Holding the mirror up to reality
By Tim Badman, Director of IUCN's World Heritage Programme. Welcome to IUCN at the 36th Session of the World Heritage Committee in beautiful St. Petersburg. It’s the time of the “White Nights” here...
View ArticleWe want to see the world through your eyes!
By Jérôme Duberry, Global Communications, IUCN IUCN is renowned for showcasing nature at its best. We collaborate with famous photographers and nature lovers who put nature on stage. This reminds me...
View ArticleConserving crocodiles – a risky business!
By Grahame Webb, Chair of IUCN’s Crocodile Specialist Group (crocodiles, alligators and caimans). I was humbled to receive the IUCN Species Survival Commission Chair's Citation of Excellence in...
View ArticlePressing the re-set button
By James Griffiths, Managing Director, Sustainable Forest Products Industry and Ecosystems, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). Rich in ideas and information, providing...
View ArticleReadying markets for conservation – removing the roadblocks
Isabelle Gayral, Ecolaboration manager, Nespresso. What are the factors that prevent business sustainability becoming mainstream and what can be done to overcome them? When IUCN Members were asked this...
View ArticleThe planet’s parliament
By James Griffiths, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). It was back to business for IUCN’s 1,500 or so voting delegates, debating and voting on nearly 200 motions to implement...
View ArticleMake it personal
By Radhika Murti of IUCN’s Ecosystem Management Programme. March 14, 2013 – a date I was reminded of daily since last December! The day I was going to do a TEDx talk at the Ecole Hotelière Lausanne in...
View ArticleKayaks to Korea – locally-managed marine areas at the 2012 IUCN World...
By Brian Jones, Conservation Coordinator, Blue Ventures Conservation, an IUCN Member It’s no secret that fisheries around the globe are in trouble, with the Food and Agriculture Organization recently...
View ArticleWhere nature can offer real business benefits
By Marina Teahon, attending IUCN’s SOS nature – Photographic Exhibition in Geneva. Last week IUCN’s SOS – Save Our Species initiative held a series of Flash Conferences to coincide with their SOS...
View ArticleAll hands to the pump – lessons and solutions on water management from Bogotà
By Claire Warmenbol of IUCN’s Water Programme. As part of the ‘Nexus Dialogue on Water Infrastructure Solutions’, I recently attended a workshop in Bogotà, Colombia – the second in a series of three...
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