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Six merveilles naturelles sont déclarées Sites du Patrimoine Mondial
Saint-Pétersbourg, Fédération de Russie, le 2 juillet 2012 (UICN) - Le complexe forestier du Trinational de la Sangha, partagé par le Cameroun, la République centrafricaine et la république du Congo ; les lacs d’Ounianga au Tchad et le site fossile de Chengjiang en Chine ont été inscrits à la Liste du Patrimoine Mondial par suite des recommandations de l’UICN (Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature). Le parc naturel des Piliers de la Lena en Russie et la chaîne montagneuse des Ghâts occidentaux en Inde ont également été ajoutés à cette liste prestigieuse par le Comité du Patrimoine mondial, composé de représentants de 21 pays. … | English
02 Jul 2012 | News story
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Water - it's irreplaceable
At the Rio Dialogues, civil society and business showed through their online votes and panelist speeches increasing leadership when it comes to water issues. And interesting enough, the right to water was not the number one recommendation passed on to the heads of States. …
22 Jun 2012 | News story
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20 years on, civil society leads in Rio
Governments are leaving the UN’s Sustainable Development Summit (Rio +20) with a big deal but little action. Groups of civil society and business have proved they can lead the way towards a sustainable future. …
22 Jun 2012 | News story
Commitments coming through in Rio
As world leaders pour in to Rio de Janeiro for the UN's Sustainable Development Summit civil society, business and governments are making commitments that will make a difference, according to IUCN's Director General Julia Marton-Lefèvre. …
21 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
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
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
Launch of Marine World Heritage App will bring marine crown jewels a lot closer
In celebration of World Oceans Day, the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre are launching a new iPhone application. This year’s Oceans Day theme “Youth: the Next Wave for Change” inspired the development of the mobile application, which will act as a window on marine world heritage sites around the world. …
08 Jun 2012 | News story
IUCN Red Listing for Mediterranean seagrasses
At present, five of the 59 species of seagrasses assessed at global level are at a high threat of extinction. IUCN organised an IUCN Red Listing workshop on 1 June in Essaouira during the Mediterranean Seagrass Workshop organised by the Ecole supérieure de technologie Essaouira and the polydisciplinary faculty Safi Université Cadi Ayyad (Morocco) and supported by the Mediterranean Seagrass Association – Seagrass 2000. …
07 Jun 2012 | News story
