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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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Join IUCN Members at the David Attenborough Building in Cambridge, from 10.30, May 17th 2019
Join us at the David Attenborough Building in Cambridge for an engaging day with IUCN colleagues Meet with other IUCN Organisation Members and Commission Members in the UK at the annual Members Meeting and AGM. This free event will include a facilitated workshop from colleagues at Arup on the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals,…
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IUCN NCUK Members Meeting and AGM 2019
Notice is hereby given that the IUCN National Committee UK Members Meeting and Annual General Meeting for 2019 will take place at the David Attenborough Building in central Cambridge on Friday the 17th May 2019. Programme and papers to follow. At the AGM, we shall seek to appoint a new Chair-elect for the National Committee,…
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Thriving Together – an opportunity to support conservation advocacy
The Thriving Together campaign is led by an IUCN member, the Margaret Pyke Trust, based in the UK. David Johnson, the Trust’s Chief Executive, provides the following background: On World Population Day in July 2019, we will publish the ‘Thriving Together’ statement and the names of the anticipated 100+ conservation NGOs and reproductive health NGOs…
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