December
CEC in 2009: Communicating Biodiversity
CEPA workshops and a host of other communication and education activities advanced the protection of biodiversity in 2009. CEC members from around the world reported on this work by submitting newsletter stories to cecnews@iucn.org. Their reports are summarized here. …
22 Dec 2009 | News story
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CEC in 2009: Learning and Communication on Climate Change
CEC members carried out a wide variety of activities related to climate change. They sent out the message via photographs, film, video, books and school materials. They shared skills through training to build professional capacity, workshops and seminars. …
22 Dec 2009 | News story
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CEC in 2009: Climate Change and the Military
CEC members expanded the climate change conversation to include the military. Several members participated in a project of the Institute for Environmental Security, contributing to a statement by military advisors to send a strong signal in Copenhagen. …
22 Dec 2009 | News story
CEC in 2009: Chair's Corner
Our mission is to drive change towards sustainability. To drive change means that CEC has had to change. The December issue of our newsletter captures highlights of the past year. …
22 Dec 2009 | News story
CEL Specialist Group Meeting
The Commission on Environmental Law had its first Specialist Group meeting for the 2009-2012 mandate in Washington DC from November 17th - 18th. The event was hosted by the American University Washington College of Law (WCL). The main purpose of this meeting was to learn more about what each group is achieving in the field, and at the same time establish the goals that will help to achieve and promote the Commission’s and IUCN's objectives. …
21 Dec 2009 | 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
21st century explorers return with unique data from Indian Ocean
A team of the world’s leading marine experts, paired with scientists from the Indian Ocean region, have just returned from a six-week research expedition above seamounts in the high seas of the Indian Ocean with a whole new understanding of seamount ecosystems. They gathered a very rich collection of data and specimens, including some strange-looking marine creatures. …
18 Dec 2009 | News story
Statement of Julia Marton Lefèvre, IUCN Director General, at COP 15
Statement delivered at UNFCCC COP15 plenary session on 18 December 2009. …
18 Dec 2009 | News story
Sociedad civil centroamericana deja su semilla e inquietudes en la COP 15
Sociedad civil centroamericana deja su semilla e inquietudes en la COP 15 …
18 Dec 2009 | News story
An IUCN delegation to the African Development Bank (ADB)
Led by the IUCN Director General, Julia Marton-Lefèvre, a delegation from the secretariat (composed of Margarita Astralaga, Aimé Nianogo Ali Kaka and Jean-Yves Pirot) paid a working visit to the African Development Bank in Tunis on December 2nd and 3rd, 2009. The delegation was received by President Donald Kaberuka in the presence of the OSVP Vice-President Kamal Elkheshen. … | French
18 Dec 2009 | News story
