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HOT OFF THE PRESS: THE IUCN PROGRAMME 2005-2008
18 June 2004
 In five months time, IUCN members will convene in Bangkok, Thailand at the World Conservation Congress where they will consider and approve, among other important tasks, the IUCN Programme for the next four years. During the past 18 months, the IUCN Secretariat and Commissions worked extensively in all parts of the world with the Union’s members, partners and donors to develop the Programme. Plans were prepared for all Regional, Commission and Global Thematic Programmes. The IUCN Programme 2005–2008 builds on the framework of the 2001–2004 Programme approved in 2000 at the Amman World Conservation Congress. The directions set in that document have been refined and refocused, taking into account lessons learned as well as emerging issues and trends in biodiversity conservation and sustainable development.
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A TRIBUTE TO PROF. NICHOLAS A. ROBINSON
16 June 2004
 Law for a Green Planet Institute, an IUCN Member, has used the occasion of the 8th International Conference on Environmental Law, "Wildlife Protection: Policy and Legal Instruments" to pay tribute to Prof. Nicholas Robinson for his "leadership in advancing environmental law for sustainable development". Prof. Robinson, serving his second term as Chair of the IUCN CEL, has driven many significant initiatives, including the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, the world's first global network of universities with the purpose of advancing environmental law. The conference also heard presentations from several IUCN CEL and ELC experts. The Conference was preceded by the Commission's first Steering Committee meeting for 2004 on 26-27 May in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Matters addressed included: reviewing resolutions from the 2nd IUCN World Conservation Congress; the IUCN ELP Component Programme Plan, Draft Operating Guidelines for CEL Specialist Groups, the outline for a CEL Strategic Plan for 2005-2008 and the draft mandate for 'centres of excellence'. A full summary of the meeting will be made available over the coming weeks.
For more information on CEL click here.
To link to Law for a Green Planet Institute click here.
AN INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENT TO RENEWABLE ENERGY
7 June 2004
 Over 2,500 participants from 154 countries reaffirmed their commitment to substantially increase the global share of renewable energy in the total energy supply at last week's International Conference for Renewable Energies (renewables 2004) held in Bonn, Germany from 1 - 4 June. IUCN Director General Achim Steiner addressed renewables 2004 during the Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue from the perspective of the Scientific and Technological Community stakeholder group. In a busy week for IUCN, the Environmental Law Programme (ELP) hosted a side event on international law and the promotion of renewable energy together with the REILP and Adelphi Research and provided the only exhibit focused on law and renewable energy, distributing copies of "Energy Law and Sustainable Development" and the just released 2004 IUCN ELP Newsletter, which focuses on energy. Earlier in the week, IUCN's Environmental Law Centre, Bonn played host to the United Nations Foundation and the United Nations Fund for International Partnership's "Sustainable Energy Development Practitioners Conference" attended by over 40 energy experts from all over the world.
Full story here.
For more information on renewables 2004 click here.
For more information on the IUCN CEL Specialist Group click here.
LAWYERS AND CROCODILES
7 June 2004
 IUCN's Environmental Law Programme (ELP) was represented for the first time at the 17th biannual Working Meeting of the IUCN-SSC's Crocodile Specialist Group (CSG) held in Darwin last week. Retiring CSG chair Professor Harry Messel, Chair elect Graham Webb and other specialists indicated a strong interest in furthering ties between the ELP and these committed biologists. This year's CSG meeting addressed a wide range of issues including legal (compliance with CITES and national wildlife law), socio-legal ("human-wildlife conflict"), financial (sustainable wildlife trade) and sustainability (precaution, developments in the scientific use of crocodile physical characteristics and genetic material), as well as cutting edge issues of crocodilian biology. The ELP's ongoing work on international compliance, national legislation, wildlife trade and ABS, are all expected to provide the basis for valuable links between the two groups. A short paper presented by the IUCN ELC at this meeting is currently available online, with a more detailed summary to be posted within the next two weeks.
Link to the CSG website here.
For more information on the IUCN CEL Specialist Group click here.
IUCN ABS page here.
Link to CITES website here.
INTERNATIONAL LAW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
03 June 2004
 IUCN Environmental Law Programme (ELP), REILP and Adelphi Research have joined forces to explore the role of international law in the promotion of renewable energy at a side event held during the International Conference for Renewable Energies, Bonn. Leading speakers from around the world addressed a wide range of issues including what international laws cover renewables, the barriers these laws create, and how these barriers can be managed or removed to promote renewables. The side event identified a range of challenges and also recognised the importance of sharing knowledge and information, including on innovative legal approaches. The side event concluded that further studies were necessary to identify international legal principles that encourage the greater utilization of renewable energy and also those provisions that impede its use.
Side event programme and summary.
For more information on the IUCN CEL Climate and Energy Specialist Group click here.
For IUCN ELP Publications click here and ECOLEX click here.
For more information on the International Conference for Renewable Energies click here
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