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IUCN CEC NEWS
CEC in 2009: Communicating Biodiversity
CEPA workshops and a host of other communication and education activities advanced the protection of biodiversity in 2009. CEC members from around the world reported on this work by submitting newsletter stories to cecnews@iucn.org. Their reports are summarized here. …
22 Dec 2009 | News story
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CEC in 2009: Learning and Communication on Climate Change
CEC members carried out a wide variety of activities related to climate change. They sent out the message via photographs, film, video, books and school materials. They shared skills through training to build professional capacity, workshops and seminars. …
22 Dec 2009 | News story
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CEC in 2009: Climate Change and the Military
CEC members expanded the climate change conversation to include the military. Several members participated in a project of the Institute for Environmental Security, contributing to a statement by military advisors to send a strong signal in Copenhagen. …
22 Dec 2009 | News story
CEC in 2009: Chair's Corner
Our mission is to drive change towards sustainability. To drive change means that CEC has had to change. The December issue of our newsletter captures highlights of the past year. …
22 Dec 2009 | News story
Read Today's New York Times Op-Ed by WCPA Chair Nik Lopoukhine
Protected areas are tools for permanent carbon storage. WCPA Chair Nik Lopoukhine calls on the Copehagen conference to recognize their role. Read his opinion piece in The New York Times. …
07 Dec 2009 | News story
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IUCN CEC November Newsletter
View the IUCN CEC newsletter online or download to read later. This issue's theme is Security and Climate Change. …
30 Nov 2009 | News story
Events Agenda: IUCN at Copenhagen Conference
IUCN is organizing a series of events during the Copenhagen conference. …
30 Nov 2009 | News story
Survey Data Supports Rapid Ice Loss
New data released by the Catlin Arctic Survey and WWF provides further evidence that the Arctic Ocean sea ice is thinning, supporting the emerging thinking that the Ocean will be largely ice-free during summer within a decade. A press release from CEC member James Forte of the Catlin Arctic Survey. …
30 Nov 2009 | News story
Recommended Reading on Conservation from IUCN's Jeff Sayer
Jeff Sayer recently invited all of his IUCN colleagues to nominate those books that they thought should be "must read" for IUCN staff. The list is compiled in order of popularity. He also compiled a list of his own preferred books. …
30 Nov 2009 | News story
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Citizen's Group Uses Video to Inspire Action on Climate Change
Watch the video and take the pledge -- this call to action comes from a local citizen's group that used video to raise awareness of climate change. Shared with CEC by John Francis, CEC Regional Vice-Chair for North America and the Caribbean. …
30 Nov 2009 | News story
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