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Candidates in the running for 2016 IUCN Congress

2013-05-16

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.

Conservation royalty awarded IUCN’s highest award

2013-05-15

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.

IUCN Congress 2016: a green opportunity

2013-03-15

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.

IUCN Congress fully offset

2013-02-18

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.

Building partnerships for conservation

2012-10-16

“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.

Activités des Membres de l'UICN au Maroc

2012-10-12

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.

Engagement in IPBES – the top priority for IUCN

2012-10-10

"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.

New hope for boas and pythons

2012-10-01

"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.

The future of World Heritage a major issue at Congress

2012-09-25

Discussions at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Jeju Korea included an extremely vibrant debate on World Heritage, with no less than eighteen different events.

The Legal Aspects of Connectivity Conservation

2012-09-25

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.

The next four years according to Zhang Xinsheng

2012-09-15

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.

Ten days of Jeju’s Nature Olympics

2012-09-15

10,000 people, 5,000 conservation experts from 153 countries, 600 events and many more.

Nature+: Towards a New Era of Conservation, Sustainability and Nature-based Solutions

2012-09-15

Jeju Declaration by the IUCN President, the Minister of Environment of the Republic of Korea, the Governor of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province and the Chairman of the Korean Organizing Committee on the occasion of the IUCN World Conservation Congress, September 2012

Best knowledge on mining impacts needed

2012-09-15

Two motions related to mining, proposed by Oceania Members of IUCN, were approved this morning by the Members' Assembly.

Green gets gold at Nature’s Olympics

2012-09-15

Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, 15 September 2012 (IUCN) – As economic difficulties continue to dominate international debate, IUCN’s World Conservation Congress has put nature back centre stage in the quest to recover our natural assets and use nature to solve a growing list of economic and social issues.

Business reliance on ecosystems

2012-09-15

As businesses linked to agriculture depend heavily on ecosystems for their source materials, it is increasingly recognized that ecosystem stewardship is an important part of securing their supply chains.

Call to strictly regulate Mediterranean offshore oil exploitation

2012-09-14

IUCN's Members Assembly has adopted a recommendation aimed at strictly regulating the development of offshore oil exploitation policies and projects in the Mediterranean.

Charting IUCN’s course for the next four years

2012-09-14

Today, at the IUCN World Conservation Congress, the Members Assembly approved the new IUCN Programme for the next four years, effectively defining where the Union's efforts will be directed in the coming years.

Responsible energy

2012-09-14

The intersection of energy production and nature conservation has been a prominent subject at the 2012 IUCN Congress. Evidence of that was seen in the motions process, where recommendations on climate change, the impact of energy generation on the environment, and responsible renewable energy sources were all presented for adoption.

Emotions in motion

2012-09-14

The Member’s Assembly, the highest decision-making body of IUCN, is a unique global environmental parliament of governments and NGOs. It adopts resolutions and recommendations on important conservation issues, as well as IUCN’s programme of work for the next four years; elects new IUCN President and Council. Members can also put forward motions (draft decisions) on issues ranging from strengthening the motions process, increasing youth engagement, saving the world’s most threatened species, and IUCN’s name.