September
Complementary tools for RBA to conservation
At the XIII World Forestry Congress held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the IUCN Environmental Law Centre (ELC) hosted a side event to present complementary tools for Rights-based Approaches (RBA) to conservation which have been developed in collaboration with IUCN partners. As a highlight of the event, the new RBA to conservation portal was launched. Developed by the ELC, the RBA portal is intended to serve as a central point for collecting relevant information on RBA to conservation and sharing it with the larger IUCN community. The RBA portal can be accessed at www.rights-based-approach.org. …
30 Oct 2009 | News story
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
Two for the price of one
The two ‘competing’ climate objectives of mitigation and adaptation can be reached simultaneously, and focusing on water resources will help. Mark Smith explains. … | French | Spanish
30 Oct 2009 | News story
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LOGO Competition for PREEN
The newly established Pacific Resource and Environmental Economics Network (PREEN) is holding a small competition to develop its logo. …
30 Oct 2009 | News story
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IV Foro Regional sobre Conflictos Socioambientales
El evento se llevará a cabo en Ecuador, del 5 al 6 de noviembre. El tema principal será "Interculturalidad y Transformación de Conflictos". …
29 Oct 2009 | News story
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Corridors: routes for adaptation
In Ecuador, IUCN Member Corporación Grupo Randi-Randi is establishing conservation corridors which are helping both people and nature adapt to climate change. …
29 Oct 2009 | News story
Adapting to change, the natural way
The impacts of climate change are already being felt by both people and the environment around the world and they’re set to get a lot worse. Sea levels are rising, threatening island nations and coastal areas, storms are becoming more violent bringing floods and landslides, and droughts are intensifying. … | French | Spanish
29 Oct 2009 | News story
Power to Pangani's people
The impacts of climate change are taking hold in Tanzania’s Pangani River basin. The snow cap of Mount Kilimanjaro, which towers over the basin, is melting rapidly and is projected to disappear completely by 2025. Water flow in the basin has also declined dramatically but there are still many demands on the dwindling supplies, the main one being irrigation. … | French | Spanish
28 Oct 2009 | News story
Leopards still hanging on in Yemen.
Two field trips were made to Yemen to look for signs of remaining Arabian leopards, to train local scientists, and to develop a national leopard survey strategy. …
28 Oct 2009 | News story
Compensación por servicios ambientales: cada país construye su propio camino
Colombia cuenta con una estrategia nacional de pago por servicios ambientales en proceso de formalización; en Perú, el congreso discutirá próximamente el dictamen que surgió de la unión de dos propuestas; en Ecuador se trabajará pronto en una reglamentación, aunque ya se implementan esquemas voluntarios de compensación por agua y carbono. …
27 Oct 2009 | News story
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