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IUCN Council elects Ms. Meena Gupta as Vice Chair of the Governance and Constituency Committee
The IUCN Council in its first meeting held on January 30, 2013 at Gland, Switzerland has elected Ms. Meena Gupta as vice-chair of the Governance and Constituency Committee. …
07 Feb 2013 | News story
After Xayaburi, it's time for some 'hydro-diplomacy'
The groundbreaking ceremony for the Xayaburi dam in Laos on Nov 7 marked the symbolic end to a long and contentious international campaign to delay the dam's construction until further studies into its potential trans-boundary impacts were complete. … | Vietnamese
05 Feb 2013 | News story
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IUCN Council appoints Vice-Presidents for 2013-16
Mr. Malik Amin Aslam Khan (Pakistan), Mr. Miguel Pellerano (Argentina), Dr John Robinson (USA) and Ms Marina von Weissenberg (Finland), have been named Vice-Presidents of IUCN for 2013-16. … | French | Spanish
01 Feb 2013 | News story
Saving Saola from snares
An initiative created by the Saola Working Group of IUCN's Species Survival Commission (SSC) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Greater Mekong Programme has removed and destroyed 26,651 snares from the forests of Viet Nam and Laos that are home to the rare and elusive Saola. …
25 Jan 2013 | News story
Helping nature help us: conserve ecosystems, reduce the risk of disasters
To help protect communities from disasters and tackle the adverse effects of climate change, a new IUCN project will show how healthy ecosystems can help reduce the risks and make livelihoods more resilient. …
15 Jan 2013 | News story
Pakhoun “Wallago leerii” conservation
The Pa Khoun “Wallago leerii” Project is a local conservation initiative to conserve this valuable fish species in the Khui and Saan rivers in the Ngum river basin of Hom district. …
15 Jan 2013 | News story
Experts call for a techno-economic feasibility study to restore water ways between Bangladesh and North East India
Guwahati, Assam, India, 10 January, 2013 (IUCN): An international policy dialogue of experts and civil society members from Bangladesh and India in Assam on Thursday called for a techno-economic feasibility study in the Ashuganj-Karimganj river route along the Kushiyara River to extend the protocol route up to Silchar for regional connectivity. It also suggested installing night navigation facilities as a mandatory provision for both countries along the protocol routes to improve Inland Navigation and Integrated Water Resources Management Goals.
10 Jan 2013 | News story
SEED Initiative: 10 years old and growing
The SEED Initiative, a global partnership for action on sustainable development and the green economy, recently marked its 10th anniversary by celebrating numerous projects that are creating jobs while safeguarding the environment. …
08 Jan 2013 | News story
CEC Chair and Special Advisor visit IUCN President in Beijing
Dr Juliane Zeidler and Frits Hesselink met with Dr Zhang Xinsheng, the new IUCN President to extend the IUCN CEC network into China. … | Chinese
03 Jan 2013 | News story
Mutual trust and political will, crucial in resolving Pakistan’s water woes - say experts at the Provincial Consultative Workshop for Sindh organised under ‘Pakistan Water Programme’.
IUCN Pakistan organised a provincial consultative Workshop for Sindh on ‘Pakistan Water Programme’ in Karachi on December 31, 2012 in collaboration with Oxfam-Novib. The objective of the consultative workshop was to discuss priority issues that Sindh is facing with respect to water resources and to devise a collaborative Water Programme to address them. …
01 Jan 2013 | News story
