2012
More than 80% of DRC people affected by climate change
Today, it’s almost established that the world knows real problem of climate change impacts on different sectors of development such as agriculture, livestock, fisheries, health and the environment in general. These sectors, said the coordinator of CARPE / IUCN in DRC …
09 Feb 2012 | News story
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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
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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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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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
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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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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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
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
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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