Europe
Biodiversity Media Alliance links journalists with the web of life
Journalists worldwide now have a vital new resource to help their reporting on the world’s biodiversity, what its decline means for humanity, and how it can be tackled. …
04 Jun 2010 | News story
Protecting Overseas Entities - new report
31 May 2010, Brussels. Mr Russell Mittermeier, Vice President of IUCN and President of Conservation International on Monday launched the IUCN publication: ‘Climate Change and Biodiversity in the European Union Overseas Entities’. …
03 Jun 2010 | News story
Launch of the EU Overseas Entities Programme
The official launch of the IUCN EU Overseas Entities Programme on Biodiversity and Climate Change took place at the Regional Office for Europe in Brussels on the 31st May 2010. The Programme aims to implement some of the 21 recommendations endorsed at the 2008 IUCN La Reunion conference. …
03 Jun 2010 | News story
B@B Platform website launched
3 June, 2010. The website for the Business and Biodiversity Platform was launched this week, visit it here. The B@B platform was established by The IUCN Regional Office for Pan-Europe with PricewaterhouseCoopers, European Centre for Nature Conservation (ECNC), European Landowners’ Organization (ELO) and Blue4You – on behalf of the European Commission.
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03 Jun 2010 | News story
IUCN President Ashok Koshla visits Green Week 2010
2nd June 2010, Brussels. This year, the largest annual conference on European environment policy turns the spotlight on biodiversity because 2010 – the UN year of biodiversity – is a milestone year. …
02 Jun 2010 | News story
Journalists trained in Environmental Civil Journalism
In the framework of the ENPI FLEG program, the International Union for Conservation of Nature conducted a training in Environmental Civil Journalism. …
01 Jun 2010 | News story
Water and Climate Coalition launches statement for Bonn climate talks
As part of the newly-formed Water and Climate Coalition, the IUCN Water Programme contributed towards the statement on water and climate change, to be announced during the Climate Change negotiations taking place from 1st – 11th June in Bonn, Germany. …
31 May 2010 | News story
IUCN at Greenweek
31 May 2010, Brussels. IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, will showcase its work on biodiversity conservation at the Green Week organized by the European Commission from 1 to 4 June. …
31 May 2010 | News story
Portuguese Parliamentarians together for biodiversity
For the first time the Portuguese Parliament hosted a conference dedicated to biodiversity. The event brought together Parliamentarians, NGOs and scientists to share information on the challenges biodiversity is facing and to discuss the next steps for conservation. …
25 May 2010 | News story
'Crane – Bird of Peace Festival' at Lake Arpi
On May 15, 2010, the Armenian Society for the Protection of Birds (IUCN member and BirdLife in Armenia) organized the “Crane – Bird of Peace Festival” in the village of Mets Sepasar, Shirak province. The Festival celebrated one of Armenia’s critically endangered and red listed species, the Common Crane.
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24 May 2010 | News story
