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IUCN at the latest climate change talks
After two weeks of talks on conserving biodiversity, the city of Bonn is now hosting the latest round of UN-sponsored global climate change negotiations, from 2 to 13 June, 2008. Keeping people and nature together in all action plans, and ensuring that mitigation and adaptation practices are in place where most needed, will be at the top of IUCN’s agenda …
03 Jun 2008 | News story
The good, the bad and the ugly
The latest issue of IUCN’s magazine World Conservation looks at the effects of globalization on the environment—both good and bad. From fisheries to food production, tourism to technology, what can the environmental community do to ensure globalization follows a more sustainable path? We hear academic, NGO, UN and industry perspectives on a range of topical issues including invasive species, wildlife trade, emerging markets for ecosystem services, strengthening global environmental governance and balancing tourism growth with biodiversity conservation. …
03 Jun 2008 | News story
Reconocen importancia de estrategia de bienes y servicios ambientales que impulsa el proyecto Tacaná II
El Consejo Municipal de la localidad de San Pablo, en el departamento de San Marcos de Guatemala, recibió con agrado y aprobó políticamente la propuesta de trabajo para la implementación de un esquema de Bienes y Servicios Ambientales que impulsa la UICN en esa región a través de su Proyecto Tacaná II …
03 Jun 2008 | News story
Reducción de Emisiones por Deforestación y Degradación: ¿qué pasos ha dado América del Sur?
Esta es la última semana para inscribirse al foro electrónico sobre reducción de emisiones por deforestación y degradación. El foro arranca el próximo 9 de junio, en el Portal sobre Conservación y Equidad Social de UICN-Sur. …
03 Jun 2008 | News story
Marine miracles at Convention on Biological Diversity
The move to create a network of marine protected areas that spans the entire globe took a huge step forward at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which ended last week in Bonn. …
03 Jun 2008 | News story
The good, the bad and the ugly
The latest issue of IUCN’s magazine World Conservation looks at the effects of globalization on the environment—both good and bad. From fisheries to food production, tourism to technology, what can the environmental community do to ensure globalization follows a more sustainable path? We hear academic, NGO, UN and industry perspectives on a range of topical issues including invasive species, wildlife trade, emerging markets for ecosystem services, strengthening global environmental governance and balancing tourism growth with biodiversity conservation. …
03 Jun 2008 | News story
Perverse priorities
Globalization leads to at least US$ 200 billion being spent on ‘perverse’ subsidies that harm biodiversity habitats as well as economies. This subsidies funding is ten times more than conservation spending worldwide. Norman Myers describes the paradox. …
02 Jun 2008 | News story
Economic Tools for Marine Protected Areas
From 26-30 May 2008, the IUCN Regional Office for Oceania, Coral Reef Initiatives for the South Pacific (CRISP) and the Secretariat of the Pacfic Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) hosted a regional workshop on the use of economic tools for supporting the design and management of marine protected areas (MPAs). …
01 Jun 2008 | News story
New Environmental Law Intern - IUCN Regional Office for Oceania
Annabelle Minter has joined the IUCN Regional Office for Oceania as an environmental law intern. …
01 Jun 2008 | News story
Less talk, more conservation, says IUCN
Bonn, Germany – The time to take action to stem the destruction of the natural world is now, according to the UN’s Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). But the strong words coming out of the Bonn meeting fall short on the action the world is demanding, says IUCN. …
30 May 2008 | News story
