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New report demonstrates business' positive impact on ecosystems
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) has launched a series of case studies from some of the world's biggest companies with a new report Biodiversity and ecosystem services: scaling up business solutions. …
08 Sep 2012 | News story
Go for “low carbon, green growth”
What biggest environmental challenge the Republic of Korea is facing? What is its latest environmental success? What expectations are raised by the 2012 IUCN World Conservation Congress? …
08 Sep 2012 | Video
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Nature Olympics 2012 day one
Day one of the biggest environmental event included high-level debates on the role of nature in tackling climate change to the launches of new scientific reports, Korean drum performances, Japanese singing and a surprise dance at the main hallway of the Congress venue. Take a look at the daily news wrap-up. …
08 Sep 2012 | Video
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La nature, le lien qui nous unit
Henri Djombo, Ministre de l'Économie forestière, de l'Environnement et du Développement durable, République du Congo, est un leader en termes de coopération internationale environnementale. …
08 Sep 2012 | Video
Acting on lessons from the tsunami: Japan plans new national park
Come 2013 the government of Japan will establish a new national park along areas heavily affected by the 2011 tsunami; a bold pursuit to invest in natural barriers against future natural hazards. This and more are the lessons and steps the government of Japan and its partners are sharing at the 2012 IUCN World Conservation Congress. … | French | Spanish
08 Sep 2012 | Audio
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Interview with Bolivian NGO on saving the Gran Chaco
IUCN's Veronica Moreno talks to experts from Bolivian organisation Nativa on their work with local authoriteis to save the Gran Chaco. Listen to the audio in Spanish.
Verónica Moreno, de UICN, entrevistó a los expertos bolivianos de la organización Nativa sobre la importancia del trabajo con autoridades locales en el Gran Chaco. Escuche la entrevista en Español. …
08 Sep 2012 | Audio
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IUCN Congress Flashmob
IUCN staff perform a surprise dance in the conference center. …
08 Sep 2012 | Video
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With climate legislation lagging, are nature-based solutions a fix?
The first in the series of highly anticipated World Leaders Dialogues involving a panel of prominent figures from both business and conservation saw a thoughtful discussion about the role that nature-based solutions can play in tackling climate change. … | French | Spanish
07 Sep 2012 | News story
Place forests under local control to increase incomes and sustainability
To increase the incomes of many of the billion forest-dependent people worldwide the current model for investment in forests must be turned on its head. An initiative of unprecedented scale, led by The Forests Dialogue (TFD), IUCN and the Growing Forests Partnerships (GFP), has found that optimizing the benefits and productivity of forests requires moving from a ‘resource-led’ model to a ‘rights-based’ system of ‘locally controlled forestry’, that places local control of forests at the heart of the investment process … | French | Spanish
07 Sep 2012 | News story
Launch of a new report on Protected Areas
Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, 7 September, 2012 (IUCN) – Protected Areas –parks, nature reserves and other natural areas– assist in reducing deforestation, habitat and species loss, and support the livelihoods of over one billion people, while containing 15 % of the world’s carbon stock, according to a new report released today at the World Conservation Congress. … | French | Spanish
07 Sep 2012 | International news release