2007
New Implementation Phase for REWARD Programme
After a first preliminary phase of about one year in the West & Central Asia and North Africa region, REWARD will enter end of this year a new and challenging phase of innovation and development. The Regional Water Programme is actually funded by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DGCS) with a contribution of 2.4 million Euros for 3 years. …
27 Nov 2007 | News story
World Conservation Union welcomes 33 new members
The 68th IUCN Council meeting has admitted 33 new members to the World Conservation Union (IUCN). The new members include four government agencies: two of them are working on protected areas in Guinea Bissau and Korea; one is a government agency representing the Flemish Ministry of Environment, Nature and Energy; and the fourth one is the Environmental Department of the Alava Government in Spain. The new members bring local knowledge, expertise, and the will to influence the international agenda. …
26 Nov 2007 | News story
Global delegation led by Valli Moosa meets Nelson Mandela
The governing body of the world's leading authority on biodiversity, the Council of the World Conservation Union (IUCN), met yesterday with President Nelson R. Mandela at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg. …
26 Nov 2007 | News story
Biodiversidad y Ciudades: el papel de los municipios para lograr el Objetivo 2010 del CDB
Municipios también están cumpliendo un papel clave en la conservación y la lucha contra el cambio climático …
26 Nov 2007 | News story
Thank you for making the 68th Council Meeting possible
IUCN Would like to thank the following organizations for their generous contributions, both financially and in-kind: …
21 Nov 2007 | News story
The World Conservation Union - IUCN
The World Conservation Union (IUCN) is the world’s leading authority and democratic platform in conservation and sustainability. …
20 Nov 2007 | News story
IUCN Council at the hard face of Conservation in southern Africa
World renowned conservation area sets the scene for first stand-alone meeting of Council away from IUCN Headquarters in Switzerland in 60 Years. …
20 Nov 2007 | News story
ELC hosts CEL Law Papers Award winner
Tran Thi Huong Trang from Vietnam, one of the winners of this year's Alexandre Kiss Environmental Law Papers Award, sponsored by the Commission on Environmental Law, was visiting the Environmental Law Centre in Bonn in early November. …
20 Nov 2007 | News story
Bridging science, policy and the implementation of environmental flows
The IUCN Water Programme ran a key session on environmental flows at the CAIWA (International Conference on Adaptive and Integrated Water Management) in Basel on Thursday 15 November. The session addressed the issues of bridging science and policy, and how to move towards implementation of environmental flows. …
19 Nov 2007 | News story
