Europe
New ENPI FLEG Program website launched
Today the new website for the ENPI FLEG Program was launched. The ENPI Program - Improving Forest Law Enforcement and Governance in the European Neighbourhood Policy East Countries and Russia is implemented by the World Bank, WWF and IUCN and is funded by the European Union. …
09 Apr 2010 | News story
EAZA Conservation Forum 2010 "Working for Biodiversity"
08 Apr 2010 | News story
Co-Action for Biodiversity - European Biodiversity Day
On 28th April, 2010, The European Biodiversity Day will take place at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. Organised by the Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe, in partnership with the Parliamentary Assembly and the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe …
07 Apr 2010 | News story
Junior Rangers celebrate their achievements
On March 27, 2010 an Award Ceremony for Tusheti Junior Rangers was held in Alvani, Georgia. …
01 Apr 2010 | News story
Workshop: Chain approach in raw materials – the case of concrete
Regional Director Hans Friederich attended a debate about « chain approach in raw materials – the case of concrete », organised by The European Partners for the Environment, Resource Efficiency Alliance and the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment. He was respondent to the key-note speech in priority area 3 – biodiversity. …
01 Apr 2010 | News story
Engage in the European Business and Biodiversity Platform
1 April 2010._ The IUCN Regional Office for Pan-Europe with PricewaterhouseCoopers, European Nature Conservation Centre (ECNC), European Landowners’ Organization (ELO) and Blue 4You – on behalf of the European Commission – will establish and make operational the European Business and Biodiversity Platform (B@B platform). …
01 Apr 2010 | News story
Année internationale de la biodiversité : une riche source d’informations
« L’Année internationale de la biodiversité sera d’autant plus efficace que chaque être humain sur cette planète comprendra pourquoi la biodiversité est si importante, et qu’il possèdera les outils pour agir et enrayer la perte de la biodiversité » affirme Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Directrice générale de l’UICN. … | English | Spanish
29 Mar 2010 | News story
Healthy biodiversity is no luxury - it’s the foundation of all life on Earth
Gland, Switzerland, 23 March 2010 (IUCN) – We have failed to meet the target adopted through the Convention on Biological Diversity to reduce the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010 and we are currently witnessing the greatest extinction crisis since dinosaurs disappeared from our planet 65 million years ago. Urgent action is needed to avoid potentially catastrophic consequences, both for nature and for people around the world. …
24 Mar 2010 | News story
L'UICN et ses Membres forment une Initiative de Conservation et Droits Humains
L’UICN et sept autres organisations importantes de conservation collaborent afin de promouvoir les droits humains liés à la conservation. … | English | Spanish
23 Mar 2010 | News story
Environment Council endorses new target
16 March, 2010 Brussels. The Environment Council of the European Union yesterday endorsed the adoption of a new target for biodiversity. …
16 Mar 2010 | News story
