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Workshop for the implementation of the Forest and Farm Facility in Nepal
A two-day National Workshop on “Validation of the Baseline Study and Discussion on Implementation of the Forest and Farm Facility in Nepal” is concluded. The workshop is jointly convened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED).
03 Jul 2013 | News story
Gardez l'esprit du Congrès !
L’UICN vous informe avec un grand plaisir du lancement de la Plateforme sur les Tendances de la Conservation. Cette toute nouvelle plateforme reflète les tendances dans le domaine de la conservation à partir des analyses menées lors du Forum du Congrès mondial de la nature 2012, en particulier sur la base d’une sélection d’ateliers qui ont eu lieu dans le cadre de chacun des thèmes du Congrès. Un rapport sur les tendances de la conservation a été réalisé quotidiennement et a notamment permis d’identifier les principaux messages issus du travail collectif réalisé lors du Congrès mondial. … | English | Spanish
01 Jul 2013 | News story
La France et l’UICN intensifient leurs efforts en faveur de la conservation de la biodiversité mondiale
Delphine BATHO, ministre de l’Écologie, du Développement durable et de l’Énergie, Victorin LUREL, ministre des Outre-mer, Pascal CANFIN, ministre délégué chargé du Développement et Anne PAUGAM, directrice générale de l’Agence française de développement ont signé aujourd’hui un nouvel accord avec l’Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature (UICN), représentée par Julia MARTON-LEFÈVRE, sa directrice générale. … | English
13 Jun 2013 | News story
Germany bolsters IUCN and The Forests Dialogue's global discussion series on REDD+ benefit sharing
With US$ 600,000 in new funding from the German government, the joint dialogue series will expand to bring together international experts over the next three years to tackle the issue of ensuring REDD+ benefits reach the rural poor. …
07 Jun 2013 | News story
IUCN’s partner UPM wins Ecolabel award
UPM-Kymmene Corporation, a large pulp and paper manufacturing and timber company based in Finland, has won the EU Ecolabel Award in the Manufacturers category. …
31 May 2013 | News story
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From risk to opportunity: reducing the risk of disasters the natural way
Healthy ecosystems and sound environmental management can go a long way in protecting people from disasters. But this fact is not yet widely appreciated among the many parties responsible for reducing the risk of disasters and responding to them once they happen. …
19 May 2013 | News story
Food Security: making the ecosystem connections
Worldwide, 870 million people go hungry every day. With the world population projected to exceed nine billion people by 2050, global agricultural output must expand by an estimated 60% to meet global food needs. …
16 May 2013 | News story
IUCN signs new partnership for better forests
IUCN signed a Memorandum of Understanding yesterday with the Association Technique Internationale des Bois Tropicaux ( ATIBT) – a key player in the tropical timber industry specialized in sustainable forestry, local processing of timber and forest certification schemes. …
08 May 2013 | News story
Against All Odds
Daily news reports of poaching to fuel the international trade in rhino horn seem to paint a bleak future for many of the five rhinoceros species all listed as threatened by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It seems the pressure of hunting could crush this pachyderm’s prospects for survival. But there is hope and SOS is proud to be part of the solution that can deliver meaningful and measurable conservation impacts on the ground. …
10 Apr 2013 | News story
Honouring forest heroes and champions
Five seemingly ordinary people who have done extraordinary work for their communities and forests are being recognized as 'Forest Heroes' at a special 'Forests for People' ceremony taking place today in Istanbul. The awards are being presented as 197 member States meet at the 10th session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF). …
10 Apr 2013 | News story
