2013
Momentum rolls on with Fiji's national biodiversity plan
National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) are the principal instruments for implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) at the national level and in the past few months IUCN has been supporting the Fiji Government, an IUCN State Member, to review its existing NBSAP Implementation Framework (2010 - 2014). …
21 Mar 2013 | Article
Nace la Red de Mujeres Lideresas por el Cambio
La semana pasada en la ciudad de Buenos Aires, por 24 mujeres reconocidas por su liderazgo en ocho países de América Latina, alumnas de GWIM- CEDPA, constituyeron la RedMUA-Mujeres Agentes de Cambio. Mua significa en lengua embera “yo”, y para este grupo significa un gran compromiso con todas las mujeres del mundo, sus causas, sus sueños, su crecimiento, su empoderamiento. …
21 Mar 2013 | Article
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Water cooperation in Mesoamerica: Interview with Rocio Cordoba
Continuing our countdown to World Water Day, which is celebrated each year on 22 March, we zoom in on Costa Rica to interview IUCN's Rocio Cordoba on water cooperation in the Mesoamerica region. … | Spanish
21 Mar 2013 | News story
Join the International Day of Forests celebrations by planting your pledge for action!
More than 1.6 billion people around the world depend on forests for their livelihoods, not just for food but also for fuel, livestock grazing and for medicine. …
21 Mar 2013 | News story
Helping governments, helping species
The CITES CoP 16 was an important event for the Pacific and IUCN's Helen Pippard was there to support the Pacific delegation. …
20 Mar 2013 | Article
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
