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Reducción de Emisiones por Deforestación y Degradación: ¿qué pasos ha dado América del Sur?
Esta es la última semana para inscribirse al foro electrónico sobre reducción de emisiones por deforestación y degradación. El foro arranca el próximo 9 de junio, en el Portal sobre Conservación y Equidad Social de UICN-Sur. …
03 Jun 2008 | News story
Marine miracles at Convention on Biological Diversity
The move to create a network of marine protected areas that spans the entire globe took a huge step forward at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which ended last week in Bonn. …
03 Jun 2008 | News story
The good, the bad and the ugly
The latest issue of IUCN’s magazine World Conservation looks at the effects of globalization on the environment—both good and bad. From fisheries to food production, tourism to technology, what can the environmental community do to ensure globalization follows a more sustainable path? We hear academic, NGO, UN and industry perspectives on a range of topical issues including invasive species, wildlife trade, emerging markets for ecosystem services, strengthening global environmental governance and balancing tourism growth with biodiversity conservation. …
03 Jun 2008 | News story
Perverse priorities
Globalization leads to at least US$ 200 billion being spent on ‘perverse’ subsidies that harm biodiversity habitats as well as economies. This subsidies funding is ten times more than conservation spending worldwide. Norman Myers describes the paradox. …
02 Jun 2008 | News story
Economic Tools for Marine Protected Areas
From 26-30 May 2008, the IUCN Regional Office for Oceania, Coral Reef Initiatives for the South Pacific (CRISP) and the Secretariat of the Pacfic Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) hosted a regional workshop on the use of economic tools for supporting the design and management of marine protected areas (MPAs). …
01 Jun 2008 | News story
New Environmental Law Intern - IUCN Regional Office for Oceania
Annabelle Minter has joined the IUCN Regional Office for Oceania as an environmental law intern. …
01 Jun 2008 | News story
Less talk, more conservation, says IUCN
Bonn, Germany – The time to take action to stem the destruction of the natural world is now, according to the UN’s Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). But the strong words coming out of the Bonn meeting fall short on the action the world is demanding, says IUCN. …
30 May 2008 | News story
The third pillar of the CBD: Access and Benefit Sharing
Access and Benefit Sharing is intrinsically linked to the other two pillars - conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. Delegates in Bonn agreed to continue work on an international regime for this issue. …
29 May 2008 | News story
Historic agreement for biodiversity in South-Eastern Europe
Committing to regional cooperation in nature conservation and sustainable development, six governments of South-Eastern Europe signed an agreement to dramatically expand transboundary conservation efforts. …
29 May 2008 | News story
Plundering the Pacific
Globalization is not good news for Pacific Island fisheries and the people who depend on them, says Martin Tsamenyi. …
29 May 2008 | News story
