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New channels for sustainable development

Invitation to the Forum Alternative Channel
Social Networking & Responsible Medias
30th April 2008 in Barcelona (Spain)

Give your message the necessary impact to change the world!

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IUCN Spanish Committe
IUCN Spanish Committee Creates New Technical Office to Implement and Manage its Programme

THIS IS THE RESULT OF THE STATUTORY REFORM TO FACILITATE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PERMANENT ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL STRUCTURE

The General Assembly of the IUCN Spanish National Committee during their meeting held on 18-19 February 2008 in Camargo, has approved unanimously a statutory reform that will allow for the ...

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MEDITERRE - the Mediterranean Parks Fair
Mediterre 2008 – Earth, Water and Fire
7th-11th May 2008, Bari, Italy.

The Apulian Regional administration, the Italian Ministry for the Environment and the Protection of Land and Sea, and Federparchi, the Italian Parks Federation, are pleased to announce to national and local authorities, conservation agencies, scientific institutions, enterprises and associations working to protect the natural environment of the Mediterranean basin the fifth edition of MEDITERRE, the Mediterranean Parks Fair. The event will be taking place from the 7th to the 11th May 2008, at the Fiera del Levante trade fair in Bari.

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FUNDACION NATURALEZA Y HOMBRE
New Executive Board for the Spanish Committee of the World Conservation Union
Carlos Sánchez Martínez, President of “Fundación Naturaleza y Hombre”, unanimously elected for the Presidency 2007 – 2010
 
The Extraordinary Assembly of the IUCN Spanish Committee – which took place in Malaga last September – has elected, unanimously, the new Executive Board for the period 2007 – 2010. Carlos Sánchez, president of “Fundación Naturaleza y Hombre”, will lead this new executive team, while María Artola, director of “Fundación Biodiversidad” will be as as vice-president. This decision takes place one year before the IUCN Word Conservation Congress which will be held in Barcelona – October 2008 –and will count with the participation of about 8000 delegates from all over the world.

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National Association for Sustainable Development and the Conservation of Wild Life
Honourable Presidency Award
The ANTPFS, nowadays called  “National Association for Sustainable Development and the Conservation of Wild Life” (ANDDCVS, acronym in French), has received the honourable presidency award as the best association working for the conservation of wild fauna during 2005 in Tunisia.
 
This association is based in Tunisia and is member of IUCN since 1995.
 
For more details, please contact Ali Gharbi, ANDDCVS President gharbi.a@planet.tn
Consejería de Medio Ambiente - Andalucía
Red lists at Bionatura 2007
The links between biodiversity and the rural environment, marine areas and the two shores of the Mediterranean, Spain and Morocco, have been some of the themes discussed at the 2nd Spanish Congress on Biodiversity Conservation from 21-23 May in Seville, supported by the Andalusian local government. More than 30 environmental experts from Europe, Africa and the Americas, including IUCN, have discussed the status and threats to biodiversity, in particular “the alarming number of endangered species”: more than 23% of mammals, 12% of birds, 31% of amphibians and 40% of freshwater fishes – a group where Spain and Portugal are leading with the highest number of threatened species in Europe and the Mediterranean region.

The Mediterranean assessments are conducted thanks to the financial support of the Mava Foundation, the Spanish Ministry of Environment and the Consejería de Medio Ambiente of Andalousia’s regional government.

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The World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
The Use of IUCN Management Categories for Protected Areas in the Mediterranean Region

The World Conservation Union-IUCN together with the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)  are organising a World Summit on the IUCN Protected Area Management Categories, which will take place in Almería (Andalucía, Spain) on May 7-11, 2007 with the support from the Consejeria de Medio Ambiente of the Junta de Andalucia, Spain and Fundación Biodiversidad (Spain).

As you may know, there are over 4400 protected areas in the Mediterranean region and over ...
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The World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
Have your Say: E-forum on the IUCN Protected Areas Management Categories

IUCN’s Programme on Protected Areas is hosting an e-discussion forum to obtain input for the upcoming Summit on the IUCN Protected Areas Management Categories, which will be held in Almería, Spain, 7-11 May 2007.  This Summit is part of a broader consultation process leading to revised guidelines for the IUCN Category System.

Participation at the Summit is, unfortunately, limited and by invitation only.  We are, therefore, inviting all IUCN Members, Councillors, Commissions, worldwide staff, as well as all those interested to provide their feedback through the e-discussion forum.

The online forum will be hosted between 12 March and 6 April.  You are invited to make general comments on the Categories System or provide feedback on specific working papers.  The e-forum will be moderated in English, but comments will be accepted in IUCN’s three official languages (English, Spanish and French).

Please participate and have your say by visiting: http://www.iucn.org/themes/wcpa/theme/categories/summit/summitpapers.html

For more information on the Categories Summit, please visit: http://www.iucn.org/themes/wcpa/theme/categories/summit/summit.html

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REMINDER  
Global Survey of IUCN Members satisfaction

Dear IUCN Members,

Just a quick reminder to inform you that the first Global Survey of IUCN Members satisfaction was launched on 31 January 2007 and is available on line at: www.vitalresearchsurveys.com/IUCNMembership

Your input is valuable in helping us strengthen the strategic management of IUCN as a member-based organisation.

If you have not already done so, please spend a few minutes completing the survey and returning it to us through the on-line submission process. In order to give members a little more time to contribute, we have extended the deadline for response to 28 February 2007.

For those who experience difficulty in accessing the link through internet, the form is also available in a ‘Word’ format (3 languages attached with this message) which can be completed and emailed or posted to the Membership Unit for the attention of  ignacio.cuevas@iucn.org  

Please be assured that the responses are confidential.

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TEMA Foundation
Turkey: Present and Future of National Red Data Books

The IUCN Turkish National Committee organized a workshop on 7-8 December 2006 in Ankara (Turkey) to decide on the process of producing “National Red Data Books in Turkey” with the financial support of the Italian Ministry of Environment and technical support of IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation. The workshop, coordinated by TEMA Foundation in partnership with the Turkish Ministry of Environment and Forestry, gathered around 100 participants. Experts from the Turkish Ministry of Environment and Forestry, academicians, NGO representatives, and IUCN representatives gathered to present the current status of the national red data books, to discuss the process for finalizing, maintaining and updating red data books of Turkey. Participants discussed “how national red data books can assist in implementing national policies on nature conservation”.

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Junta de Andalucía
Project approved: Shared Intercontinental Biosphere Reserve in the Mediterranean

The Mediterranean Intercontinental Biosphere Reserve Andalucia-Morocco has been definitively approved by UNESCO. During the meeting of the MaB Programme held on 24 and 25 October in Paris, the report prepared by the Co-ordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere(Mab) Programme of UNESCO for the first Biosphere reserve between two continents was considered positively.

In addition to this report, supporting interventions by different members and responsibles for the Reserve such as the Spanish Minister of Environment, Cristina Narbona;

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Federparchi - Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare
MEDITERRE 2006 - the Mediterranean Parks Fair

For the fourth consecutive year, the Apulian Regional Government, the Italian Ministry of the Environment and Federparchi (the Italian Parks Federation) will be holding MEDITERRE - the Mediterranean Parks Fair. The event will be taking place from the 27th September to the 1st October 2006, at the Fiera del Levante trade fair in Bari.

MEDITERRE is an event dedicated to parks and natural protected areas throughout the Mediterranean. Its aim is to promote the exchange of ideas and common projects between the various bodies involved in running these areas.

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Istituto Pangea - Italy


Countdown 2010: people and protected areas for biodiversity conservation

International Seminar

“Countdown 2010: people and protected areas for biodiversity conservation” is an international seminar on the management of biodiversity and protected areas promoted by the European Training Task Force of WCPA, sponsored by the Majella National Park and by the Italian Protected Areas Federation.

The seminar is the first initiative being organized at European level, promoted according to the experiences carried in US by the National Park Service in the 80's and recently restarted by the Universities of Montana, Idaho, Colorado, with the US Department of Agriculture- Forest Service, in the framework of the IUCN WCPA Protected Areas Programme.

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Junta de Andalucia - Turkey


Turkish delegation visits protected areas in Andalucia

15 December 2005

A Turkish delegation made up of eleven representatives from the National Park of Koprulu Kanyon (Anatolia) visited several protected areas on Andalucia. This visit is part of a World Bank and Global Environment Facility programme that aims at promoting experience exchange amongst protected area managers. The IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation and Junta de Andalucia scheduled different visits to protected areas in order to show them different models of management, in particular those that encompass successful participatory processes.

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Junta de Andalucia - Morocco


Cross-border cooperation between Andalucia and Morocco on water technology transfer

December 2005, Malaga, Spain

Seafront at Rincon de la Victoria (Malaga). Flooding 2004Andalucia and Morocco share a geographic location and similar hydrological systems determined by a Mediterranean climate that often cause strong drought and flood periods. Also, Morocco is facing new challenges on spatial planning and development that occurred in Andalucia a decade ago. A seminar to promote management and technological tools to face common problems regarding water provision at both sides of the Mediterranean sea was held in Malaga in November 2005. The seminar funded by the European Programme Interreg-IIIA, was organized by the regional government of Andalucia through the Centro de las Nuevas Tecnologias del Agua (CENTA) and the International University of Andalucia.


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Federparchi, Diputació de Barcelona, Féderation de Parcs Régionaux Français, Generalitat de Catalunya, Junta de Andalucia and Legambiente

MEDIPARC: IUCN Mediterranean Members in Partnership

October
2005, Italy

IUCN members along with other partners from the Mediterranean region have joined efforts to establish a partnership in the shape of a bid for the European Programme Interreg IIIB, MEDOCC. The project aims at creating a permanent network of protected area managers and practitioners in the Mediterranean region able to contribute to community and national policies on the protection and value of cultural, historical and natural heritage, in line with Natura 2000 Network.


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L'Union Nationale de la Femme Tunisienne - Tunisia


Women and Environment in Tunisia

1 September 2005, Tunisie

The Union Nationale de la Femme Tunisienne (UNFT) is a non-governmental national organization which aims at promoting women rights and gender equity and equality. The UNFT also supports the role of women in the socio-economic development of the country by educating and informing women and stimulating their participation in decision-making processes and in other cultural and social institutions. Environmental protection is also a key area of work for this NGO. Through a programme named 'Alliance Femme et Environnement', they have been developing a range of activities such as field conservation projects, public awareness campaigns and solidarity actions...


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The Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel and Israel Nature and Parks Authority - Israel


The Red Book of Vertebrates in Israel

July 2005, Israel

The IUCN members in Israel along with experts have launched The Red Book of Vertebrates in Israel to promote nature conservation primarily by portraying the existing situation both qualitatively and quantitatively. One of the most serious hurdles facing nature stewards in Israel is the difficulty to obtain information on the biological processes related to conservation, particularly in restoring or improving damaged biological-ecological habitats.


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A Roche - France


© A Rocha (France)Conserving Typical Mediterranean Ecosystems

June 2005, France

Located in the heart of Provence, at about 30 kilometers of the Mediterranean coast, the environmental studies centre of A Rocha France develops research/conservation and awareness actions on remarkable species, typical of the Mediterranean ecosystem...


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Aula del Mar - Spain


Best practice Guidelines for Environmental Volunteers

May 2005, Malaga, Spain

If, by any chance, while you are swimming this summer in the Andalusia waters and find a marine animal exhausted, unable to dive or floating on the surface, and nearly stranded on the beach, you will know what to do thanks to the Manual recently published by the Centre for the Recovery of Threatened Marine Species (CREMA).
The coastline of Andalusia stretches across 1000 kms from the Atlantic side (Huelva) to the Mediterranean beaches of Cabo de Gata (province of Almeria). It stands out as a unique area where the Atlantic and Mediterranean waters clash.


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Junta de Andalucia - Spain


Hope for the Iberian Lynx: Birth of three Cubs in a Captivity Centre

April 2005, Doñana, Spain

The three new cubs of Iberian lynx: Brezo, Brecina and Brisa. Photo: Junta de Andalucia.Three new cubs of Iberian lynx- the most endangered big cat species in the world - have been recently born in captivity in a breeding centre of Doñana National Park in Andalusia, Spain. It is the first time that a lynx is born in captivity. The captive breeding programme for the Iberian Lynx funded by the Spanish Ministry of Environment began in 1992 and in 2003 the Junta de Andalucia joined it in.The centre has housed only those lynxes which could not survive independently in the wild. There are currently 13 lynx (8 female and 5 male) in captivity distributed in two centres, El Acebuche in Doñana National Park and the Jerez Zoo.

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The Institute Centrale per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica Applicata al Mare (ICRAM) - Italia


ICRAM ongoing projects

April 2005, Roma, Italy

Dr. Leonardo Tunesi, Senior scientist of the ICRAM in the project  'Censimenti Visuali'The Institute Centrale per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica Applicata al Mare (ICRAM) joined IUCN in February 2000. ICRAM's mission consists in contributing to the care and protection of the sea and its resources. This is achieved through scientific consulting and research activities regarding marine management, conservation and awareness building. ICRAM provides the Italian Ministry of the Environment the necessary scientific support for the protection and defence of marine resources.

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Croatian Biological Society - Croatia

School of Conservation Biology
March 2005, Rovinj, Croatia.

Conservation biology as a science is a prerequisite for effective biodiversity conservation and effective sustainable development as well as conservation planning and environmental management. In order to enhance education and capacity building in the field of scientifically sound biodiversity conservation, the Croatian Biological Society is organizing a School of Conservation Biology (SCB). The School will take place in the historic city of Rovinj, Croatia, on the northern coast of the Adriatic Sea, from 29 May to 5 June 2005, and will be hosted by the Centre for Marine Research, Institute "Rudjer Boskovic".

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Lliga per a la Defensa del Patrimoni Natural (DEPANA) - Spain

Network of environmental volunteers in Catalunya

March 2005, Tarragona.

Group of volunteers cleaning up a beach in Catalunya. Photo: Depana.In 2001, a group of organisations interested in promoting and improving the network of volunteers in Catalunya began to work in order to unify criteria, share experiences and improve activities through a programme of environmental volunteers. Most of the forums or areas of work were focused on social matters and there were no a platform to meet the environmental volunteers needs...

 

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Junta de Andalucia - Spain

Environmental Information System in Andalusia
February 2005, Sevilla.

Advanced information technology is more and more essential for effectively managing and delivering conservation information. The Consejeria de Medio Ambiente of the regional government of Andalucia has developed a data management system including software and information technology tools to manage biodiversity data and deliver practical products and services. The system is called Sistema de Información Ambiental de Andalucía (SinambA).This programme has been gathering information on the state of the environmental and natural resources in Andalucia since 1984. A talented team has systematised, centralised and standardised environmental data in order to make biodiversity information accessible to experts and the general public through a web-based data exploration tools.

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