2012

Juvenile green sea turtle swimming in shallow coral reef

Qu'est-ce que l'UICN?

Découvrez les activités de l'Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature, le plus vaste réseau mondial de protection de l'environnement. Nous travaillons dans plus de 160 pays, dans trois grands domaines : la réalisation de projets sur le terrain, le développement de connaissances scientifiques sur l'état de la biodiversité, et l'influence au niveau international. …  

09 Feb 2012 | Video

Paris

Infrastructure industry sees "green"

Some 200 companies and practitioners have recently gathered at a European meeting to discuss how motorway and railway construction can contribute to biodiversity conservation. Organized by Eiffage, a large construction group, and the University of Paris 1, the workshop was hosted by the European Business and Biodiversity Campaign in Paris.   …  

09 Feb 2012 | News story
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Mapping traditional land in Guyana

Wapichan people in Guyana showcase community proposal to save tropical forests on their traditional lands

Georgetown, 7 February: The indigenous Wapichan people of Guyana, South America, will make public today a locally-made digital map of their traditional territory alongside a ground-breaking community proposal to care for 1.4 million ha of pristine rainforest for the benefit of their communities and the world. …  

07 Feb 2012 | News story
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Rostkovia magellanica in the South Georgia

UKOTs Online Herbarium

The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, an IUCN Member, have launched the UKOTs Online Herbarium. It is a species and specimens database containing plant diversity information for all UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) and geographically related islands.  …  

07 Feb 2012 | News story

IUCN Europe

European Parliament discusses biodiversity

The EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 “Our life insurance, our natural capital” is under discussion in the European Parliament (EP). …  

07 Feb 2012 | News story
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Metsähallitus

Finnish Sports Gala awards Metsähallitus for promoting Outdoor Recreation

On 16th January at the annual Finnish Sports Gala in Helsinki, Metsähallitus was granted a special award for designing facilities that encourage people to enjoy outdoor activities in natural settings across Finland. Metsähallitus provides and maintains free facilities that make it easy for visitors to Finland’s national parks and other beautiful natural areas to get out into the wild. These facilities include attractive visitor centres, websites with useful and practical information, and trails totalling 6,738 km – almost six times the length of Finland.   …  

06 Feb 2012 | News story
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Conferencia Internacional sobre Acceso a Recursos Genéticos y Conocimiento Tradicional. Alemania, 2012.

Conference on Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge: Research Cooperation and Facilitated Access

In Göttingen, Germany, it was organized an international conference which brought together researchers and administrative officials both from provider and user countries from Africa, Asia and Latin America in order to discuss the implications of the Nagoya Protocol and options for implementation in the area of biological research. …   | Spanish

06 Feb 2012 | News story

Scene from Iraq

IUCN welcomes Republic of Iraq as new State Member

The Government of the Republic of Iraq has officially announced its decision to join IUCN by endorsing the IUCN Statutes. The Ministry of Environment has been designated by the Government of the Republic of Iraq as its liaison with the IUCN Secretariat. …   | French | Spanish

06 Feb 2012 | News story

Gerben Jan Gerbrandy

Opinion: The silent crisis

Europe is in a crisis. An economic and euro crisis. Merkel and Sarkozy dominate the front pages of our newspapers. At the moment economists and their analyses seem to interest even more people than the weather forecast. And the euro countries desperately try to collect 500 billion Euro to fill its emergency fund. This crisis is very vocal and hard to oversee. …  

06 Feb 2012 | Article
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Youth activity (Water Lily nursery)

UICN busca casos de éxito sobre protección del agua y servicios ecosistémicos

Con el propósito de presentar experiencias relevantes sobre gestión del agua y los servicios ecositémicos en el VI Foro Mundial del Agua, en Marsella, Francia; la UICN, se encuentra recopilando casos de éxito que demuestren el trabajo logrado a nivel latinoamericano. Los casos se recibirán hasta el 1 de marzo de este año y se cuenta con un formulario que facilita el tipo de información y análisis requerido para este importante evento mundial. …  

06 Feb 2012 | News story