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Transboundary conservation in the Caucasus – is the time not yet ripe?
The call for increased and improved transboundary conservation in the Caucasus is loud and clear, says Svenja Fox of IUCN’s Caucasus Cooperation Centre. But are countries in the region ready to pull together to save nature and overcome political and cultural divisions? …
27 Mar 2013 | Article
The climate change endgame
Whether in Davos or almost anywhere else that leaders are discussing the world’s problems, they are missing by far the biggest issue: the rapidly deteriorating global environment and its ability to support civilization, writes Dr Thomas E. Lovejoy, member of the IUCN-US board of directors, in The New York Times. …
23 Jan 2013 | Article
Balanced, inclusive and grounded in reality?
Dr Thomas Brooks, Head of IUCN’s Science and Knowledge Unit takes a look at some of the characteristics needed to make the new intergovernmental science-policy platform effective. …
16 Jan 2013 | Article
INTERVIEW: IUCN’s efforts to protect Europe overseas
Carole Martinez joined IUCN Europe in October 2012 after working previously on protected areas and ecosystem management issues with IUCN's National Committee in France and on regional cooperation challenges at the French Marine Protected Areas Agency. Carole is Coordinator of the IUCN EU Outermost Regions (ORs) and Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) Programme. …
10 Dec 2012 | Article
Is it worth saving the world’s most worthless species?
By Victoria Martindale, a postgraduate student in primate conservation and a member of the Primate Society of Great Britain. …
26 Nov 2012 | Article
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Pointing the way to conservation and equity in Central America
Interview with Dr. Grethel Aguilar R. Director, IUCN Mesoamerica-Caribbean. …
05 Nov 2012 | Article
The Convention on Biological Diversity brings focus to the remote ocean
Last week the 11th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Hyderabad, India (8-19 October) took an important step for the global ocean commons, the largest habitat for life on Earth. The 193 Parties to the Convention agreed to send key scientific information to the United Nations describing specific places of “ecological or biological significance” in the open ocean and deep sea, including the high seas and seabed Area beyond national jurisdiction. …
19 Oct 2012 | Article
Tapping Nature’s solutions for sustainable urban development
By Chantal van Ham of IUCN’s European Union Representative Office, Brussels. …
01 Oct 2012 | Article
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The nature equation
Nature+ is the theme of the 2012 IUCN World Conservation Congress. Enrique Lahmann and Célia Zwahlen explain its significance. …
02 Aug 2012 | Article
Lonesome George, a farewell from a friend
When I saw the news yesterday I was overcome with sadness and spent a great deal of time thinking about Lonesome George and all he had meant to both me personally and to the world of species conservation in general, says Anders G.J. Rhodin, M.D., Chairman Emeritus, IUCN Species Survival Commission's (SSC) Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. …
26 Jun 2012 | Article
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