Barcelona Diary
What's going on behind the scenes at the IUCN World Conservation Congress? This section features interviews with members and staff, pictures from informal meetings, and gossip from the corridors.
‘It is time to change’
As the Congress is half way through, Taskha Yawanawa of Brazil has found it filled with excitement and promise, and urges all to care for the mother earth before it is too late. …
09 Oct 2008 | Audio
Voices of indigenous communities
Jose Antunez represents indigenous communities from Peru. He wouldn’t have come to Barcelona leaving his paddy fields unattended. His only agenda is to press the Congress to recognize indigenous people’s voices. …
09 Oct 2008 | Audio
Cómo hacer un pastel sin agotar los bosques
Aaron Oliveras de Fundació Terra es una de las personas que demuestra el uso de horno solar justo a la entrada al congreso. Con un horno solar no sólo la comida sabe bien, sino que se tiene la satisfacción de cocinar sin necesidad de quemar leña ni emitir dióxido de carbono. …
09 Oct 2008 | Audio
Earth Hour
Andy Ridley, Director of WWF's Earth Hour, talks about what he has presented at Congress and the plans for the climate change campaign in 2009. …
09 Oct 2008 | Audio
Federico Cinquepalmi, Marina Pulcini and Damiano Luchetti, Italian Ministry of Environment
"The take home message from this congress is "action"! This is also a great opportunity for networking. We support the Countdown 2010 and the Sailing to Barcelona initiative, and congratulate the Secretariat of IUCN on doing a great job!" …
09 Oct 2008 | News story
Mohamed Mohamed, Kenya Wildlife Service
"The speech during the Opening Ceremony by Prof. Yunus was highly motivating. With very little, you can do a lot!" …
09 Oct 2008 | News story
Melissa Moye, WWF US
"My highlight was the session on charity lotteries because it was a very interactive workshop. I learnt many useful things for my job, from people I had not previously been in contact with." …
09 Oct 2008 | News story
Bishop Geoff Davies, Southern African Faith Communities' Environment Institution, South Africa
"This congress, through the Sustainability Dialogues and other sessions, is illustrating how religions are getting involved in conservation. This is a first and it is an encouraging development!" …
09 Oct 2008 | News story
Josephine Simon, African Wildlife Foundation
"The IUCN Congress is a great place to meet face to face with colleagues from different parts of the world and also network with women from Africa who are involved in enterprises." …
09 Oct 2008 | News story
Dorienne Rowan-Campbell, Rowan's Royale
"The Learning Opportunity on ecoagriculture landscapes was one of my highlights so far. I will take home and reapply what I learned there." …
09 Oct 2008 | News story
