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Lam Dong Province Learns About Payments for Environmental Services
Community members, local authorities and journalists gained a better understanding of the concept of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) after IUCN Viet Nam hosted a series of educational events, which most recently featured a public awareness campaign in July and August 2008. …
11 Sep 2008 | News story
Autoridades municipalidades de Costa Rica analizan su institucionalidad frente a la planificación urbana
Proponen reactivar la Oficina de Planificación Metropolitana (OPAM) como alternativa para superar el problema de ingobernabilidad que vive el Área Metropolitana de San José, Costa Rica. …
09 Sep 2008 | News story
Honduras arrasa con premios internacionales en incidencia ambiental
En la tercera edición del Premio Antorcha Ambiental otorgado por la Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (UICN), Oficina Regional para Mesoamérica, Honduras recibió todos los honores. …
09 Sep 2008 | International news release
Launching a new partnership for climate change: from Bamako to Barcelona
IUCN is launching a new partnership with the DGCS (Italian cooperation), the Foundation of the Prince Albert II of Monaco, the Foundation Nicolas Hulot, ENDA and the Climate Action Network to facilitate North/South dialogues and to build capacities of developing countries to influence the negotiations on climate change. A series of regional seminars are organized, with one that already successful took place in
09 Sep 2008 | News story
Time to live lightly on Earth, says new IUCN book
A new book, Transition to Sustainability: Towards a Humane and Diverse World, by William M. Adams and Sally J. Jeanrenaud, has been launched by IUCN today. The world is facing unprecedented challenges from climate change, continuing loss of biodiversity, and the end of the era of cheap oil, according to the book. …
08 Sep 2008 | News story
Gestion des ressources en eau de la Volta : L’acte de naissance du Comité Transfrontalier signé.
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 25 juin 2008 (UICN) – Le vendredi 20 juin 2008 a eu lieu à Ouagadougou, la signature de l’accord de création du Comité Transfrontalier de Gestion des ressources en Eau du sous bassin du Nakanbé (CTGEN) entre le Ministre Régional de Upper-East au Ghana et le Gouverneur du Centre-Est au Burkina Faso. …
06 Sep 2008 | News story
People, Water, Future: Bridging divides in science, practice and capacity
IUCN is taking part in the Development Dialogues at the IWA World Water Congress in Vienna, Austria from September 8th to 12th, 2008. …
05 Sep 2008 | News story
Hotspots highlighted in new film
Hotspots, a film by Michael Tobias, was shown for the first time in Europe at IUCN on Friday, September 5. …
05 Sep 2008 | News story
Alexandre Kiss Award 2008
Dear Friends,
It is a great pleasure to announce to you the winners of the Second Edition of our Alexandre Kiss Award for young professionals in Environmental Law, in order to increase their interest in research on environmental law and policy issues. …
04 Sep 2008 | News story
IUCN joins forces with businesses for World Conservation Congress
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has joined forces with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) for its World Conservation Congress, the world’s largest ever conservation event. …
04 Sep 2008 | International news release
