Mars 2008
A safer marine environment thanks to IUCN member "JREDS"
The field work of the Royal Marine Conservation Society (JREDS) paid last week with two recorded successes. The Society is a major actor in the marine environment in Jordan focusing on sustainable management of Jordanian coastline and marine environment. The Jordanian coast is 27 km long and mainly composed of coral reefs. These particularly sensible organisms face different threats from coral traffic to ships pollution or bleaching due to climate change. …
13 Mar 2008 | News story
Trouver des financements pour les aires protégées ouest africaines
En vue de répondre aux difficultés rencontrées par de nombreux gestionnaires de parcs et responsables d’ONG pour accéder à des financements internationaux, le Bureau de l’UICN pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest (BRAO) a sollicité l’appui du Bureau régional pour l’Europe (ROfE) dont certaines activités couvrent la recherche de financements auprès de bailleurs européens. …
12 Mar 2008 | News story
29 new members have joined IUCN
At its 69th Meeting, the IUCN Council admitted 29 new members. A diverse and influential group of governmental agencies, national and international non-governmental organizations from Africa, Asia, Europe, Meso & South America, North America and the Caribbean, these newly admitted organizations and/or institutions will share and support the Union’s mission which is to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable. Click here for the List of newly admitted members. …
12 Mar 2008 | News story
Call for Papers - 2008 Alexandre Kiss Award
The IUCN Commission on Environmental Law (CEL) has the mission to advance sustainability through the development of legal and policy concepts and instruments and through building the capacity of societies to develop and implement environmental law and policy, in furtherance of the IUCN mission. …
11 Mar 2008 | News story
IUCN Supports Pacific Future Environmental Leaders Forum
IUCN’s Regional Programme for Oceania is partnering with the Secretariat for the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and the University of the South Pacific (USP) to host the second annual Pacific Future Environment Leaders Forum in Suva this week. …
11 Mar 2008 | News story
Major Changes in IUCN
New Name .. New Logo… New Website!
We’re simplifying our name; we are just IUCN. If you need to explain, it stands for the International Union for Conservation of Nature. We’ve confused many people for many years with our two names: IUCN or the World Conservation Union.
10 Mar 2008 | News story
"Addressing Climate Change: the United Nations and the world at work”
IUCN Permanent Observer to the United Nations, Mr. Narinder Kakar, presented a statement to the UN General Assembly on 13 February 2008 on the issue of climate change …
10 Mar 2008 | News story
UICN lanza iniciativa para el uso sostenible de los peces en la Cuenca del Plata
Arturo Mora estuvo en el país para lanzar una iniciativa integral enfocada a los peces y a las comunidades pesqueras, entre Guyrá Paraguay y PROTEGER, Argentina. …
10 Mar 2008 | News story
The new logo of IUCN / El nuevo logo de UICN/ Le nouveau logo de l'UICN
IUCN will be 60 years old in October 2008. We’re still full of energy, intellect and passion about the environment, but what better way to look forward to the next 60 years than with a new face, said Director General, Julia Marton - Lefèvre. …
10 Mar 2008 | News story
Policy, Law and Environmental Flows
What is the appropriate policy and legal framework to regulate environmental flows within river basins? What are the ways in which competing water uses can be reflected in law and policy? …
10 Mar 2008 | News story
