Category: conservation
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Seeking UK protected areas that are fit for purpose…
IUCN National Committee UK Protected Areas Working Group sets out key steps forward to ensure the UK’s protected area network(s) are fit for an increasingly uncertain future.
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Ecological Connectivity Conservation webinar recording now available
This webinar brings together international, national and local expertise in ecological connectivity conservation, together with a representative of business interests in this field.
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Ecological Connectivity Conservation – IUCN NCUK webinar, 4pm 1st June 2021
This IUCN National Committee UK webinar brings together international, national and local expertise in ecological connectivity conservation, and makes links with business interests in this field. Introducing the IUCN Guidelines for conserving connectivity through ecological networks and corridors published last year, we will examine how these guidelines might help in stimulating and delivering outcomes from…
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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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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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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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‘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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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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Roger Crofts receives Packard Award
The prestigious Packard Award is made by IUCN’s World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) in recognition of outstanding service to protected areas. The award is named after the individual who served as Secretary to the WCPA in the early 1970s. He established an award in recognition of “valour” which has been used to recognise rangers…