Iucn National Committee Uk

Join us at the David Attenborough Building in Cambridge for an engaging day with IUCN colleagues Meet with other IUCN Organisation Members and Commission Members in the UK at the annual Members Meeting and AGM. This free event will include a facilitated workshop from colleagues at Arup on the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals, a European perspective from IUCN Regional Director Luc Bas, shared experience in stakeholder engagement with Diana Pound and short elevator pitches from Members on matters of importance to them. [ 106 more words ] https://iucnuk.wordpress.com/…/join-iuc n-members-at-the-da…/

Notice is hereby given that the IUCN National Committee UK Members Meeting and Annual General Meeting for 2019 will take place at the David Attenborough Building in central Cambridge on Friday the 17th May 2019. Programme and papers to follow. At the AGM, we shall seek to appoint a new Chair-elect for the National Committee, as the term of office for the present incumbent, Stuart Brooks, will be coming to an end in 2020. [ 101 more words ] https://iucnuk.wordpress.com/…/iucn-ncu k-members-meeting-a…/

The Thriving Together campaign is led by an IUCN member, the Margaret Pyke Trust, based in the UK. David Johnson, the Trust’s Chief Executive, provides the following background: On World Population Day in July 2019, we will publish the ‘Thriving Together’ statement and the names of the anticipated 100+ conservation NGOs and reproductive health NGOs which endorse its elementary points. This will demonstrate cross-sectoral support for the fact that when barriers to family planning exist, human populations grow faster than would otherwise be the case, and this leads to negative impacts for women and girls, society and the environment. [ 344 more words ] https://iucnuk.wordpress.com/…/thriving -together-an-opport…/

Hosted by the Czech Republic Ministry for the Environment and coordinated by IUCN Regional Councillor Michael Hosek, over 30 delegates came to the bi-regional 'informal' meeting this week. IUCN Members, Commissions, National Committees, Regional Councillors and the Secretariat were represented to discuss some important issues which affect many aspects of IUCN's effectiveness. The latest results of the Members opinion poll on the proposal to establish an Interregional Committe...e for West Europe, East Europe, North and Central Asia were announced and it became clear that the threshold of 50%+1 was not going to be reached, despite a lengthy consultation period and multiple approaches to Members encouraging their participation by the Secretariat, Regional Councillors and National Committee Chairs. [ 201 more words ] https://iucnuk.wordpress.com/…/two-iucn -regions-meet-in-pr…/
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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. In 2007, he was voted one of the 20 most influential British conservationists by BBC Wildlife magazine. [ 625 more words ] https://iucnuk.wordpress.com/2018/08/16/h ugh-synge-obituary/

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 by a wide range of governmental and non-governmental organisations to UNEP-WCMC, and is updated on a monthly basis. [ 144 more words ] https://iucnuk.wordpress.com/…/uk-is-a- global-leader-in-th…/

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 well as Country Focal Points in places where these arrangements do not exist. [ 150 more words ] https://iucnuk.wordpress.com/…/helping- iucn-members-work-b…/

An IUCN 'Informal' Regional Members Meeting will take place in Prague on the 24th and 25th September 2018, hosted by the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic. There are a limited number of places remaining for this meeting but IUCN Members and their National Committees from the West Europe, East Europe, North and Central Asia regions are welcome to attend. [ 172 more words ] https://iucnuk.wordpress.com/…/iucn-inf ormal-regional-memb…/

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Great work by passionate conservationists. And not just workers in the field. Advocates like Angela Baby are much needed too.

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 Harwood, delegates were treated to a variety of excellent speakers and special guest, UK Government Environment Minister Thérèse Coffey. [ 440 more words ] https://iucnuk.wordpress.com/…/iucn70-c elebrated-with-natu…/

The organisers of IUCN70 'Nature and Human Wellbeing' are pleased to announce UK Government Environment Minister Thérèse Coffey MP is expected (subject to other government engagements) at the upcoming event on 2nd May in the City of London. With only a week to go, there are only a few days left to register for this event as bookings close at midnight on Monday 30th April. [ 72 more words ] https://iucnuk.wordpress.com/…/defra-mi nister-expected-at-…/

The IUCN National Committee UK is pleased to announce three additional speakers to the programme of 'Nature and Human Wellbeing - Scoring Common Goals' on the 2nd May in London: Emily Auckland, Network Director and Co-Chair, UK Stakeholders for Sustainable Development Judy Ling Wong, Trustee, London National Park City and President of the Black Environment Network Emily Connors, Economic Advisor, Natural Capital Branch, Well-being, Inequality, Sustainability and Environment Division, Office for National Statistics… [ 55 more words ]
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