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Holcim Awards Gold prize for sustainable construction to Fez in Morocco
This innovative approach to sustainable construction project was selected for the top international prize from almost 5000 plans and visions from 121 countries. IUCN Director General Julia Marton-Lefèvre and celebrated architects and building professionals presented on 16 July the trophy at a hand-over event in Fez , Morocco …
17 Jul 2009 | News story
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The Environmental Information Revolution - A Forum
Climate change has spurred an unprecedented demand for information about our changing planet. Decision makers need timely, accurate, scientifically sound and relevant information. IUCN CEC Chair Keith Wheeler will moderate one of several high-powered panels on this issue at a Washington D.C. forum on July 30, 2009. Panel topics include private sector opportunity; Earth Observations and how to deliver information about carbon and oceans; managing risk and guiding climate change adaptation; and financing the environmental information revolution.
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16 Jul 2009 | News story
Le temps des entreprises biodiversité
Quels sont les points communs entre les excursions d’écotourisme, les fleurs sauvages, les plantes médicinales et aromatiques, les huiles essentielles, les tisanes et les confitures ? Ils sont tous le résultat d’un écosystème sain. … | English
16 Jul 2009 | News story
Banking on Biodiversity
The members of the Pacific Islands Roundtable for Nature Conservation met in Honiara from 28 June to the 2 July 2009 to discuss the state of the Pacific Islands environment and review commitments to the Pacific Islands Action Strategy for Nature Conservation and Protected Areas. “Banking on Biodiversity” is the product of those discussions and a call to action in response to the growing threats to the Pacific Islands Region. …
07 Jul 2009 | News story
Waste Management Highlighted in IUCN, Holcim Summer Campaign
Communities are not often encouraged to talk trash, but at the June 5-6 launch ceremonies sponsored by IUCN VN and Holcim Vietnam Ltd. (HVL), that is exactly what they did. … | Vietnamese
17 Jun 2009 | News story
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Shell starts to sell advanced biofuel
IUCN is pleased to hear that second generation biofuels is being sold at a Shell service station in Canada as part of a month-long demonstration. …
11 Jun 2009 | News story
BBP Annual Report 2008
"Synergies" is the 2008 Annual Report of the Business and Biodiversity Programme (BBP) …
29 May 2009 | News story
IUCN and Nespresso to sign landmark agreement to make aluminium greener
IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and Nestlé Nespresso S.A., the world’s leading provider of single-portioned highest-quality premium coffee, are to sign an agreement to make aluminium more sustainable.
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29 May 2009 | News story
Biofuel potential for rural development
Biofuels have the potential to contribute greatly to rural development and increase the sustainable energy options to rural communities. …
12 May 2009 | News story
