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Habitat Banking and Biodiversity Offsets
IUCN has been involved in research and debates about biodiversity offsets and habitat banking for several years. Recently, IUCN Economics contributed to a study of the feasibility of habitat banking in Europe, led by Economics for the Environment Consultancy. This study (The use of market based instruments for biodiversity protection – the case of Habitat Banking) investigates the scope for using market-based instruments (MBI) and more specifically Habitat Banking to protect biodiversity at Community level – and the possible conditions and limitations for their use. …
28 Apr 2010 | News story
Dinaric Arc Initiative to boost transboundary cooperation in the Western Balkans
Transboundary cooperation is instrumental for the conservation of natural assets and for improved regional cooperation in the Western Balkans. This is one of the key conclusions of a stakeholder meeting organized in Tara National Park (Serbia) under the auspice of the IUCN-led project Environment for People in the Dinaric Arc. …
16 Apr 2010 | News story
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New ENPI FLEG Program website launched
Today the new website for the ENPI FLEG Program was launched. The ENPI Program - Improving Forest Law Enforcement and Governance in the European Neighbourhood Policy East Countries and Russia is implemented by the World Bank, WWF and IUCN and is funded by the European Union. …
09 Apr 2010 | News story
EAZA Conservation Forum 2010 "Working for Biodiversity"
08 Apr 2010 | News story
Co-Action for Biodiversity - European Biodiversity Day
On 28th April, 2010, The European Biodiversity Day will take place at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. Organised by the Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe, in partnership with the Parliamentary Assembly and the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe …
07 Apr 2010 | News story
Junior Rangers celebrate their achievements
On March 27, 2010 an Award Ceremony for Tusheti Junior Rangers was held in Alvani, Georgia. …
01 Apr 2010 | News story
Workshop: Chain approach in raw materials – the case of concrete
Regional Director Hans Friederich attended a debate about « chain approach in raw materials – the case of concrete », organised by The European Partners for the Environment, Resource Efficiency Alliance and the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment. He was respondent to the key-note speech in priority area 3 – biodiversity. …
01 Apr 2010 | News story
Engage in the European Business and Biodiversity Platform
1 April 2010._ The IUCN Regional Office for Pan-Europe with PricewaterhouseCoopers, European Nature Conservation Centre (ECNC), European Landowners’ Organization (ELO) and Blue 4You – on behalf of the European Commission – will establish and make operational the European Business and Biodiversity Platform (B@B platform). …
01 Apr 2010 | News story
Année internationale de la biodiversité : une riche source d’informations
« L’Année internationale de la biodiversité sera d’autant plus efficace que chaque être humain sur cette planète comprendra pourquoi la biodiversité est si importante, et qu’il possèdera les outils pour agir et enrayer la perte de la biodiversité » affirme Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Directrice générale de l’UICN. … | English | Spanish
29 Mar 2010 | News story
Healthy biodiversity is no luxury - it’s the foundation of all life on Earth
Gland, Switzerland, 23 March 2010 (IUCN) – We have failed to meet the target adopted through the Convention on Biological Diversity to reduce the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010 and we are currently witnessing the greatest extinction crisis since dinosaurs disappeared from our planet 65 million years ago. Urgent action is needed to avoid potentially catastrophic consequences, both for nature and for people around the world. …
24 Mar 2010 | News story
