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Two IUCN regions meet in Prague
Hosted by the Czech Republic Ministry for the Environment and coordinated by IUCN Regional Councillor Michael Hosek, over 30 delegates came to the bi-regional ‘informal’ meeting this week. IUCN Members, Commissions, National Committees, Regional Councillors and the Secretariat were represented to discuss some important issues which affect many aspects of IUCN’s effectiveness. The latest results…
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Hugh Synge obituary
You can read this article in The Guardian by Peter Marren, with contributions by IUCN’s Global Director, Dr Jane Smart, here Botanist and conservationist who was one of the founders of the UK’s leading wild plant charity, Plantlife The botanist Hugh Synge, who has died of cancer aged 67, was a roving ambassador for wild plants.…
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UK is a global leader in the reporting of Protected Area Management Effectiveness (PAME)
The Global Database on Protected Area Management Effectiveness (GD-PAME) is the most comprehensive global database of management effectiveness assessments for protected areas. It indicates whether a protected area, included in the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA), has been assessed via a methodology assessing management effectiveness. The GD-PAME is a searchable database that includes assessments submitted…
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Helping IUCN Members work better together
The Global Directory of IUCN National and Regional Committees is now available to view and contains information on the activities of these members of the IUCN family as well as their contact details. You will see from this document that there are more than 60 officially recognised IUCN National Committees and 7 Regional Committees as…
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IUCN ‘Informal’ Regional Members meeting in Prague announced
An IUCN ‘Informal’ Regional Members Meeting will take place in Prague on the 24th and 25th September 2018, hosted by the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic. There are a limited number of places remaining for this meeting but IUCN Members and their National Committees from the West Europe, East Europe, North and…
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IUCN70 celebrated with Nature and Human Wellbeing event in London
Happy Birthday IUCN! The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s 70th anniversary was celebrated in style by the IUCN National Committee UK and guests in London on the 2nd May 2018. Hosted by new IUCN Member the Margaret Pyke Trust and Population Sustainability Network at the Finsbury Circus offices of supporting partner law firm Stephenson…
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Defra Minister expected at IUCN70 Nature and Human Wellbeing meeting
The organisers of IUCN70 ‘Nature and Human Wellbeing’ are pleased to announce UK Government Environment Minister Thérèse Coffey MP is expected (subject to other government engagements) at the upcoming event on 2nd May in the City of London. With only a week to go, there are only a few days left to register for this event as bookings close…
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‘Nature and Human Wellbeing’ – new speakers announced at IUCN NCUK event
The IUCN National Committee UK is pleased to announce three additional speakers to the programme of ‘Nature and Human Wellbeing – Scoring Common Goals‘ on the 2nd May in London: Emily Auckland, Network Director and Co-Chair, UK Stakeholders for Sustainable Development Judy Ling Wong, Trustee, London National Park City and President of the Black Environment Network…
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‘In depth’ discussions start on UK marine protected areas management effectiveness
Cracking meeting today in Peterborough with JNCC and WWF marine experts discussing current positions on the UK’s marine protected areas and their management effectiveness. Could be the start of something big. Lots of players in this arena so we hope to be in touch with you (or you with us?). Stephen Grady, Pete Chaniotis and…
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Nature comes first in Wales
We are pleased to report that the National Committee UK’s intervention with UK members of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) , along with others with similar views, seems to have led to the withdrawal of the more damaging aspects of a set of proposals advanced by the Welsh Government in their ‘Sustainable Management…
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