2013
Students help replant Nantu forest
Marking the International Day of Forests 2013 today, Dr Lynn Clayton, Project director with YANI an SOS grantee, and her young friend Yanto, report on one of several tree planting initiatives helping to build awareness and community support for the preservation of the Nantu forest as well as its threatened species including the Babirusa and Anoa in Sulawesi. …
20 Mar 2013 | News story
Sydney ideal host for the IUCN World Parks Congress, says IUCN WCPA Chair
Ernesto Enkerlin Hoeflich IUCN WCPA Chair …
20 Mar 2013 | News story
PARKS paper reveals progress on management effectiveness targets
PARKS: The International Journal of Protected Areas and Conservation Issue 19.1 will be launched at the end of March 2013. …
20 Mar 2013 | News story
REDD+ lessons from the field shared in Tanzania
Technical experts and community representatives shared lessons from selected REDD+ pilot projects in Kilosa and Kondoa districts, Tanzania, on March 4-8, 2013 through field visits and dialogues. Site visits were conducted in Chabima and Dodoma Isanga villages in Kilosa district; and in Mnenia and Mapinduzi villages in Kondoa district. Both visits were followed by dialogue workshops aimed at building consensus on a set of of REDD+ lesson learned from the field activities. In both districts, drivers of deforestation and forest degradation are being addressed through awareness creation, conservation agriculture, beekeeping, use of energy saving stoves and promotion of tree nurseries. …
20 Mar 2013 | News story
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IPBES is calling, how will stakeholders answer?
IUCN and the International Council for Science (ICSU) have launched a survey to collect views on stakeholder engagement in IPBES, the top new nature platform on biodiversity and its benefits. All stakeholders, including the private sector, indigenous peoples, local, scientific and conservation communities, are invited to contribute to the development of the first draft of their engagement strategy. …
19 Mar 2013 | News story
Explanatory Guide of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing now available in Spanish
IUCN has launched the Explanatory Guide of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing, in Havana, Cuba, during the workshop of the ABS LAC Regional Project. The guide was presented by the IUCN Environmental Law Centre and IUCN Global Policy Unit. … | Spanish
19 Mar 2013 | News story
CEESP Youth Network: An agenda for action
The CEESP Youth Network envisions an intergenerational community of leaders who learn and work together within and through IUCN, for a just, sustainable and peaceful world. The goals of the CEESP Youth Network for the next four years are to: 1) recognize and support emerging leaders in the structures, policies and activities of CEESP; 2) promote the involvement of youth in the development of CEESP's four prioritiy areas for 2013-2016; and 3) foster cross-commission collaboration and participation. …
19 Mar 2013 | Article
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Water cooperation in Asia: Interview with Ganesh Pangare
In our countdown to World Water Day, we speak to Ganesh Pangare, Head of the IUCN Asia Water Programme. …
19 Mar 2013 | News story
Woodland Trust – marking The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee by planting 6 million trees
Through the successful Jubilee Woods Project, the Woodland Trust has encouraged members of the public to plant trees and learn why they are so important to help foster a more widespread appreciation and love for our natural environment. …
18 Mar 2013 | Article
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Degraded Lands is a Value-Loaded Term
Degraded lands” is a term that is increasingly used to identify priority areas for restoration or development. Yet degradation is a complex term, laden with value judgments and perspectives. Areas that fall in this category have attracted negative labels such as waster lands, unoccupied lands and so forth and yet in the eyes of resources users what is considered degraded lands could be viewed in the positive as fallow land set aside to recover. …
18 Mar 2013 | News story
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