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Here you can find audio reports produced by IUCN. Each month, we bring you the latest news and features from the world of conservation. IUCN's audios profile conservation projects on the ground, while looking into the human stories behind the headlines.
What next for biodiversity targets
The 2010 biodiversity target was adopted in May 2002 during the sixth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. It aimed to achieve, by 2010 ‘a significant reduction of the current rate of biodiversity loss at the global, regional and national level as a contribution to poverty alleviation and to the benefit of all life on earth’. Unfortunately, the latest analysis of the IUCN Red List shows this target has not been met. As we are facing an ever-increasing biodiversity crisis, we need a new, clear and realistic target to respond to it. …
01 Mar 2010 | Audio
International trade in endangered species uncovered
On 13 March, representatives from 175 countries will meet in Doha, Qatar for the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora conference where they'll decide how to regulate trade in species ranging from bluefin tuna and sharks to polar bears and coral. Dr Sue Mainka, Head of Science and Learning at IUCN, and Head of IUCN's delegation at the conference, explains how the convention works for biodiversity conservation. …
01 Mar 2010 | Audio
Changing minds through music - AJ Moore
AJ Moore, a 30 year-old artist and musician created the Save it 4 a Song online environmental campaign. AJ enligtened IUCN members at Copenhagen Zoo last December, where he performed his climate change anthem Take it All Away. The song will soon be released and all proceeds from it will go to environmental charities.
AJ speaks about nature as his source of inspiration and his work to raise awareness about the environment and biodiversity issues through music.
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24 Feb 2010 | Audio
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Improving livelihoods in Guatemalan landscapes
In Guatemala, IUCN is working through its Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy (LLS) to sustain the flow of goods and services from forest landscapes for the benefit of local people and biodiversity conservation. Wildtalk speaks to Jose Arturo Santos, coordinator of the Biodiversity and Sustainable Use Unit in IUCN’s country office in Guatemala, to learn more. …
23 Feb 2010 | Audio
Masego Madzwamuse, Regional Vice Chair for Southern Africa
Masego Madzwamuse, Regional Vice Chair for Southern Africa has extensive experience in traditional/indigenous natural resource management systems, community based conservation, land tenure and security, adaptive livelihood strategies, gender and environment, and sustainable land management. …
08 Feb 2010 | Audio
Vivienne Solís (Costa Rica), Regional Vice Chair Meso America
Vivienne Solís (Costa Rica), Regional Vice Chair Meso America is a biologist graduated from the University of Costa Rica (1983), with a Master Degree in Systematic and Ecology from the University of Lawrence, Kansas (1986). She has participated in interdisciplinary and inter-institutional projects of environmental education and training in the field of conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. …
08 Feb 2010 | Audio
SSC – CEESP Workshop on Sustainable Use and Human Wildlife
SSC – CEESP Workshop on Sustainable Use and Human Wildlife Interactions, UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, 1-2 October 2009 …
04 Feb 2010 | Audio
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Brussels Principles for Extractive Industries
CEESP SEAPRISE members Rick Steiner and Richard Cellarius promote a new paradigm for Oil & Gas Development at the European Conference on Extractive Industries, Oct. 13th, 2009. …
04 Feb 2010 | Audio
Drawing the future for forest communities
Forest communities are using art to stake a claim on their future. As part of IUCN's Livelihoods and Landscapes Initiative, Intu Boedhihartono encourages local people to draw how they see the areas that they live in now and how they imagine they could change in a few years' time. …
01 Feb 2010 | Audio
IUCN teams up with Nespresso
IUCN is teaming up with Nestlé Nespresso to make the aluminium, which the company uses for its coffee capsules, more sustainable. Wild Talk speaks to Andrea Athanas, from IUCN's Business and Biodiversity Programme, about the aluminium life cycle and the hope that this initiative will encourage others in the industry to follow suit. To listen, click here. …
01 Feb 2010 | Audio
