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Kick-off Nexus Workshop in Bogota, Colombia
The Latin America Nexus workshop kicked off today in Bogotá, Colombia and brings together participants from the water-energy-food sectors to discuss solutions and ways forward in optimizing water infrastructure to meet growing needs towards 2050. …
24 Sep 2013 | News story
URBES Training: Monetary and non-monetary valuation of biodiversity and ecosystem services
The URBES project will be holding the first of its training sessions in Barcelona on 13 - 15 November 2013 focusing on the valuation of biodiversity and ecosystem services. The URBES project seeks to bridge the knowledge gap between urbanisation, biodiversity and ecosystems services. …
18 Sep 2013 | News story
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Investing in Peatlands: Partnership for a New Era
The latest 'Investing in Peatlands' Conference organised by the IUCN UK National Committee Peatland Programme is set for 10-12 September 2013 at York University. …
26 Aug 2013 | News story
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Feeding a growing population - new initiative joins conservation and agriculture
A year ago, when global leaders met in Rio de Janeiro to shape the future of sustainable development, ensuring food security and sustainable agriculture was central to their discussions. As the world faces ongoing food crises, extreme weather and population growth, IUCN and partners led by Bioversity International, have launched an initiative to develop solutions to food security. …
15 Aug 2013 | News story
Planning the first IPBES harvest
How could 100+ IPBES State Members effectively participate in the forthcoming Platform’s activities 2014-2018? IUCN recommends improving the current plan with priority given to capacity-building activities, setting up science-policy dialogues at national level, specifying burning conservation issues to tackle and harnessing the work of IUCN to the greatest extent. …
06 Aug 2013 | News story
IUCN celebrates World Ranger Day, as Prince William salutes park rangers’ “brave and tireless work”
Today, we celebrate the outstanding efforts of park rangers around the globe on the occasion of World Ranger Day. Thanks to their bravery and dedication, nature’s most inspiring places stand a chance in the face of menacing threats, such as illegal poaching or forest clearing. …
31 Jul 2013 | News story
Countdown to Stockholm World Water Week
With a month to go before 'World Water Week' takes place in Stockholm from 1-6 September, IUCN Water gears up for a busy agenda of seminars and events at the annual water conference. …
30 Jul 2013 | News story
Blog: Climate change adaptation in practice
By James Dalton. ‘Nam bilong me James Dalton’ – I said as we all did introductions in Pidgin at the beginning of the stakeholder consultation meeting in Gizo, the capital of the Western Province of the Solomon Islands. …
22 Jul 2013 | News story
Proyecto BRIDGE en Mesoamérica: Ríos que Unen Fronteras
El video “Ríos que Unen Fronteras” resume el trabajo y principales logros del proyecto BRIDGE: Construyendo Diálogos y Buena Gobernanza del Agua en los Ríos en Mesoamérica … | English
17 Jul 2013 | News story
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Action Plan to boost visibility of the world's drylands
10 July 2013 – Caux, Switzerland. The heads of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) today signed an agreement aimed at drawing global attention to the value of drylands and their threatened status as ecosystems. …
10 Jul 2013 | News story
