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The Water-Food-Energy Nexus: discussing solutions in Nairobi
By 2050 a global population of 9 billion will increase water demands by 55%, energy needs by 80%, and food demands by 60%. With these staggering numbers in mind, the need to carefully plan and manage the resources needed to secure these needs has never been a greater priority. …
28 May 2013 | News story
From risk to opportunity: reducing the risk of disasters the natural way
Healthy ecosystems and sound environmental management can go a long way in protecting people from disasters. But this fact is not yet widely appreciated among the many parties responsible for reducing the risk of disasters and responding to them once they happen. …
19 May 2013 | News story
Food Security: making the ecosystem connections
Worldwide, 870 million people go hungry every day. With the world population projected to exceed nine billion people by 2050, global agricultural output must expand by an estimated 60% to meet global food needs. …
16 May 2013 | News story
International Day for Biological Diversity - 22 May
The theme for 2013 is "water and biodiversity". Visit the website of the Convention on Biological Diversity for resources to mark the day. …
13 May 2013 | News story
New study shows importance of IUCN’s Red List of Ecosystems
A new global standard in assessing environmental risk, the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems, has been trialled on 20 ecosystems spanning six continents and three oceans. … | Spanish
08 May 2013 | International news release
European Commission launches strategy on green infrastructure
The European Commission has adopted a new strategy for encouraging the use of green infrastructure, and for ensuring that the enhancement of natural processes becomes a systematic part of spatial planning. Green infrastructure uses nature to provide ecological, economic and social benefits. Instead of building flood protection infrastructure, for example, a green infrastructure solution would be to allow a natural wetland to absorb the excess water from heavy rain. …
07 May 2013 | News story
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IUCN experts part of new online course on marine biology in the Deep Ocean
TED talks by aquatic explorers including IUCN patron Sylvia Earle, who share what they’ve seen in the Earth’s last frontier — the deep ocean, are now available as part of an online course. …
07 May 2013 | Article
Post2015 Process: The Water Thematic Consultation Report
Following the online UN Post2015 consultation process, a report on the thematic consultation on Water has been published and is now available for public commenting. …
26 Apr 2013 | News story
Ambassador Masahiko Horie appointed to IUCN Council
The IUCN Council has appointed Ambassador Masahiko Horie from Japan to fill a vacancy as a Regional Councillor from South and East Asia. … | French | Spanish
19 Apr 2013 | News story
Blog: Nature, the unseen dimension of the nexus – exposed!
By Rebecca Welling. Walking into my first UNECE meeting on the topic of the Nexus in transboundary basins, I was a little nervous and not sure what to expect. It was the first time I attended a meeting in the UN headquarters representing IUCN Water, and on top of this I was to do a presentation on the role of Nature in the Nexus the following morning. …
11 Apr 2013 | News story
