2012
Interview with Willem Ferwerda, new Special Advisor Business & Ecosystems
Willem Ferwerda, tropical ecologist, was director of the IUCN National Committee of The Netherlands from 2000 until March 2012. In his new role Ferwerda will support the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM) in making businesses and investors work for ecosystem restoration and management. As Chair of the Board of Patrons he will be actively involved in rolling out Leaders for Nature internationally. …
24 May 2012 | Article
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IUCN to build drought resilience in Kenya and Uganda through sound land and water management
A project to build drought resilience through land and water management has been launched by IUCN and will be implemented in Kenya and Uganda. Funded by the Austrian Development Cooperation, the project will target the Lower Tana Sub-Catchment in Kenya and the Upper Aswa-Agago Sub-Catchment in Uganda. The project builds upon and consolidates the achievements from other related projects that IUCN has implemented or is implementing in the target areas, and will be implemented in partnership with Water Resources Management Authority (WRMA) Tana Catchment and Fafi Integrated Development Association (FaIDA) in Kenya; and Directorate of Water Resources Management and Joy Drilling Deliverance Church in Uganda. …
24 May 2012 | Article
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UICN comparte su experiencia en Gobernanza del Agua en cuencas transfronterizas en Mesoamérica, gracias a la experiencia del proyecto BRIDGE.
Durante el seminario internacional de Cuencas transfronterizas organizado por la Universidad de Chapingo, México y el Instituto Chi Pixab de Guatemala; la Unidad de Gestión del Agua de UICN presentó las principales actividades que se realizan para fomentar los diálogos en las cuencas compartidas en la región. …
24 May 2012 | Article
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Picking up the doughnut and running with it
With Rio +20 just weeks away, the attention of those in the environment and development sectors is increasingly turning to issues around the green economy and how to achieve sustainable development. A recent discussion paper by Kate Raworth, Senior Researcher at Oxfam GB presents a visual framework that can be used to think about inclusive and sustainable economic development. In a recent interview, Raworth described the development of her idea. …
23 May 2012 | Article
Full force of the law needed to save stricken dugongs
Law enforcement is key to saving one of the world’s most threatened marine mammals - the Dugong (Dugong dugon) - and a project funded by SOS - Save Our Species is on the case in Mozambique. …
23 May 2012 | News story
El compromiso, la clave
Mensaje del Vicepresidente Mundial de la CPAES, Michel Pimbert …
23 May 2012 | News story
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Feria del Conocimiento del Agua en Tacaná, Guatemala
Como parte de la celebración del día internacional del agua 2012, durante los días 22 y 23 de marzo, se llevo a cabo en el municipio de Tacana, del departamento de San Marcos, la primera feria del conocimiento del agua “elemento fundamental para la seguridad alimentaria”. …
23 May 2012 | Article
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El mundo está listo para un enfoque más integrado de las políticas ambientales, económicas, sociales y culturales
Mensaje de la Presidenta Mundial de la CPAES, Aroha Te Pereake Mead …
23 May 2012 | News story
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Education environnementale : Amadou Moctar Mbow parrainne le réseau nouvellement crée
23 May 2012 | News story
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IUCN Presents Phase II of the Project, “Management of the Cahoacán River Basin, Chiapas, Mexico, through Conservation and Restoration of Microwatersheds to Prevent Damage from Excess Water”
Formal presentation of Cahoacán Project Phase II in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico, by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), funded by Fundación Gonzalo Río Arronte I.A.P. … | Spanish
23 May 2012 | News story
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