Tag: Defra
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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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‘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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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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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…