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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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Opinion: How can cities build resilience while avoid eroding it somewhere else?
The world is increasingly urban, interconnected and shifting, writes Thomas Elmqvist. The world’s 20 fastest growing urban regions are in countries like China, India and Nigeria, not Europe or North America. By 2050, almost three billion more people will live in cities and the world will have undergone the largest and fastest period of urban expansion in all of human history. …
01 Feb 2012 | Article
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Happy New Year! (It could be the last)
Are people’s fears of a world-end related to our neglect of nature, asks Célia Zwahlen. …
01 Jan 2012 | Article
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Bold steps needed
As the UN climate summit gets under way in Durban, South Africa, IUCN’s Senior Climate Change Policy Adviser, Claire Parker, describes the current state of play regarding the negotiations and what steps IUCN wants to see. …
28 Nov 2011 | Article
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Scaling new heights in restoring and managing forest landscapes
Highlighting the importance of ecosystems and the services they provide has been an important part of IUCN’s work to better understand the value of forests at each level of the global economy, writes Stephen Kelleher, Deputy Director of IUCN’s Forest Programme. …
01 Nov 2011 | Article
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Looking for a leader
Businesses around the world are adjusting to a rapidly-shifting economic landscape but should we expect them to lead the way to a green global economy? …
13 Oct 2011 | Article
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Reversal of fortune
To unlock the vast, untapped potential of the world’s drylands, we must learn from the people who live in them, says Dr Jonathan Davies. …
01 Oct 2011 | Article
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Conservation is not about nature
Dr Joe Zammit-Lucia argues that if conservationists are to maintain and accelerate their success they need to shift their focus from nature to people. …
07 Sep 2011 | Article
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Reconciling poverty eradication and conservation
Speech by IUCN Director General Julia Marton-Lefèvre at the international conference “Reconciling poverty eradication and quality of the environment: what are the innovative solutions?” Paris, France, 27 June. …
27 Jun 2011 | Article
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Mid-life crisis or life just beginning? The World Heritage Convention approaches 40
Some say life begins at 40. The World Heritage Convention is one year away from its big birthday, but its critics argue the time is ripe for it to retire. …
01 Jun 2011 | Article
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