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Source:
Geneva
Green Guide on-line
http://os.grid.unep.ch/GGG/
World Conservation Union (IUCN)
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IUCN - The World Conservation Union
28 rue Mauverney
CH-1196 Gland (VD)
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Tel: (+41 22) 999 00 00
Fax: (+41 22) 999 00 02
Email: mail@iucn.ch
Web Site: www.iucn.org
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Info contact: Corli Pretorius
Tel: (+41 22) 999 02 03
Email: corli.pretorius@iucn.org
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Established: 1948
Staff: approx. 120 at headquarters; 1,000 worldwide
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Director General: Achim Steiner
What is it? The Union's mission is to
influence, encourage and assist societies conserve the integrity and
diversity of nature and to ensure that its use is equitable and ecologically
sustainable. It has 62 regional and country offices.
What does it do? The Union focuses its
activities in 12 areas:
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Biodiversity Policy - species, protected areas and sustainable use
concerns together with the social, economic and political dimensions;
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Climate
Change - forests, wetlands/water, marine and coastal, desertification,
species, protected areas, social policy, and environmental law;
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Economics -
encouraging the private sector to conserve biodiversity;
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Education and
Communication - integrating communication and education;
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Environmental Law - using law to strengthen conservation efforts;
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Forests - forest ecosystems and equitable distribution of forest goods
and services;
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Monitoring and Evaluation - improving methods and tools assessment;
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Protected Areas - establishing and managing terrestrial and marine
protected areas;
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Social
Policy - conservation strategies based on better understanding of the
complex inter-linkages between the environment and people;
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Species
Survival - mobilises action for species conservation;
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Sustainable Use - social and biological factors affecting wild
renewable resources; and
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Wetlands and Water Resources - sustainable use of wetlands and water
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Cooperation 75 states, 108 government
agencies, over 750 NGOs, some 10,000 scientists and experts from 181
countries, and the private sector.
Publications see
publications page
on website.
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