2010
Media Workshop for Environmental Journalists held
Karachi: January 6: A three day workshop for environmental journalists from across Pakistan, organized by Pakistan Press Foundation (http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org) and UNESCO concluded here.
The workshop was titled Enhancing Media Coverage of Environmental Issues.”
This was the first in a series of two workshops. …
06 Jan 2010 | News story
CEC Annual Report 2009
This is the IUCN CEC December newsletter and our 2009 Annual Report. Highlights of the year include expanding the climate change conversation to include military experts, branding biodiversity, offering CEPA training workshops, engaging in ESD policy and practice, finding a new home for the World Conservation Institute, partnering with WCPA, exploring new ICT tools, and making the CEC structure stronger with new Regional Vice-Chairs, Specialty Group Leaders and National Activators. …
06 Jan 2010 | News story
Nancy Colleton is CEC Specialty Group Leader for Environmental Information
Nancy Colleton is president of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies and executive director of the Alliance for Earth Observations. She is leading the Commission's efforts to draw attention to exciting resources for data and information about our changing planet. …
06 Jan 2010 | News story
Discover biodiversity - every day
To increase awareness of the enormous variety of life on our planet, and raise the profile of threatened species, we have launched the IUCN Red List ‘Species of the Day’. …
06 Jan 2010 | News story
Water Governance-A situational analysis of Cambodia, Lao PDR and Viet Nam published
This report is the second in a series of publications to be brought out under the Mekong Region Water Dialogues. …
05 Jan 2010 | News story
Water Governance-A situational analysis of Cambodia, Lao PDR and Viet Nam published
This report is the second in a series of publications to be brought out under the Mekong Region Water Dialogues. …
05 Jan 2010 | News story
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To save the planet, save the seas
Just like forests, the oceans can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions by trapping and storing carbon. The underwater world's potential to buffer climate change should be highlighted as a cost-effective solution, writes Dan Laffoley, marine vice chair of IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas. …
04 Jan 2010 | News story
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The Challenge of Climate Change Adaptation in Viet Nam
04 Jan 2010 | News story
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Step up aspirations to save biodiversity as 2010 begins
We need to set higher goals to save the natural world say IUCN's President Ashok Khosla and Director General Julia Marton-Lefèvre in the latest issue of Nature. …
03 Jan 2010 | News story
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IUCN celebrates International Year of Biodiversity
Join us in celebrating the start of 2010 – the International Year of Biodiversity, declared by the United Nations. For the next 12 months we will be celebrating biological diversity – the variety of life on earth – and boosting awareness of how important it is for our lives. Most people appreciate the beauty of the natural world, but awareness of biodiversity, how seriously it is threatened, and the implications for human wellbeing, is alarmingly low. …
01 Jan 2010 | News story
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