. …
15 Dec 2008 | News story
Top 50 Mediterranean Island Plants on Google
IUCN-Med has created and published its “Top 50 Mediterranean Island Plants” layer on Google Earth. This layer is based on “The Top 50 Mediterranean Island Plants” publication presenting a selection of 50 of the most threatened plant species growing on Mediterranean islands. …
15 Dec 2008 | News story
No time to lose, says IUCN
Governments have to make significant efforts towards a post 2012 climate regime to be in place by the end of the next UN climate meeting in December 2009, IUCN says.
12 Dec 2008 | News story
El mundo perdió una quinta parte de sus corales
El 19 por ciento de los arrecifes de coral ha desaparecido, de acuerdo con la actualización mundial del estado de los corales del mundo 2008. Únicamente la reducción de emisiones de dióxido de carbono podría salvar al resto, según la UICN. …
11 Dec 2008 | News story
Post Law and Governance Journey news!
It is already two months since the L&G Journey took place during the WCC Forum in Barcelona.
The Journey went well and its events were extremely well attended. Highlights included the six workshops organized by Specialist Groups of CEL, and by the ELC. A small group of CEL volunteers helped the Journey Guide to keep track of as many events as possible – quite a task considering their sheer numbers. …
10 Dec 2008 | News story
¿La naturaleza tiene derechos?
En una declaración histórica para el medio ambiente, la nueva constitución de Ecuador convirtió a la naturaleza en un sujeto de derechos. Sin embargo, el tema es complejo y el debate continúa dentro del país y alrededor del mundo: ¿puede la naturaleza tener derechos, si no logra exigir responsabilidades? …
09 Dec 2008 | News story
