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IUCN’s Contribution to the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration webinar – Cory Nash, 27th April 2021
Here you can find the slides from the presentation given by Cory Nash in the run-up to the launch of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration in early June, including links the various resources which will enable active participation as a contributor to this global initiative. This webinar was a precursor to the next IUCN…
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A Conversation with the IUCN Director-General
The IUCN National Committee UK hosted a webinar ‘A Conversation with the IUCN Director-General’ on the 16th March 2021, in which the IUCN DG, Dr Bruno Oberle, presented himself, his vision and some new IUCN initiatives to an audience of over 50 IUCN organisation and Commission Members. He also responded to questions from those participating…
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Threatened Species Recovery Planning webinar
The presentation, ‘Threatened Species Recovery Planning’ by Dr Jamie Copsey from the IUCN Species Survival Commission’s Conservation Planning Specialist Group, was well received by 65 participants attending the webinar, on the 23rd February 2021. This was the first in the 2021 webinar programme being provided by the IUCN National Committee UK. You can view the…
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IUCN Motions voting process is open and ends Wednesday 21st October: PLEASE VOTE!
Dear IUCN NCUK / UK colleagues, This is a reminder that the 2020 IUCN Motions voting process is now well under way, and which will finish on Wednesday 21st October 2020. This is to strongly encourage all UK organisation members with authorised vote-holders to actively participate in this crucial part of engagement within our democratic…
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IUCN NCUK Members’ Meeting and AGM CANCELLED, 26th March 2020
Please be informed that, with regret, our IUCN National Committee UK Members’ Meeting (including the Annual General Meeting) due to take place next Thursday 26th March in Cambridge has been cancelled. We have been closely monitoring the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation this past week to decide what is the right course of action in terms of our duty of care for…
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‘One Nature, One Future – perspectives towards an Ecological Civilisation’, 26th March, Cambridge, registration now open
Do you know what is meant by an ‘Ecological Civilisation’? Have you knowledge on how we might get to become one? Join some great speakers and friendly colleagues at this year’s meeting of the IUCN National Committee UK, hosted at the IUCN offices in the David Attenborough Building in Cambridge on the 26th March, where…
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Briefing on engagement for UK Members on Motions to the 2020 IUCN World Conservation Congress in Marseille
IUCN World Conservation Congress, Marseille, 11-19 June 2020 Motions –– timeframe and guidance on engagement for IUCN’s UK Members Contents of this briefing: Accessing the draft Motions Timeframe to add in comments and or suggested amendments to the current version of each Motion Motions submitted by Members IUCN Council-sponsored Motions List of Motions for amendments…
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Seasonal best wishes from the IUCN National Committee UK
With 2019 nearly behind us we look forward to working with you in the ‘environment super-year’ of 2020. This year, the beginning of a new decade, is important not just for the number of environment-related conferences that will be going on, vital benchmarks for progress though they are. 2020 is also a year in which…
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IUCN UK MEMBER LEADS GLOBAL CAMPAIGN ON WORLD POPULATION DAY
The Thriving Together campaign recognises that family planning is critically important not only for women and girls but also for the environment and biodiversity Today, World Population Day, ten UK-based IUCN Members are among the 151 leading environmental and reproductive health organisations to pledge support for a first-of-its-kind campaign: Thriving Together. The Sustainable Development Goals…
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IUCN Regional Conservation Forum, Europe, North & Central Asia, Rotterdam 2019 #IUCNRCFRotterdam
More than 20 IUCN Member organisations and Commission Members from the UK attended the RCF in Rotterdam last week. Despite the sombre findings of the recent IPBES report and against a background of dire and unprecedented degradation of the natural world, the meeting was relatively upbeat. Maybe urgency creates focus, certainly the need for…
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