2011
El Gran Plan: la conservación en los próximos años
Está disponible en forma impresa y en línea, el último número de Conservación Mundial. …
19 Jan 2011 | News story
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Indigenous peoples at centre of Sharing Power Conference
On January 11-15, 2011, the first ever “Sharing Power Conference” was held in Whakatane, New Zealand and hosted by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP), Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa (Mäori Tribal Authority, and Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi (Mäori Tribal University). …
18 Jan 2011 | News story
Two women bike the Silk Road to explore wilderness conservation across borders
The Cycling Silk expedition is a year-long, two-woman field research expedition to explore and promote wilderness conservation and connectivity across borders. Shared with CEC by WCPA Chair Nik Lopoukhine. …
18 Jan 2011 | News story
Photography highlights beauty of Niger Delta
In Mali, part of the landscape gleams like a giant emerald in the middle of the arid brown African Sahel. The glittering jewel is the Inland Niger Delta. … | French
18 Jan 2011 | News story
Meeting of IUCN Regional Director Asia with the Governor of Balochistan
Quetta - January 06, 2011 Ms. Aban Marker Kabraji, IUCN Regional Director Asia along with Mr. Shah Murad Aliani, Country Representative IUCN Pakistan met Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi, Governor of Balochistan at the Governor House. …
17 Jan 2011 | News story
Training of Trainers on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ in West Asia
The West Asia region is known for its rich biodiversity and wide range of fauna and flora, but like any other region, its biodiversity is seriously threatened. Due to increasing threats to species, there is an urgent need to build capacity in the West Asia for assessing the status of threatened fauna and flora, and thus the Royal Botanic Garden of Jordan and IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature – Regional Office for West Asia (ROWA) are organizing a joint regional workshop to train experts in West Asia on the use of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. …
17 Jan 2011 | News story
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Un atelier régional pour l’intégration de l’éducation environnementale dans les curricula scolaires en Afrique de l’ouest
Dans le cadre du Programme régional d’éducation à l’environnement (PREE) qui regroupe les pays du PRCM, des représentants des Ministères de l’éducation et des ONGs de la Mauritanie, Cap Vert, Sénégal, Gambie, Guinée-Bissau, Guinée et Sierra Leone se réunissent à Bissau du 18 au 20 janvier 2011 à l’invitation de l’UICN. …
15 Jan 2011 | News story
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Floods in Brazil – interview partners available
Heavy rains and floods have caused large mudslides in south-eastern Brazil. The floods have not only caused damage to human life, which totals around 500 deaths so far, but also thousands have been made homeless and key infrastructure has been destroyed. … | Spanish
14 Jan 2011 | News story
More needed to save Congo’s natural heritage
A rescue plan for the five Democratic Republic of Congo sites inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger will be the focus of today’s high-level meeting organized by the Congolese authorities and UNESCO. … | French
14 Jan 2011 | News story
IUCN-ELC delivers paper on REDD+ benefit-sharing at Cancun Workshop
John Costenbader, IUCN-ELC Legal Officer, presented a paper on benefit-sharing in reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD+) at the 26 November Interim REDD+ Partnership Workshop “Enhancing Coordinated Delivery of REDD+: Emerging Lessons, Best Practices and Challenges”. …
13 Jan 2011 | News story
