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Biodiversity and ecosystems for sustainable towns and cities
The rapid expansion of cities is putting nature and the resources it provides at risk. Yet nature can help urban planners to make cities more sustainable and reduce costs, while improving the well-being of their citizens. …
23 Apr 2013 | News story
One week left to apply for the Powered by Nature awards
Are you a European student who is excited about nature and the use of social media? Join the challenge: Bring an idea, and be invited to the Netherlands for a week of creative collaboration and play to launch IUCN CEC’s next social media campaign. Hurry up! The deadline is 30 April. …
22 Apr 2013 | News story
IUCN NL appoints new chairman and new executive director
The board of IUCN NL, the Dutch committee of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, has appointed Nanno Kleiterp as its chairman and Maas Goote as its executive director. … | Dutch
19 Apr 2013 | News story
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Meeting on Islands challenges at the European Parliament to take place on May 7th, 2013
Islands – key actors: What kind of partnership at the EU level?
Meeting jointly hosted by the European Parliament intergroup on Biodiversity and Climate change and prepared by the IUCN on EU Overseas Programme, the Marine and Polar Programme (GMPP) in close collaboration with the Global Island Partnership (GLISPA)
18 Apr 2013 | News story
Nature in Poland
Poland’s biodiversity is among the richest in Europe. Its transitional climate which is influenced by oceanic and continental air masses, its favourable geographical position at the centre of the continent with no natural barriers to the east or the west, its varied geological structure, land and hydrographic make-up and soil types make it a good habitat for many plant and animal species. Read the Country Focus on Poland to learn about Polish nature and conservation action. …
18 Apr 2013 | News story
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Nominate a plant conservationist from Eastern Europe
In order to promote best practices in plant conservation at community level, Plantlife is launching the Roger Crofts Plantlife Community Conservation Award. The Award is open to community groups, small non government organisations or individuals from Eastern Europe working on the plant conservation in the wild (in situ).
16 Apr 2013 | News story
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Bridging science and policy with the BiodivERsA network
Successful conservation requires sound priority setting and decision-making based on the best available science. Science-policy interfaces are social processes, which encompass relations between scientists and other actors in the policy process, and which allow for exchanges, co-evolution, and joint construction of knowledge with the aim of enriching decision-making at different scales. …
15 Apr 2013 | News story
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WILD10 presentation, 9 days to Make the World a Wilder Place!
In the historic Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid, CSIC, WILD10, the 10th World Wilderness Congress was presented yesterday to the Spanish society and the media. This event serves as a news flash of Congress to the media and offers the opportunity to present its central theme: 'Make the World a Wilder Place'. … | Spanish
11 Apr 2013 | News story
Less than one month to apply for the Powered by Nature Awards!
Only 25 days are left to apply for the Powered by Nature awards, a competition targeted to European communications students to co-create a social media campaign on nature and energy. …
05 Apr 2013 | News story
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New campus for world’s largest conservation 'cluster'
An insightful lecture by Sir David Attenborough at the UK's University of Cambridge Senate House marked the launch this week of the Cambridge Conservation Campus. The campus will become the hub for the world’s largest conservation cluster, the Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI) of which IUCN is a member. …
03 Apr 2013 | News story
