Press release | 02 Sep, 2010
The 2010 Swiss Solar Energy Prize has been awarded to the ground-breaking solar energy system created by Romande Energie and mounted on the recently inaugurated offices of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Press release | 01 Sep, 2010
Samoa seeks gender approach to strengthen national energy projects
Several government ministries in Samoa are engaged in a week long gender mainstreaming training this week in the attempt to strengthen their project implementation, particularly renewable energy and energy efficiency projects, and community level interaction.
Story | 02 Aug, 2010
A visit to IUCN Secretariat by Shell’s Manager of Sensitive Areas
Joanna Cochrane, Manager Sensitive Areas in Shell Upstream International, visited the IUCN Secretariat to present Shell's newly formed Sensitive Areas team and hold exploratory discussions.
Story | 21 Jul, 2010
Greening blue energy : identifying and managing the biodiversity risks and opportunities of offshore renewable energy
Story | 20 Jul, 2010
Indigenous peoples and REDD-plus
Challenges and opportunities for the engagement of indigenous peoples and local communities in REDD-plus
Story | 13 Jul, 2010
IUCN's Collaboration Agreement with Rio Tinto
The Collaboration Agreement, signed 12 July, 2010, between the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Rio Tinto London Limited (Rio Tinto) commits IUCN and Rio Tinto to focus their collaborative projects on innovative and ground-breaking biodiversity conservation activities…
Press release | 12 Jul, 2010
Biodiversity climbs the corporate agenda
Business leaders in biodiversity-rich developing economies are concerned about losses of ‘natural capital’, a new report highlights.
Press release | 12 Jul, 2010
IUCN and Rio Tinto announce three-year relationship – focus on enhanced sustainable development
IUCN and Rio Tinto today entered into a formal collaboration agreement, committing to work together over a three-year period.
Press release | 07 Jul, 2010
Remote Villages of Ziarat Electrified through Solar Energy
Ziarat, Pakistan, July 08, 2010 IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Pakistan Council for Renewable Energy Technologies (PCRET) have collaboratively installed twelve solar energy panel systems in ten different remotely located villages of Ziarat district of Balochistan. With…