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Face the Future: carbon trading
Face the Future, an IUCN Netherlands Committee member, develops forest carbon projects around the world with the aim of mitigating climate change and conserving forests. They also promote the business case for biodiversity conservation through the sale of carbon credits. …
15 Jan 2010 | News story
A view of the Future for IUCN in the European Union
Having taken over the responsibilities as Regional Director for Pan-Europe one of my key tasks is to strengthen IUCN’s role in Brussels and within the EU. It may seem a contradiction, as the new Regional Director and some of the key coordination functions will for the next few years be based in Gland, in the IUCN Conservation Centre that also houses our global Headquarters (along with the Ramsar Convention secretariat, the MAVA Foundation and the global secretariat of the World Association for Zoos and Aquaria). …
14 Jan 2010 | News story
Capitals of biodiversity: local authorities compete for biodiversity crown
On the 20th January 2010 IUCN together with Natureparif is launching a competition to reward European cities for innovation and excellence in preserving the wealth of nature. …
14 Jan 2010 | News story
Beyond Copenhagen - Conference on Biodiversity and Climate Change
The Countdown 2010 initiative in partnership with UNRIC and the Stagiaires Committee of the European Commission is holding an afternoon event on 21st January 2010, to mark the International Year of Biodiversity in Brussels. …
14 Jan 2010 | News story
Look ahead to 2010
As the new year dawns, IUCN Pan European staff share their predictions for 2010.
What do Dr Hans Friederich, Regional Director for Pan Europe, Boris Erg, Director for South Eastern Europe, Jean-Claude Jacques, Head of Representation to the EU, Liza Drius, Communications Assistant and Richard Aishton, ENPI-FLEG Coordinator expect to be the big stories of the next 12 months? …
08 Jan 2010 | News story
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Season’s Greetings from the Regional Office for Pan-Europe
Biodiversity is life. Biodiversity is our life. 2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity. …
21 Dec 2009 | News story
National experts trained on Ecological Networks
The second round of training courses under the InWEnt programme “Regional Environmental Policy in the South Caucasus” was held from 25 November to 09 December 2009 in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. The IUCN Environmental Law Programme and the Programme Office for the Southern Caucasus jointly conducted the trainings in collaboration with Adelphi Research. The objective of this series of training courses is to contribute to the further development of the region's nature conservation policies and legislation in order to support approximation to the EU Aquis Communautaire. …
09 Dec 2009 | News story
IUCN welcomes 18 new Members
On 25th November 2009, the 73rd Meeting of the IUCN Council admitted 18 new Members to join IUCN.
The Council, President, Director General and entire family of IUCN extend a very warm welcome to the new Members and look forward to their active involvement.
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06 Dec 2009 | News story
DGCS and IUCN sign Agreement to support the Albanian Ministry of Environment
The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Directorate General for Development Cooperation (DGCS), signed an Agreement with IUCN on December 2nd that lays the foundation for substantive collaboration in delivering important conservation and environmental management outcomes in Albania …
04 Dec 2009 | News story
Caucasus Environmental NGO Network (CENN) joins IUCN
IUCN welcomes the Caucasus Environmental NGO Network (CENN) to its worldwide network. CENN was admitted as NGO Member by the IUCN Council at its 73rd meeting on November 24, 2009. …
04 Dec 2009 | News story
