South America
Sustainable páramos: Upcoming efforts in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
With the objective of promoting sustainable management of the páramos, the project “Communities of the Páramo: Strengthening Capacities and Coordination for Climate-Change Adaptation” will be implemented by the Mountain Institute (Peru), Fundación Tropenbos (Colombia) and Ecociencia (Ecuador) under the coordination of IUCN South America (IUCN-Sur) and with the support of the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. … | Spanish
05 Feb 2013 | News story
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Brazil resolves to restore its ecosystems
After numerous national workshops over 13 months, the Ecological Restoration Initiative’s action plan has been established to combat ecosystem degradation caused by productive activities, especially agricultural livestock, in the country. … | Spanish
05 Feb 2013 | News story
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IUCN welcomes eight new Members
On 30 January 2013, the 81st Meeting of the IUCN Council admitted 8 new Members to IUCN. … | French | Spanish
01 Feb 2013 | News story
Leaders wanted for sixth World Parks Congress
The world’s most influential gathering of people involved in parks and protected area management – the IUCN World Parks Congress - is calling for inspiring leaders who will help position protected areas as solutions to some of today’s biggest global challenges and shape the agenda for protected areas and their management over the next decade and beyond. … | Spanish
24 Jan 2013 | News story
“The Climate is Changing and You can Too” on social networks
Over the next six weeks, you can learn more about the project -documents, photo galleries, videos and radio programs, through IUCN’s social networks:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/uicn.sur
Twitter: hashtag #climacambia, cuenta @UICN_SUR
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24 Jan 2013 | News story
Ambiente Global presents the FLEGT initiative
What is FLEGT? How do you combine sustainability and legality of forest management? Is effective forest governance possible? How do we fight illegal logging? Hear what the experts have to say. … | Spanish
15 Jan 2013 | News story
Lista Roja de las Aves del Uruguay
La publicación será presentada hoy, durante el II Congreso Uruguayo de Zoología que se lleva a cabo en Montevideo. …
10 Dec 2012 | News story
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Diversidad biológica y cultural: claves para la adaptación al cambio climático
Tropenbos Internacional Colombia organizó el encuentro Diversidad biológica y cultural: claves para la adaptación al cambio climático en el marco del proyecto El clima cambia, cambia tu también que se desarrolla en un convenio de cooperación con UICN y SPDA, con el apoyo de AECID. El evento tuvo lugar en la maloca del Jardín Botánico de Bogotá; contó también con el acompañamiento de Fundación Natura y WWF. …
07 Dec 2012 | News story
Ecosystem science matters for business
IUCN and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) recently issued a briefing on business and biodiversity science, which highlights a variety of interactions and opportunities, as well as the current lack of synergies. This briefing also addresses the latest developments of the global expertise on biodiversity and ecosystem services (BES). …
03 Dec 2012 | News story
Benefits to share from Guyana’s biodiversity
Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) has several challenges to face in Guyana, as it was discussed in the Knowledge Café event carried last November 28th at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of this country. The event was an activity within the Regional GEF/UNEP Project on ABS in the Latin American and Caribbean countries, executed by IUCN-Sur. …
29 Nov 2012 | News story
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