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Top global platform on biodiversity and its benefits established
After several years of international negotiations, the final operational design of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) was agreed upon during the Second Plenary Session to build IPBES held in Panama City, Panama, from 16-21 April 2012. …
24 Apr 2012 | News story
IUCN Director General Calls for Women’s Access to Energy at the EU Sustainable Energy for All Summit
IUCN Director General Julia Marton-Lefèvre called for education and career opportunities for women in the energy sector during the “EU Sustainable Energy for All Summit”, which brought together high-profile speakers including European Commission’s President José Manuel Barroso and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. …
23 Apr 2012 | News story
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Germany to host IPBES secretariat
The secretariat of IPBES, a global platform on biodiversity and its benefits, will be located in Bonn, Germany. The German offer won the voting which took place during the second plenary session to build IPBES, in Panama City, Panama. …
20 Apr 2012 | News story
Linking IUCN science to global action
IUCN is ready to participate actively and share its most prominent knowledge products with an emerging global platform on biodiversity and its benefits (IPBES). Learn more on IUCN’s knowledge, tools and standards and discover how these can help IPBES linking science to action. …
20 Apr 2012 | News story
2020VISION: UK photographers making space for nature
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) report, DEFRA’s National Ecosystem Assessment, the UK Biodiversity Action Plan, and “Making Space for Nature”, Professor Sir John Lawton’s review of England’s wildlife sites are all essential reading for conservation professionals and campaigners. Yet if the important issues raised in these documents are to be pushed higher up the political agenda, they first need to prick the public conscience and become mainstream topics of conversation. …
20 Apr 2012 | News story
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IUCN offers conservation knowledge for global nature platform
The world needs a stronger link between government policy and scientific facts regarding nature and its benefits. IUCN is taking part in the second plenary session of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), 16-21 April, Panama City, Panama. …
13 Apr 2012 | News story
Joint planning for protected areas
The first quarter of 2012 saw the first phase of the preparation of the management plans for the Buna River and Surrounding Wetlands Protected Landscape, and the Shebenik-Jabllanicë National Park in the framework of a project led by IUCN in Albania. …
12 Apr 2012 | News story
European Parliament voices concern over Virunga National Park thanks to IUCN encouragement
The Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has recently been the subject of actions by European Parliamentarians encouraged by IUCN. …
12 Apr 2012 | News story
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Birds in Europe 3, 2, 1… launch!
In early February, 100 ornithologists and stakeholders from 40 countries defied the harsh winter weather and met in the southern Czech town of Mikulov, to launch the exciting three-year project “Birds in Europe 3”. …
11 Apr 2012 | News story
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