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Candidates in the running for 2016 IUCN Congress
Eight interested parties have responded to IUCN’s call to showcase themselves as the ultimate green venue for hosting the 2016 IUCN World Conservation Congress. …
16 May 2013 | News story
Conservation royalty awarded IUCN’s highest award
Distinguished conservationist, Sir David Attenborough, received the John C. Phillips Memorial Medal earlier this week at a special presentation at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London. …
15 May 2013 | News story
IUCN Congress 2016: a green opportunity
After a successful World Conservation Congress held in Jeju, Republic of Korea in 2012, IUCN is looking ahead to the next Congress in 2016, and has launched the search for a host country. Please note that the schedule for the process of selecting the Host Country has been modified. … | French | Spanish
15 Mar 2013 | News story
IUCN Congress fully offset
IUCN has fully offset the greenhouse gas emissions arising from the IUCN World Conservation Congress, which took place last September in Jeju, Republic of Korea. …
18 Feb 2013 | News story
Building partnerships for conservation
“Together we aim higher” – this is the outcome of the event organized during the IUCN World Conservation Congress by IUCN Regional Office for Europe and partners to present experiences of regional cooperation on nature conservation in South-Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus. …
16 Oct 2012 | Video
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Activités des Membres de l'UICN au Maroc
Depuis sa création en octobre 2011, le comité marocain s'est réuni officiellement à trois reprises. Par ailleurs, suite à la tenue du Congrès Mondiale de la Nature à Jéju en Corée du Sud du 6 au 15 septembre 2012, l'Association Ribat al Fath vient d'organiser une conférence de presse le 10 octobre 2012 en présence des ONG marocaines membres de l’UICN pour évaluer leur participation et contribution audit Congrès. …
12 Oct 2012 | News story
Engagement in IPBES – the top priority for IUCN
"IUCN’s commitment to materialize IPBES, which concretely works at the science-policy interface, marked another step during the recent IUCN World Conservation Congress," says Ms Cyrie Sendashonga, Global Director, Policy and Programme Group, IUCN Secretariat. …
10 Oct 2012 | News story
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New hope for boas and pythons
"There is so much to do to protect pythons and boas,” says Tomás Waller, Chair of the new IUCN Species Survival Commission Specialist Group dedicated to these species. Here he talks about their threats and what needs to be done to ensure a future for these iconic reptiles. …
01 Oct 2012 | News story
The Legal Aspects of Connectivity Conservation
Connectivity is the dynamic paradigm for conservation and land use. The IUCN Environmental Law Centre (ELC), in collaboration with the Protected Areas Programme (PAP), the Commission on Environmental Law (CEL) and World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), have produced a draft concept paper, “The Legal Aspects of Connectivity Conservation” , which reviews and analyzes the range of legal mechanisms that currently exist to support connectivity conservation and draws out key messages for the future of connectivity conservation law. …
25 Sep 2012 | News story
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The next four years according to Zhang Xinsheng
IUCN Members elected their new President this week at IUCN’s World Conservation Congress in Jeju Island, Korea. Mr Zhang Xinsheng of China will lead the world’s largest environmental organization for the next four years. He succeeds Ashok Khosla, who successfully represented IUCN since the last Congress held in Barcelona. The newly-elect President of IUCN speaks about his hopes and plans for the future. …
15 Sep 2012 | Video
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