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Changement climatique: inverser la tendance - revenir vers la nature

COP15 de la CCNUCC : 7 au 18 décembre, Copenhague
Les dirigeants mondiaux réunis à Copenhague devraient s’engager fermement et définir un calendrier pour la mise en place, dès que possible, d’un traité contraignant relatif au régime du changement climatique pour l’après-2012. 
 
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23 Nov 2009 | Media advisory

Wood yard, Nam Dinh Forest Products Joint Stock Company, Vietnam

Policy makers urged to look at role environment plays in supporting communities

The importance of biodiversity and ecosystems to economies around the world is the focus of a series of five reports from the Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) study. The latest TEEB report, tailored for policy makers, is released today. …  

13 Nov 2009 | News story

Jordan Training

Arab governments show foresight over climate change and gender equality

With a firm agreement elusive in the countdown to the UN climate change negotiations in Copenhagen next month, the ability of local communities in the Arab region to fight the negative effects of climate change hang in the balance. …  

12 Nov 2009 | News story

Copenhagen COP 15

Insider's view: from Barcelona to Copenhagen

The Climate Change Talks held in Barcelona (2-6 November) under the auspices of the UNFCCC ended with the Chairmen of the two main negotiating streams expressing confidence that ‘a strong outcome of COP15 at Copenhagen can be achieved that is balanced, fair, ambitious and effective’. However, at the same time, most negotiating groups are now playing down the probability that the initially hoped-for legally binding agreement will emerge in December. They admit that there is now a lack of time as well as a lack of progress. They prefer to refer to a ‘politically binding agreement’ (the meaning of which is less than clear) and to devoting 2010 to negotiating the details of a legal treaty- i.e. legally binding under international law.  …  

09 Nov 2009 | News story
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Dryland opportunities

Dryland Opportunities : A new paradigm for people, ecosystems and development

Mortimore, Michael ; Anderson, Simon, collab. ; Cotula, Lorenzo, collab. ; Davies, Jonathan, collab. ; Faccer, Kristy, collab. ; Hesse, Ced, collab. ; Morton, John, collab. ; Nyangena, Wilfrid, collab. ; Skinner, Jamie, collab. ; Wolfangel, Caterina, collab.
  IUCN ; IIED ; UNDP   …  

05 Nov 2009 | Downloads - publication
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IUCN Water Programme

Water: Centre of Climate Change

The UNFCCC’s Climate Change Talks in Barcelona are the last stop before the key COP15 conference held in Copenhagen in December, where a post-2012 climate change agreement should be agreed upon. …  

30 Oct 2009 | News story

Convention internationale sur la conservation des psittacidés

La Fondation Loro Parque, par ailleurs Membre de l’UICN, organisera la 1ère convention internationale sur la conservation des psittacidés – Sciences, politiques et pratiques, du 20 au 22 septembre 2010, et la 7ème convention internationale sur les perroquets, du 22 au 25 septembre 2010. …   | English | Spanish

27 Oct 2009 | News story

Aquaculture site selection, Mediterranean

Aquaculture: Sélection et Gestion des Sites

Aquaculture: Sélection et Gestion des Sites …   | English | Spanish

12 Oct 2009 | Downloads - publication

Forest fire in Niokolo-Koba National Park, Senegal

Forests, people and climate change: the REDD solution

Major reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions are necessary if we are to avoid disastrous climate change. Given that deforestation and forest degradation account for up to 17% of man-made global greenhouse gas emissions, conservation and sustainable management of forests is a good place to start. …  

01 Oct 2009 | News story

Primary Rainforest in central Reunion island

La France confirme sa coopération avec le plus grand réseau mondial de protection de la nature

Des projets de conservation de la biodiversité en Afrique, en Méditerranée et dans l’outre-mer européen sont mis en place dès cette année …   | English | Spanish

18 Sep 2009 | News story