Tag: Environment
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Nature Education for Sustainability Webinar
The IUCN NCUK Education and Communication Working Group ran a webinar this week focussed on Nature Education for Sustainability! We were so pleased to host our two expert speakers, Erin Threlfall and Mary Colwell to talk to us about their work and inspire some great discussions around this topic. Please enjoy the recording and find…
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ECWG Introductory Webinar
We are pleased to introduce to you our new Education and Communications Working Group! This webinar was run by the Education and Communication Working Group (ECWG) on behalf of the IUCN National Committee for the UK and was recorded on the 24th October 2022. The ECWG took this opportunity to introduce the purpose of the working group, the working group members,…
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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 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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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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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…