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France
France (English
i/ˈfræns/ FRANSS or /ˈfrɑːns/ FRAHNSS; French: [fʁɑ̃s] (
listen)), officially the French Republic (French: République française [ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛz]), is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. It is often referred to as l’Hexagone ("The Hexagon") because of the geometric shape of its territory. It is the largest western European country and it possesses the second-largest exclusive economic zone in the world, covering 11,035,000 km2 (4,260,000 sq mi), just behind that of the United States (11,351,000 km2 / 4,383,000 sq mi).
Over the past 500 years, France has been a major power with strong cultural, economic, military and political influence in Europe and around the world. During the 17th and 18th centuries, France colonised great parts of North America and Southeast Asia; during the 19th and early 20th centuries, France built the second largest colonial empire of the time, including large portions of North, West and Central Africa, Southeast Asia, and many Caribbean and Pacific Islands.
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Iceland
Icelandi/ˈaɪslənd/ (Icelandic: Ísland, IPA: [ˈislant]) is a Nordic European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The country has a population of about 320,000 and a total area of 103,000 km2 (40,000 sq mi). The capital and largest city is Reykjavík, with the surrounding areas in the southwestern region of the country being home to two-thirds of the country's population. Iceland is volcanically and geologically active. The interior mainly consists of a plateau characterised by sand fields, mountains and glaciers, while many glacial rivers flow to the sea through the lowlands. Iceland is warmed by the Gulf Stream and has a temperate climate despite a high latitude just outside the Arctic Circle.
According to Landnámabók, the settlement of Iceland began in AD 874 when the chieftain Ingólfur Arnarson became the first permanent Norse settler on the island. Others had visited the island earlier and stayed over winter. Over the following centuries, Norsemen settled Iceland, bringing with them thralls (slaves) of Gaelic origin. From 1262 to 1918 Iceland was part of the Norwegian and later the Danish monarchies. Until the 20th century, the Icelandic population relied largely on fisheries and agriculture, and the country was one of the poorest and least developed in the world. Industrialisation of the fisheries and aid from the Marshall Plan brought prosperity in the years after World War II, and by the 1990s it was one of the world's wealthiest countries. In 1994, Iceland became party to the European Economic Area, which made it possible for the economy to diversify into economic and financial services.
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Rwanda
Rwanda
/ruːˈɑːndə/ or /ruːˈændə/, officially the Republic of Rwanda (Kinyarwanda: Repubulika y'u Rwanda; French: République du Rwanda), is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.7 million (2012). Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. All of Rwanda is at high elevation, with a geography dominated by mountains in the west, savanna in the east, and numerous lakes throughout the country. The climate is temperate, with two rainy seasons and two dry seasons every year.
The population is young and predominantly rural, with a density among the highest in Africa. Rwandans form three groups: the Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa. The Twa are a pygmy people who descend from Rwanda's earliest inhabitants, but scholars disagree on the origins of and differences between the Hutu and Tutsi; some believe that they are derived from former social castes, while others view them as being races or tribes. Christianity is the largest religion in the country, and the principal language is Kinyarwanda, which is spoken by most Rwandans. Rwanda has a presidential system of government. The President is Paul Kagame of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF). Rwanda has low corruption compared with neighbouring countries, but human rights organisations allege suppression of opposition groups, intimidation, and restrictions on freedom of speech. The country has been governed by a strict administrative hierarchy since precolonial times; there are currently five provinces, which are delineated by borders drawn in 2006.
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Switzerland
Switzerland (German: die Schweiz[ˈʃvaɪts]; French: Suisse [sɥis(ə)]; Italian: Svizzera [ˈzvit͡sːɛra]; Romansh: Svizra [ˈʒviːtsrɐ] or [ˈʒviːtsʁːɐ]), in its full name the Swiss Confederation (Latin: Confoederatio Helvetica, hence its abbreviation CH), is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in western Europe, where it is bordered by Germany to the north, France to the west, Italy to the south, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east.
Switzerland is a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura, spanning an area of 41,285 km2 (15,940 sq mi). While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, the Swiss population of approximately 8 million people is concentrated mostly on the Plateau, where the largest cities are to be found. Among them are the two global cities and economic centres of Zurich and Geneva.
The Swiss Confederation has a long history of armed neutrality—it has not been in a state of war internationally since 1815—and did not join the United Nations until 2002. It pursues, however, an active foreign policy and is frequently involved in peace-building processes around the world. Switzerland is also the birthplace of the Red Cross and home to a large number of international organizations, including the second largest UN office. On the European level, it is a founding member of the European Free Trade Association and is part of the Schengen Area – although it is notably not a member of the European Union, nor the European Economic Area.
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Vatnajökull
Vatnajökull [ˈvaʰdnaˌjœːkʏtl̥] (English: Glacier of Rivers) is the largest glacier in Iceland. It is located in the south-east of the island, covering more than 8% of the country.
With an area of 8,100 km², Vatnajökull is the largest ice cap in Europe by volume (3,100 km³) and the second largest (after Austfonna on Nordaustlandet, Norway) in area (not counting the still larger Severny Island ice cap of Novaya Zemlya, Russia, which may be regarded as located in the extreme northeast of Europe). On 7 June 2008, it became a part of the Vatnajökull National Park.
The average thickness of the ice is thus 400 m (1,300 ft), with a maximum thickness of 1,000 m (3,300 ft). Iceland's highest peak, Hvannadalshnúkur (2,109.6 m (6,921 ft)), is located in the southern periphery of Vatnajökull, near Skaftafell National Park.
Under the ice cap, as under many of the glaciers of Iceland, there are several volcanoes. The volcanic lakes, Grímsvötn for example, were the sources of a large jökulhlaup (glacial lake outburst flood) in 1996. There was also a considerable but short-time eruption of the volcano under these lakes at the beginning of November 2004. In May 21, 2011 a volcanic eruption started í Grímsvötn in Vatnajökull National Park at around 7 p.m. The plume reached as high as 20 kilometers. During the last ice age, numerous volcanic eruptions occurred under Vatnajökull, creating many subglacial eruptions.
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Achim Steiner
Achim Steiner (born 1961 in Brazil) is a German expert in environmental politics. From 2001 to 2006 he was Director General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Since June 2006 he has been Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Acting on the nomination of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the UN General Assembly unanimously elected Steiner as the Executive Director of UNEP on 16 March 2006 for a four-year term, effective 15 June 2006. In this office he succeeded Klaus Töpfer. He became the fifth Executive Director in UNEP's history. From 1 March 2009 to 15 March 2011, Steiner was also Director-General of the UN Offices at Nairobi (UNON).
At its 83rd plenary meeting, on 22 April 2010, the General Assembly, on the proposal of the Secretary-General, re-elected Steiner as Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme for another four-year term of office beginning on 15 June 2010 and ending on 14 June 2014.
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Farley Mowat
Farley McGill Mowat, OC, born May 12, 1921 is a conservationist and one of Canada's most widely-read authors.
His works have been translated into 52 languages and he has sold more than 14 million books. He achieved fame with the publication of his books on the Canadian North, such as People of the Deer (1952) and Never Cry Wolf (1963). The latter, an account of his experiences with wolves in the Arctic, was made into a film, released in 1983.
Mowat's advocacy for environmental causes and a writing style that "never let[s] the facts get in the way of the truth," have earned him both praise and criticism: "few readers remain neutral." Nevertheless, his influence is undeniable: Never Cry Wolf is credited with shifting the mythology and fear of wolves. His stories are fast-paced, gripping, personal, and conversational. Descriptions of Mowat refer to his "commitment to ideals," "poetic descriptions and vivid images," but also to his strong antipathies, which provoke "ridicule, lampoons and, at times, evangelical condemnation."
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Hugh Elliott
Sir Hugh Francis Ivo Elliott, 3rd Baronet (Allahabad March 10, 1913 – December 21, 1989) was an eminent British ornithologist and administrator of Tristan da Cunha (1950–1952). He attended University College, Oxford, was editor of the Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club and was president of the British Ornithologists' Union from 1975 to 1979. He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1961.
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Jean Georges Baer
Jean-Georges Baer (February 12, 1902 – February 21, 1975) was a Swiss parasiotologist and environmentalist.
Born in England, he studied in Neuchâtel, Geneva, and in Paris, where he worked with Charles Joyeux. His book "Ecology of animal parasites" (1951) is considered a classic in the field. Baer published more than 250 articles, among them fundamental work on Temnocephalida (a kind of flatworm parasite) and on tapeworms.
Baer was a member of several scientific societies, vice president of the International Union of Biological Societies, and from 1958 to 1963 president of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
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Julia Marton-Lefèvre
Julia Marton-Lefèvre is Director General of IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) the world’s largest conservation/environment membership organization which brings together states, government agencies, non-governmental organizations, scientists and experts in a unique worldwide partnership. IUCN’s mission is to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable.
Prior to this, Marton-Lefèvre was Rector of the University for Peace (UPEACE), a graduate-level international university, mandated by the United Nations, providing education, training and research on issues related to peace and conflict. Earlier offices held by Marton-Lefèvre include Executive Director of LEAD (Leadership for Environment and Development) International , a programme established by The Rockefeller Foundation to bring together and train mid-career leaders from all parts of the world in improving their leadership skills around the issues of sustainable development and Executive Director of the International Council for Science (ICSU), an important and respected global organization bringing together scientific academies and unions to promote scientific activities for the benefit of humanity. Marton-Lefèvre is a member of a number of boards, councils and committees for organizations such as the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED), an advisory body to the Chinese Government, the World Future Council, UPEACE, LEAD International, the Bibliotheca Alexandria, the Geneva-based Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Oxford University’s James Martin 21st Century School.
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Julian Huxley
Sir Julian Sorell Huxley FRS (22 June 1887 – 14 February 1975) was an English evolutionary biologist, humanist and internationalist. He was a proponent of natural selection, and a leading figure in the mid-twentieth century evolutionary synthesis. He was Secretary of the Zoological Society of London (1935–1942), the first Director of UNESCO, and a founding member of the World Wildlife Fund.
Huxley was well known for his presentation of science in books and articles, and on radio and television. He directed an Oscar-winning wildlife film. He was awarded UNESCO's Kalinga Prize for the popularisation of science in 1953, the Darwin Medal of the Royal Society in 1956, and the Darwin–Wallace Medal of the Linnaean Society in 1958. He was also knighted in that same year, 1958, a hundred years after Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace announced the theory of evolution by natural selection. In 1959 he received a Special Award of the Lasker Foundation in the category Planned Parenthood – World Population. Huxley was a prominent member of the British Eugenics Society and its president from 1959–1962.
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Martin Holdgate
Sir Martin Wyatt Holdgate CB (born 14 January 1931 in Horsham, England) is an English biologist and environmental scientist.
Holdgate was born in Horsham, England on 14 January 1931, and was educated at Arnold School. He then attended Cambridge University as an undergraduate at Queens' College, Cambridge from 1949, graduating in 1952 with degrees in zoology and botany.
Holdgate has received numerous awards and honours for his work.
Holdgate is also a member and fellow of the Institute of Biology, making him a Chartered Biologist, and entitling him to use the designations C.Biol and F.I.Biol.
Holdgate's publications include the following:
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Mohamed Kassas
Mohamed Kassas (July 6, 1921-March 21, 2012) is an Egyptian botanist and conservationist. He was professor emeritus for Botany at the University of Cairo.
He studied at the University of Cairo, where he received a B.Sc. in 1944 and a M.Sc. in 1947, and at the University of Cambridge (Ph.D. in 1950). A specialist in the ecology of desert plants, and was among the first to publish on the topic of desertification. Kassas was an advisory member of the United Nations Environment Programme from its beginning, and from 1978 to 1984 president of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). In 1981, he was appointed a member of the Shura Council, the upper house of the Parliament of Egypt.
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Monkombu Swaminathan
Maankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan (born 7 August 1925) is an Indian agricultural scientist. He currently serves as a Member of Parliament from Rajya Sabha and is also member of the National Advisory Council.
Swaminathan is known as the "Father of the Green Revolution in India", for his leadership and success in introducing and further developing high-yielding varieties of wheat in India. He is the founder and Chairman of the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation. His stated vision is to rid the world of hunger and poverty. Dr. Swaminathan is an advocate of moving India to sustainable development, especially using environmentally sustainable agriculture, sustainable food security and the preservation of biodiversity, which he calls an "evergreen revolution"
In 1999, Time magazine placed him in the Time 20 list of most influential Asian people of the 20th century.
Swaminathan’s family was among the most important in the village of Moncombu. Generations before, the rajah of Ambalapuzha had traveled to the neighboring region of Tamil Nadu. He had been very impressed by the scholars at the Thanjavur court and requested that one such scholar be sent to his province. Enji Venkatachella Iyer, Swaminathan’s ancestor, was chosen to move to Ambalapuzha. The rajah was so delighted and struck by Venkatachella Iyer’s knowledge of the scriptures that he gifted him acres of land comprising the village of Monkombu. The family came to be called the Kottaram family (‘kottaram’ means palace).
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Richard Wrangham
Richard W. Wrangham (born 1948) is a British primatologist. He is the Ruth Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology at Harvard University and his research group is now part of the newly established Department of Human Evolutionary Biology.
He is co-director of the Kibale Chimpanzee Project, the long-term study of the Kanyawara chimpanzees in Kibale National Park, Uganda. His research culminates in the study of human evolution in which he draws conclusions based on the behavioural ecology of apes. As a graduate student, Wrangham studied under Robert Hinde and Jane Goodall.
He is the co-author of the book Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence with Dale Peterson. He is also a vegetarian.
Along with Eloy Rodriguez, Wrangham helped to introduce the concept of zoopharmacognosy. Wrangham is considered "one of the pioneers of the study of chimp self-medication".
Among the recent courses he teaches in the Human Evolutionary Biology (HEB) concentration at Harvard are HEB 1330 Primate Social Behaviour and HEB 1565 Theories of Sexual Coercion (co-taught with Professor Diane Rosenfeld from Harvard Law School). In March 2008, he was appointed House Master of Currier House at Harvard College.
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Roger Heim
Roger Heim (February 12, 1900 – September 17, 1979) was a French botanist specialising in mycology and tropical phytopathology. He was known for his studies describing the anatomy of the mushroom hymenium, the systematics and phylogeny of higher fungi (especially the related genera Lactarius and Russula, the Russulales and Secotium), the mycology of tropical fungi such as Termitomyces, as well as ethnomycological work on hallucinogenic fungi, like Psilocybe and Stropharia. In his career he published over 560 articles, scientific reviews, and major works in fields like botany, chemistry, education, forestry, horticulture, liberal arts, medicine and zoology.
Heim studied at the University of Paris (D.Sc., 1931) and Uppsala University, Sweden (Hon. Ph.D.) and went on to become the director of the French National Museum of Natural History, a post he held from 1951 to 1965. In this period of time, he presided the 8th International Botanical Congress held in Paris in 1954.
Among the many awards Heim received in his lifetime, he was a Grand Officier de la Légion d'Honneur and Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
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Valli Moosa
Mohammed Valli Moosa (born 8 February 1957 in Johannesburg), who is a South African of Indian origin, was active in the United Democratic Front. In the early 1990s, he participated for the ANC in the Negotiations to end Apartheid. In the government of national unity, he was Deputy Minister for Provincial and Constitutional Affairs (1994 - 1996), after the exodus of the National Party he became Minister in this department.
In 1999, he took office as the Environment and Tourism Minister of South Africa. In this position, he has worked to raise the awareness of the problem of litter, jokingly naming plastic shopping bags the "national flower" and pushing to introduce a minimum legal thickness of 30 micrometres to increase their cost, reusability, and recyclability. He was elected President of IUCN — the World Conservation Union at the 3rd World Conservation Congress in Bangkok in November 2004. He was also non-executive Chairman of Eskom and Sun International.
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Yolanda Kakabadse
Yolanda Kakabadse Navarro (b. 1948) is a conservationist from Ecuador.
After studies in Educational psychology at the Catholic University of Quito, she became involved in environmental issues. She was a founder of the Fundación Natura in Quito and was its executive director from 1979 to 1990. At the Rio Earth Summit, she acted as NGO liaison. In 1993, she was a founder of the Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano and served until 2006 as the executive president of this NGO. From August 1998 to January 2000, she served as Minister of Environment in the government of Ecuador. From 1996 to 2004, she was president of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and since January 2010, she is president of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Kakabadse is also a trustee of the Ford Foundation and a board member of the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction since 2004.
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What is IUCN? (English)
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- Updated: 12 Dec 2012
Discover IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), the world's largest global environmental network. We are working in more than 160 countries, gathering the latest knowledge on biodiversity, running hundreds of conservation projects around the world and being nature's voice on the international stage. Watch this video and find out who we are and how we work for a just world that values and conserves nature.
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Discover IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), the world's largest global environmental network. We are working in more than 160 countries, gathering the latest knowledge on biodiversity, running hundreds of conservation projects around the world and being nature's voice on the international stage. Watch this video and find out who we are and how we work for a just world that values and conserves nature.
What kind of world do we want? IUCN extinction crisis video
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Visit the IUCN website here: iucn.org IUCN video about the crisis of biodiversity and species extinction, and the main causes of it.
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Visit the IUCN website here: iucn.org IUCN video about the crisis of biodiversity and species extinction, and the main causes of it.
- published: 22 Jan 2010
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IUCN Red List 2011
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- Updated: 12 Dec 2012
Footage to accompany the latest update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.
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Footage to accompany the latest update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.
- published: 09 Nov 2011
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IUCN 60th anniversary video
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- Updated: 14 Dec 2012
Visit the IUCN website here: iucn.org From its creation in France in 1948 to its 4th World Conservation Congress in Barcelona in 2008, this video looks back on 60 years of IUCN and the milestones that influenced the international conservation agenda.
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Visit the IUCN website here: iucn.org From its creation in France in 1948 to its 4th World Conservation Congress in Barcelona in 2008, this video looks back on 60 years of IUCN and the milestones that influenced the international conservation agenda.
- published: 08 Feb 2010
- views: 2140
- author: iucn
IUCN Congress Flashmob Full Release
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- Updated: 18 Nov 2012
Watch the full 3-minute version of IUCN's first Flashmob in history. Many more to come
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Watch the full 3-minute version of IUCN's first Flashmob in history. Many more to come
- published: 11 Sep 2012
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Convention on Biological Diversity negotiations: Message from IUCN's Deputy Director General
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- Duration: 3:43
- Updated: 21 Feb 2011
Visit the IUCN website here: iucn.org IUCN's Deputy Director General bill Jackson gives his expectations for the next CBD meeting in Nairobi in May 2010, and IUCN's support for the creation of a new Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
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Visit the IUCN website here: iucn.org IUCN's Deputy Director General bill Jackson gives his expectations for the next CBD meeting in Nairobi in May 2010, and IUCN's support for the creation of a new Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
- published: 30 Apr 2010
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Interview with IUCN Congress Director
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- Updated: 07 Sep 2012
Enrique Lahmann, IUCN Congress Director outlines the issues that will be at stake in Korea.
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Enrique Lahmann, IUCN Congress Director outlines the issues that will be at stake in Korea.
- published: 26 Jan 2012
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From the Karakorum to Kalimantan: IUCN's work in Asia
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Aban Marker Kabraji, IUCN Regional Director in Asia talks about conservation challenges and opportunities in Asia.
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Aban Marker Kabraji, IUCN Regional Director in Asia talks about conservation challenges and opportunities in Asia.
- published: 15 Aug 2011
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IUCN Congress flashmob
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- Updated: 21 Nov 2012
IUCN Congress flashmob
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Sava River IUCN
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Visit the IUCN website here: iucn.org Societies once torn by conflict are now working together to preserve the Sava River and its intact floodplains, on which they all depend. www.iucn.org
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Visit the IUCN website here: iucn.org Societies once torn by conflict are now working together to preserve the Sava River and its intact floodplains, on which they all depend. www.iucn.org
- published: 17 Jul 2009
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IUCN Red List of Ecosystems explained
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- Updated: 17 Sep 2012
How to know if an ecosystem is at risk? How to evaluate this probability? Jon Pol Rodriguez explains how the Red List of Ecosystems will answer these questions and help governments, private sector and academia to take the right decisions.
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How to know if an ecosystem is at risk? How to evaluate this probability? Jon Pol Rodriguez explains how the Red List of Ecosystems will answer these questions and help governments, private sector and academia to take the right decisions.
- published: 11 Sep 2012
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IUCN's expectations ahead of Rio+20
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- Updated: 13 Jun 2012
Cyriaque Sendashonga, Global Director of IUCN's Policy Group, talks about what needs to happen in Rio in order for us to achieve a sustainable future for people and nature.
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Cyriaque Sendashonga, Global Director of IUCN's Policy Group, talks about what needs to happen in Rio in order for us to achieve a sustainable future for people and nature.
- published: 14 May 2012
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IUCN Director General on 40 years of World Heritage
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Greening business and world economy: Message from IUCN's Director General
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Visit the IUCN website here: iucn.org IUCN Director General Julia Marton-Lefèvre explains why IUCN engages in business.
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Visit the IUCN website here: iucn.org IUCN Director General Julia Marton-Lefèvre explains why IUCN engages in business.
- published: 01 Apr 2010
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Google's Liquid Galaxy Live from IUCN in Korea
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Google Liquid Galaxy Hangout live from the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Korea. With guest; Jenifer Austin Foulkes, Christian Adams, Dr. Sylvia Earle, Dan Laffolley, Jason Holt, Lisa Uttal, and Kristina Gjerde Step inside a chamber of monitors arranged in a circle around you, and fly anywhere in the world in seconds. Mountains, buildings, valleys, and even the ocean floor fill your peripheral vision.
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Google Liquid Galaxy Hangout live from the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Korea. With guest; Jenifer Austin Foulkes, Christian Adams, Dr. Sylvia Earle, Dan Laffolley, Jason Holt, Lisa Uttal, and Kristina Gjerde Step inside a chamber of monitors arranged in a circle around you, and fly anywhere in the world in seconds. Mountains, buildings, valleys, and even the ocean floor fill your peripheral vision.
- published: 11 Sep 2012
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Pierre Yves Cousteau, IUCN Goodwill Ambassador
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- Duration: 7:46
- Updated: 07 Sep 2012
IUCN Goodwill Ambassador and founder of Cousteau Divers www.cousteaudivers.org, Pierre-Yves Cousteau talks about the need for new, bold, daring solutions to the earth's environmental problems. He looks at the diversity of marine life his father found 20 years ago while diving in Southeast Asia and compares it with what he saw only recently.
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IUCN Goodwill Ambassador and founder of Cousteau Divers www.cousteaudivers.org, Pierre-Yves Cousteau talks about the need for new, bold, daring solutions to the earth's environmental problems. He looks at the diversity of marine life his father found 20 years ago while diving in Southeast Asia and compares it with what he saw only recently.
- published: 27 Aug 2012
- views: 151
- author: iucn
Love. Not Loss.
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:27
- Updated: 06 Dec 2012
Visit the IUCN website here: iucn.org This video presents a new biodiversity message. It challenges communicators to talk about nature in terms that people want to listen to. The IUCN Commission on Education and Communication and the CBD Secretariat produced the video in partnership with CEC members in Wildscreen and Futerra.
http://wn.com/Love_Not_Loss
Visit the IUCN website here: iucn.org This video presents a new biodiversity message. It challenges communicators to talk about nature in terms that people want to listen to. The IUCN Commission on Education and Communication and the CBD Secretariat produced the video in partnership with CEC members in Wildscreen and Futerra.
- published: 20 Oct 2010
- views: 18183
- author: iucn
IUCN's Commission on Education and Communication - presentation to IUCN Council
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:24
- Updated: 21 Feb 2011
Visit the IUCN website here: iucn.org Joint meeting of IUCN CEC-WCPA in Quito, Ecuador, May 2009
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Visit the IUCN website here: iucn.org Joint meeting of IUCN CEC-WCPA in Quito, Ecuador, May 2009
- published: 25 Nov 2009
- views: 792
- author: iucn
IUCN Tacana project in Guatemala
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:37
- Updated: 22 Mar 2011
Visit the IUCN website here: iucn.org In Guatemala IUCN is working with a local non-profit organization ASUPURCA helping to make sure that water is being properly distributed and that it maintains good quality.
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Visit the IUCN website here: iucn.org In Guatemala IUCN is working with a local non-profit organization ASUPURCA helping to make sure that water is being properly distributed and that it maintains good quality.
- published: 31 Aug 2010
- views: 2454
- author: iucn
2011 International Year of Forests: Message from IUCN's Director General
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:23
- Updated: 30 Oct 2011
Visit the IUCN website here: iucn.org IUCN Director General Julia Marton-Lefèvre talks about her hopes for 2011, the International Year of Forests.
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Visit the IUCN website here: iucn.org IUCN Director General Julia Marton-Lefèvre talks about her hopes for 2011, the International Year of Forests.
- published: 19 Jan 2011
- views: 2022
- author: iucn
Skandar Keynes in Wild Talk for IUCN (March2009)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:13
- Updated: 01 Aug 2012
This is an interview by Skandar Keynes for wild talk in IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) about the grey wolves in the Jura Mountains in Switzerland.
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This is an interview by Skandar Keynes for wild talk in IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) about the grey wolves in the Jura Mountains in Switzerland.
- published: 16 Apr 2009
- views: 7874
- author: cherillbourne
Convention on Biological Diversity: Message from IUCN's Director General
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:44
- Updated: 21 Feb 2011
Visit the IUCN website here: iucn.org IUCN Director General Julia Marton-Lefèvre explains why the meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity, starting in Nagoya on 18 October, is so important for the future of our planet.
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Visit the IUCN website here: iucn.org IUCN Director General Julia Marton-Lefèvre explains why the meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity, starting in Nagoya on 18 October, is so important for the future of our planet.
- published: 30 Sep 2010
- views: 310
- author: iucn
IUCN's solutions to climate change
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:19
- Updated: 21 Feb 2011
Visit the IUCN website here: iucn.org In our fight to deal with climate change, IUCN has found an ally in nature itself.
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Visit the IUCN website here: iucn.org In our fight to deal with climate change, IUCN has found an ally in nature itself.
- published: 03 Dec 2009
- views: 577
- author: iucn
photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster
20 Dec 2012
Obama held a White House news conference on Wednesday to announce that Vice President Joe Biden will lead an interagency effort to craft new gun policies. The group is expected to offer its proposals in January. “We know this is a complex issue that stirs deeply held passions and political divides,” Obama said. “But the fact that this problem is complex can no longer be an excuse for doing nothing.” ... WAKE-UP CALL ... ....(size: 6.1Kb)
photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais
19 Dec 2012
WASHINGTON. US President Barack Obama backs a new bill to revive an assault weapons ban and other new gun laws, the White House said Tuesday, fleshing out his nascent response to a shocking school massacre. Obama also called an ardently pro-gun senator who has shifted his position on firearms laws since Friday's carnage in Connecticut and has begun meeting top cabinet officials to consider his options, his spokesman Jay Carney said ... ....(size: 4.9Kb)
photo: AP / Charles Krupa
18 Dec 2012
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. "Most people reason dramatically, not quantitatively." -Oliver Wendell Holmes. On the same day that a 20-year-old, described as brilliant but remote, walked into an elementary school in Connecticut and massacred 26 children and adults, the school where I teach went on "lock-down." Four students with a handgun were arrested ... That morning before school, he had posted on Twitter and Facebook....(size: 14.0Kb)
photo: Creative Commons / Joachim Huber
18 Dec 2012
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. When a Stanford geneticist, Gerald Crabtree, published a provocative and controversial new view on evolutionary change, namely that humans are actually getting dumber, he should have also added that humans are still developing an extermination gene ... Paleontologist Tim Flannery would more than likely agree with Crabtree ... Strange strings of gravel also overlaid some bones ... (1) Kane, Alex ... 195....(size: 9.4Kb)
photo: AP / Mohammad Hannon
19 Dec 2012
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said she accepts the findings of an independent panel that faulted the State Department over the deadly September attack on the US mission in Benghazi, Libya. An inquiry into the attack on the US mission, which saw the US ambassador and three other US citizens killed, found that the State Department security arrangements there were "grossly inadequate" ... 390 Source. ... Share ... Jaws ... Anaheim....(size: 19.2Kb)
San Francisco Chronicle
20 Dec 2012
Oakland Zoo’s zookeepers are proud to announce a love connection on the Zoo’s Gibbon Island. After a thirty-day quarantine and proper introductions, zookeepers are hoping Gladys and her honey-colored coat will win over longtime resident Gibbon, Nikko. Oakland, CA (PRWEB) December 19, 2012 ... About Gibbons ... The IUCN has listed them as endangered based on the belief that their numbers have decreased by more than 50% in the last 40 years ... 130....(size: 4.7Kb)
Scoop
20 Dec 2012
Thursday, 20 December 2012, 2.47 pm. Press Release. Citizens for Legitimate Government. Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens for Legitimate Government. 19 Dec 2012. All links are here. ... Paul Vance at a news conference ... The overfunded US police state kicks into high gear ... officials ... As conservation group EDGE notes, the "three species of ...are classified as Critically Endangered -- one category away from "Extinct" -- by the IUCN ... P.O ... ....(size: 12.9Kb)
noodls
19 Dec 2012
(Source. UAE Cabinet) ... CITES is a multilateral treaty, drafted as a result of a resolution adopted in 1963 at a meeting of members of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ... distributed by ... The issuer is solely responsible for the accuracy of the information contained therein.. (noodl....(size: 1.9Kb)
Journal Online
18 Dec 2012
IN the 1970s, our family used to go scuba-diving almost every weekend. Traveling all over the country for family enjoyment, I still recall how rich and pristine were the coral reefs and how the seas and their shores enthralled us. The mountains then teeming with forests left us in awe ... The waters were crystal clear ... These lines became our mantra ... Claparols is president of the Ecological Society of the Philippines, IUCN-member, IUCN-CEESP....(size: 3.2Kb)
The Times of India
18 Dec 2012
NAGPUR. The wild buffalo recovery project suffered a setback when Asha, the lone female in Udanti wildlife sanctuary gave birth to a male calf on December 10 for the fourth time. Only 9 wild buffaloes, 8 males and one female, are left in Udanti sanctuary where in the Chhattisgarh government has initiated the buffalo recovery project ... Wild buffaloes have been red listed by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ... ....(size: 3.0Kb)
The Examiner
17 Dec 2012
Lake Michigan levels tie record low in November. Green ScienceDecember 8, 2012 Lake Michigan’s water levels fell to their lowest ever for November, and are within inches of tying the all-time record low. At the same time, Chicago is near to setting a record for its longest period... No life on Mars? Let’s get curious about life on Earth ... 15, 2012 ... In total... Dr. Rabb accepted a special award given by IUCN, the International......(size: 6.5Kb)
Huffington Post
17 Dec 2012
If you need a pick-me-up this week, these delightful echidna puggles may be able to lend a chubby hand. According to Australia's Herald Sun, a pair of baby short-beaked echidnas were born at Perth Zoo this August ... Eight of these were reportedly born at Perth Zoo ... As conservation group EDGE notes, the "three species of long-beaked echidna...are classified as Critically Endangered -- one category away from “Extinct” -- by the IUCN ... Like ... ....(size: 7.0Kb)
Scoop
17 Dec 2012
Tuesday, 18 December 2012, 12.33 pm. Column. Citizens for Legitimate Government. Citizens for Legitimate Government. 16 December 2012 ... The question must be asked ... Rev ... Von. I ... "If current policies are not changed, we can lose polar bears, which currently number 20,000-25,000 globally, within one (human) generation," Nikita Ovsyanikov, member of the polar bear specialist group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), said....(size: 6.4Kb)
Huffington Post
17 Dec 2012
Five Chinese yellow-headed box turtles, one of the 25 most endangered turtle species in the world, have hatched at the Bronx Zoo! ... Loading Slideshow. Zoo Babies 2012 ... 6, 2012 ... The IUCN has designated the Coquerel's sifaka as an Endangered Species and the collared lemur is listed as Vulnerable ... Dr ... The Silvery Gibbon (Hylobates moloch) is currently listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)....(size: 40.4Kb)
Huffington Post
16 Dec 2012
From bonobos to zebras, zoo babies as a set are pretty adorable. These incredibly cute photos highlight young and newborn animals from zoos around the world. SCROLL FOR PHOTOS ... The IUCN has designated the Coquerel's sifaka as an Endangered Species and the collared lemur is listed as Vulnerable ... The Silvery Gibbon (Hylobates moloch) is currently listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ... ....(size: 41.6Kb)
The Times of India
15 Dec 2012
Khaleej Times
15 Dec 2012
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Jakarta Post
15 Dec 2012
Paper Edition . Page. 21. Deadly look ... Ara’s lost part of a leg in a trap set up by oil palm growers in Riau in 1997 ... Sperm deposit ... This center is tasked with rescuing the last of the three tiger sub-species once belonging to Indonesia, after Balinese tigers (Panthera tigris balica) and Javanese tigers (Panthera tigris sundaica) were declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 1940 and around 1980....(size: 4.0Kb)
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| Type | International organization |
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| Industry | Conservation; Sustainable use |
| Founded | October 1948, Fontainebleau, France |
| Headquarters | Rue Mauverney 28, 1196 Gland, Switzerland, Switzerland |
| Key people | Julia Marton-Lefèvre Ashok Khosla |
| Revenue | CHF 133 million (2008) |
| Employees | Over 1,000 (worldwide) |
| Website | www.iucn.org |
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN, Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature (UICN), in French) is an international organization dedicated to finding "pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges."[1] The organization publishes the IUCN Red List, compiling information from a network of conservation organizations to rate which species are most endangered.[2]
The IUCN supports scientific research, manages field projects all over the world and brings governments, non-government organizations, United Nations agencies, companies and local communities together to develop and implement policy, laws and best practice. IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental network - a democratic membership union with more than 1,000 government and NGO member organizations, and almost 11,000 volunteer scientists in more than 160 countries. IUCN’s work is supported by more than 1,000 professional staff in 60 offices and hundreds of partners in public, NGO and private sectors around the world. The Union’s headquarters are located in Gland, near Geneva, Switzerland.[1]
IUCN's stated vision is "a just world that values and conserves nature." Its mission is to "influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and biodiversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable."[3]
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History[link]
File:IUCN-Logo.svg
The logo adopted in May 1992
The first Director General of UNESCO, (Sir Julian Huxley), wishing to give UNESCO a more scientific base, sponsored a congress to establish a new environmental institution to help serve this purpose.[4]
At that first congress (held at Fontainebleau, France), on 5 October 1948, 18 governments, 7 international organizations, and 107 national nature conservation organizations all agreed to form the institution and signed a "constitutive act" creating an International Union for the Protection of Nature.[4]
From this beginning, the overriding strategy and policy of the institution has been to explore and promote mutually beneficial conservation arrangements that suit those promoting development as well as assisting people and nations to better preserve their flora and fauna.[4] When approached in 1978 by primatologist Richard Wrangham to contribute funds to the new Digit Fund to prevent further poaching of mountain gorillas near Dian Fossey's Karisoke Research Station in Rwanda, the International Union for Conservation of Nature declined to provide funds to the cause. Instead, the IUCN supported opening the Virunga Volcanoes to tourism as a way to encourage the Rwandan government to preserve the gorillas.[5]
At all times, the institution (in all its forms) has heavily emphasized as a key operating principle the strong need to cater to and address the needs of local nations, communities and peoples, so that those nations, communities and peoples can take ownership of future, long term conservation goals and objectives in their local areas:[4]
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The IUCN's World Conservation Strategy (1980)[6] was founded upon this kind of principle, and clearly announced the IUCN's ambitions to more effectively enter into dialogue with the promoters of human development. The strategy was internationally applauded by many and served to secure the IUCN funds from several donors who did not themselves feel they could open up effective dialogue in the world's developing countries, nor that United Nations organizations and international banks would effectively engage in such dialogue.[4]
Since the World Conservation Strategy and the dawn of the sustainable development era, however, these goals have come to sit uneasily with attempts by institutions such as The World Bank to "mainstream the environment."[7] This has led to pressure from more powerful institutions, such as The Bank itself as well as the UNDP and UNEP, to help promote the expansion of the free-market onto the environment, renamed "natural resources," thus giving wealthy investors and multinationals the right to purchase rights to things previously considered intangible and common property, such as water, genetic resources, and the right to pollute the atmosphere.
With the pre-eminence of the concept of sustainable development, the IUCN has expanded into many of the nations around the world, making available the services of a large pool of mainly voluntary specialists, providing local level advice and conservation services, and expanding its networks of Committees and regional advisory bodies into increasing numbers of countries.[4] It remains to be seen how well the IUCN will be able to reconcile its founding ideals with the pressures of incorporation into the development institutions.
Timeline[link]
Some key dates in the growth and development of this organization include:[4]
- 1956: Name changed from International Union for the Preservation of Nature (IUPN) to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)
- 1959: UNESCO decides to create an international list of Nature Parks and equivalent reserves, and the United Nations Secretary General asks the IUCN to prepare this list
- 1961: After more than a decade of funding difficulties, eminent science and business personalities (including Sir Julian Huxley) decide to set up a complementary fund (the World Wildlife Fund) to focus on fund raising, public relations, and increasing public support for nature conservation
- 1969: The IUCN obtains a grant from the Ford Foundation which enables it to boost, substantially, its international secretariat.
- 1972: UNESCO adopts the Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage and the IUCN is invited to provide technical evaluations and monitoring
- 1974: The IUCN is involved in obtaining the agreement of its members to sign a Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), whose secretariat was originally lodged with the IUCN
- 1975: The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention) comes into force, and its secretariat is administered from the IUCN's headquarters
- 1980: The IUCN (together with the United Nations Environment Programme and the World Wide Fund for Nature) collaborate with UNESCO to publish a World Conservation Strategy
- 1982: Following IUCN preparation and efforts, the United Nations General Assembly adopts the World Charter for Nature
- 1990: Began using the name World Conservation Union as the official name, while continuing using IUCN as its abbreviation. This name change proved to be short-lived.
- 1993: the IUCN (together with United Nations Environment Programme and the World Wide Fund for Nature) publishes Caring for the Earth
- 2001: Establishment of the IUCN Business and Biodiversity Programme
- 2008: Stopped using World Conservation Union as its official name and reverted its name back to International Union for Conservation of Nature
- 2008: More than 6,600 leaders from government, the public sector, non-governmental organizations, business, UN agencies and social organizations attended IUCN World Conservation Congress in Barcelona, Spain.
Presidents[link]
- 1948–1954: Charles Jean Bernard, Switzerland[8]
- 1954–1958: Roger Heim, France[8]
- 1958–1963: Jean Georges Baer, Switzerland[8]
- 1963–1966: François Bourlière, France[8]
- 1966–1972: Harold J. Coolidge, USA[8]
- 1972–1978: Donald Kuenen, Netherlands[8]
- 1978–1984: Mohamed Kassas, Egypt[8]
- 1984–1990: Monkombu Swaminathan, India[8]
- 1990–1994: Sridath Ramphal, Guyana[8]
- 1996–2004: Yolanda Kakabadse, Ecuador[8]
- 2004–2008: Valli Moosa, South Africa[8]
- 2008–: Ashok Khosla, India[9]
Directors General[link]
- 1948–1955: Jean Paul Harroy[8]
- 1959–1960: M.C. Bloemers[8]
- 1962: Gerald Watterson[8]
- 1963–1966: Hugh Elliott[8]
- 1966–1970: Joe Berwick[8]
- 1970–1976: Gerardo Budowski[8]
- 1977–1980: David Munro[8]
- 1980–1982: Lee M. Talbot[8]
- 1983–1988: Kenton Miller[8]
- 1988–1994: Martin Holdgate[8]
- 1994–1999: David McDowell[8]
- 1999–2001: Marita Koch-Weser[8]
- 2001–2006: Achim Steiner[8]
- 2006–: Julia Marton-Lefèvre[8]
Organizational structure[link]
The Union has three components: its member organizations, its 6 scientific commissions, and its professional secretariat.[1]
Members[link]
The Union unites both States and non-governmental organizations. They set the policies of the Union, define its global programme of work and elect its Council (comparable to a company board) at the IUCN World Conservation Congress. Member organizations organize themselves into National and Regional Committees.[1]
Commissions[link]
There are six commissions that "assess the state of the world’s natural resources and provide the Union with sound know-how and policy advice on conservation issues":[10]
- Commission on Education and Communication
IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC): CEC champions the strategic use of communication and education to empower and educate stakeholders for the sustainable use of natural resources. As of May 2010[update], the commission claims 700 members led by Chairman Keith Wheeler.[10][11]
- Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy
IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy (CEESP): CEESP provides expertise and policy advice on economic and social factors for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity. As of May 2010[update], CEESP has 1000 members and is led by Chairwoman Aroha Te Pareake Mead.[10][11]
- Commission on Environmental Law
IUCN Commission on Environmental Law (CEL): CEL advances environmental law by developing new legal concepts and instruments, as well as by building the capacity of societies to employ environmental law for conservation and sustainable development. As of May 2010[update], there are 800 members on this commission led by Chairwoman Sheila Abed de Zavala.[10][11]
- Commission on Ecosystem Management
IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM): CEM provides expert guidance on integrated ecosystem approaches to the management of natural and modified ecosystems. As of May 2010[update], it has 400 members and is led by Chairman Piet Wit.[10][11]
- Species Survival Commission
Main article: IUCN Species Survival Commission
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC): SSC advises the Union on the technical aspects of species conservation and mobilizes action for those species that are threatened with extinction. It produces the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. As of May 2010[update], SSC's members include 7500 species and biodiversity specialists worldwide, organized under Chairman Simon Stuart.[10][11]
- World Commission on Protected Areas
Main article: World Commission on Protected Areas
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA): WCPA's mission is to promote the establishment and effective management of a world-wide representative network of terrestrial and marine protected areas. Membership consists of 1400, spanning 140 countries and is led by Chairman Nikita Lopoukhine.[10][11]
The IUCN is also the governing body responsible for the development the Management Categories into which each Protected Area is divided, depending on its conservation requirements and management aims.
Secretariat[link]
The members and commissions work together with a professional secretariat consisting of over 1,000 people in more than 60 different countries. Julia Marton-Lefèvre, a global expert and leader in development and conservation, has been its Director General since 2 January 2007.
She succeeded Achim Steiner, who was appointed Executive Director of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in June 2006. Poul Engberg-Pedersen serves as Deputy Director General and Managing Director.[12]
The Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration[link]
The Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration is guided by a small core group of the most active Partners, supported by a Secretariat hosted by IUCN and by a Learning Network Facilitator hosted by Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation in the Netherlands and a Senior Forest Policy Advisor of the IUCN Toronto and the Environment Agency.
Priority Areas[link]
Conserving biodiversity and ensuring that any use of biological resources is sustainable are central to the mission of IUCN. The IUCN demonstrate how biodiversity is fundamental to addressing some of the world’s greatest challenges: tackling global warming, achieving sustainable energy, improving human well-being and building a green economy.[13]
Biodiversity[link]
IUCN gathers the latest knowledge about biodiversity and ecosystems and their contribution to human well-being; runs field projects around the world to better manage our natural environment and helps to develop environmental policy, laws and best practice.[14]
Climate change[link]
IUCN works to put nature at the centre of climate change solutions. Conserving nature can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions (climate change mitigation) and help us adapt to the impacts of climate change (climate change adaptation).[15]
Sustainable energy[link]
IUCN helps to accelerate society’s transition to energy systems that are ecologically sustainable, socially equitable and economically viable.[16]
Human well-being[link]
IUCN helps governments understand that nature conservation and the well-being of their people are inextricably linked.[17]
Green economy[link]
IUCN works with governments to ensure that economic, trade, and investment policies better integrate biodiversity considerations. It works with companies, industry associations and consumer groups to turn environmental concerns into action.[18]
Key products and contributions[link]
Among the IUCN key products and services, it has produced and continues to maintain and monitor:
| Conservation status |
|---|
| by risk of extinction |
| Extinct Extinct in the Wild |
| Critically Endangered Endangered Vulnerable |
- the IUCN categories for Protected Area Management
- the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- IUCN World Conservation Congress
- World Database on Protected Areas
Publications[link]
IUCN has one of the world’s most comprehensive ranges of authoritative publications, reports, guidelines and databases for conservation and sustainable development.[19] They publish or co-author more than 150 books and major assessments every year, along with hundreds of other reports, documents and guidelines.[20]
See also[link]
- Centres of Plant Diversity
- Holocene extinction, the current one
- Index of conservation articles
- List of conservation issues
- Red List Index
- Regional Red List
- The Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration
References[link]
- ^ a b c d "International Union for Conservation of Nature". iucn.org. IUCN. http://www.iucn.org. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ "Planet Of No Apes? Experts Warn It's Close". cbsnews.com. CBS News Online. 12 September 2007-. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/12/tech/main3254141.shtml. Retrieved 22 March 2008.
- ^ "About IUCN". iucn.org. IUCN. http://iucn.org/about/. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g Christoffersen, Leif E. (1994) "IUCN: A Bridge-Builder for Nature Conservation. " Green Globe YearBook Accessed 11 June 2008
- ^ Mowat, Farley (1987). Woman In the Mists. New York: Warner Books. pp. 172–3. ISBN 0-446-51360-1.
- ^ World Conservation Strategy: living resource conservation for sustainable development, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), 1980. data.iucn.org/dbtw-wpd/edocs/WCS-004.pdf Accessed 20 Feb 2011
- ^ The World Bank (1993). Mainstreaming the Environment. Washington DC.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Hesselink, Frits; Čeřovský, Jan: Learning to Change the Future, IUCN 2008, p. 22. URL retrieved 2011-01-24.
- ^ N.N.: Ashok Khosla elected president of the IUCN, November 13, 2008. URL retrieved 2011-01-24.
- ^ a b c d e f g "IUCN - Commissions". International Union for Conservation of Nature. 12 May 2010. http://www.iucn.org/about/union/commissions/. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f "IUCN - Commission Chairs". International Union for Conservation of Nature. 15 October 2009. http://www.iucn.org/about/union/council/members/chairs/. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
- ^ "Senior Management". IUCN. http://iucn.org/about/union/secretariat/management/?posList=168,1580,304,1005&groupName=Directorate. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
- ^ "What does IUCN do?". IUCN. http://www.iucn.org/what/. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
- ^ "Biodiversity". IUCN. http://www.iucn.org/what/tpas/biodiversity/. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
- ^ "Climate Change". IUCN. http://www.iucn.org/what/tpas/climate/. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
- ^ "Sustainable energy". IUCN. http://www.iucn.org/what/tpas/energy/. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
- ^ "Human well-being". IUCN. http://www.iucn.org/what/tpas/livelihoods/. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
- ^ "Green Economy". IUCN. http://www.iucn.org/what/tpas/greeneconomy/. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
- ^ Photo: IUCN Photo Library © Christian Laufenberg. "Search for a publication". IUCN. http://www.iucn.org/knowledge/publications_doc/publications/. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
- ^ "Publications". IUCN. http://www.iucn.org/knowledge/publications_doc/. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
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| Skandar Keynes | |
|---|---|
| Born | Alexander Amin Casper Keynes[1][2] (1991-09-05) 5 September 1991 (age 20) Camden, London, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Website | |
| skandar-keynes.com | |
Skandar Keynes (pronounced /ˈkeɪnz/; born Alexander Amin Casper Keynes; 5 September 1991) is a British actor. He is best known for starring as Edmund Pevensie in the Chronicles of Narnia film series since 2005.[3] He has appeared in all three installments, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian and most recently The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, which was released on 10 December 2010.[4]
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Early life[link]
Keynes was born in London, the son of Zelfa Hourani and author Randal Keynes. He has an older sister, Soumaya Anne Keynes (born August 1989), who has appeared in various productions for BBC Radio 4.
Ancestry[link]
On his mother's side, Keynes is of Lebanese, Persian, and Turkish descent.[5] His maternal grandparents were Furugh Afnan and Cecil Fadlo Hourani, who was an advisor to the late Tunisian president Habib Bourguiba, as well as an author; Cecil Hourani is also the brother of Albert Hourani, a major historian of the Middle East. The Hourani family were immigrants to England from Marjeyoun in southern Lebanon.
On his father's side, Keynes is the grandson of physiologist Richard Keynes, the nephew of historian and Cambridge professor Simon Keynes, and the great-great-nephew of economist John Maynard Keynes.[6][7] His great-great-great-grandfather was naturalist Charles Darwin. Keynes' great-grandparents were Nobel Prize laureate Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian and Hester Adrian, Baroness Adrian.[8]
Career[link]
Keynes auditioned for the role of Edmund Pevensie in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at the same time as he auditioned for the role of Simon Brown in Nanny McPhee, winning the former while losing the latter to Thomas Sangster. His voice changed, due to puberty, during the filming of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,[9] so the director used his sister Soumaya to voice some of his lines in the movie.[10]
He reprised his role as Edmund in Prince Caspian, released May 16, 2008.
He starred again as Edmund in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the third installment of The Chronicles of Narnia film series. Filming began in July 2009, and finished in December of the same year. The film was released on 10 December 2010 in Britain and the US.
Personal life[link]
Keynes has stated that he is an atheist.[11][12] Keynes attended the Anna Scher Theatre School from 2000 to 2005, having attended Thornhill Primary School from 1996-2002. He attended the all-boys City of London School. There he wrote as a film critic for the review section of The Citizen, the City of London School weekly school newspaper. He sat his GCSEs in May and June 2008 and started Sixth Form and his first year of his A-level studies the following September. He studied biology, chemistry, maths, further maths and history at A-level.[13] In October 2010 he began his degree in Arabic and Middle Eastern History at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He is a fan of English football club Arsenal.
Keynes currently resides in Highbury, London.
Filmography[link]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Victoria Died in 1901 and Is Still Alive Today | Waif | TV documentary |
| 2003 | Ferrari | Enzo Ferrari at 8 years old | TV movie |
| 2005 | Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, TheThe Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Edmund Pevensie | |
| 2008 | Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, TheThe Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | Edmund Pevensie | |
| 2010 | Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader, TheThe Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader | Edmund Pevensie |
Awards[link]
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Wins[link]
| Year | Award | Award Ceremony |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Best Younger cast | CAMIE Awards |
Nominations[link]
| Year | Award | Award Ceremony |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Best Performance in a Feature film - Leading Young Actor | Young Artist Awards |
| Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast | ||
| 2011 | Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast |
See also[link]
References[link]
- ^ "Findmypast.co.uk". Findmypast.co.uk. http://www.findmypast.co.uk/post84BMDSearchStart.action?&submit=1&redef=X&searchType=B&fromYear=1984&toYear=2006&forename1=alexander&surname=keynes. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
- ^ London, England, Births and Christening Notices from The Times, 1983-2003.; at ancestry.com
- ^ Skandar Keynes. Internet Movie Database, retrieved 2011-07-18
- ^ The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian; The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Internet Movie Database, retrieved 2011-07-18
- ^ SKANDAR KEYNES – Personal Facts. Skandar-keynes.com, 2008-07-31, retrieved 2011-07-18
- ^ Anderson, Jon Lee (2006-07-24). "Change of Plans". The New Yorker. http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/articles/060731ta_talk_anderson. Retrieved 2006-10-18.
- ^ "Randal Hume Keynes1". The Peerage. 2010-11-01. http://www.thepeerage.com/p22697.htm#i226970. Retrieved 2010-11-01.
- ^ "Notes on the Rendall family". http://74.125.39.104/search?q=cache:9udZsivk8sQJ:www.manfamily.org/PDFs/NOTES%2520ON%2520THE%2520RENDALL%2520FAMILY.pdf+%22Hume+Chancellor+Pinsent%22+%22david+hume%22&hl=nl&ct=clnk&cd=3. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
- ^ Skandar Keynes, Georgie Henley, and Andrew Adamson (2006). The Chronicles of Narnia:The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe [Cast Commentary] (DVD).
- ^ Mark Johnson, Michael Apted (2011). The Chronicles of Narnia:The Voyage of the Dawn Treader[Director's Commentary] (DVD).
- ^ Martin, Paul (2006-03-25). "Exclusive Interview with Skandar Keynes". Narnia Fans. http://www.narniafans.com/?id=813. Retrieved 2010-05-24. "I am an Atheist. I know the films really Christian and everything but it doesn’t really affect me. Oh and you know I’m related to Charles Darwin."
- ^ Savage, David (2006-06-19). "William Moseley and Skandar Keynes Interview!". Popcorn. http://www.popcorn.co.uk/page.asp?partid=786. Retrieved 2008-06-25. "So apparently I'm an atheist, I'm into Darwin..."
- ^ Gadelrab, Roisin (2009-03-13). "Evolution of screen heartthrob Skandar". Islington Tribune. http://www.thecnj.com/islington/2009/031309/inews031309_09.html?headline=Evolution_of_screen_heartthrob_Skandar. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
External links[link]
- Official website
- Skandar Keynes at the Internet Movie Database
- Prince Caspian Interview (12 May 2008)
- Prince Caspian On set interview (July 2007)
- Cinema Confidential interview (December 7, 2005)
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| Name | Keynes, Skandar |
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| Date of birth | df=no |
| Place of birth | Camden, London, England, UK |
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