International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

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International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
IUCN

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Fondată	Octombrie 1948, Fontainebleau, France
Oameni cheie	Valli Moosa Julia Marton-Lefèvre
Industrie	Resurse naturale Conservare
Website	www.iucn.org

Uniunea internaţională pentru conservarea naturii şi a resurselor naturale, conform Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature sau International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (acronim frecvent, IUCN) este o organizaţie internatională fondată în octombrie 1948 dedicată conservării resurselor naturale.

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Founded in 1948, its headquarters is located in the Lake Geneva area in Gland, Switzerland. The IUCN brings together 83 states, 108 government agencies, 766 Non-governmental organizations and 81 international organizations and about 10,000 experts and scientists from countries around the world.^[1]

Cuprins 1 Mission 2 Istoric 3 Structura organizatorică 3.1 Membri 3.2 Comisii 3.3 Secretariat 4 Contribuţii 5 Vedeţi şi 6 Referinţe 7 Legături externe

[modifică] Mission

IUCN's mission is to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable.^[1]

[modifică] Istoric

[modifică] Structura organizatorică

The Union has three components: its member organizations, its 6 scientific commissions, and its professional secretariat.^[1]

[modifică] Membri

[modifică] Comisii

There are six Commissions that assess the state of the world’s natural resources and provide the Union with sound know-how and policy advice on conservation issues:^[1]

Commission on Ecosystem Management

Commission on Education and Communication

Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy

Commission on Environmental Law

Species Survival Commission

World Commission on Protected Areas

IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)[

[modifică] Secretariat

The members and commissions work together with a professional secretariat consisting of over 1,100 people in 62 different countries. Ms. Julia Marton-Lefèvre—a global expert and leader in development and conservation—has been its Director General since 2 January, 2007.

She succeeded Achim Steiner, who was appointed Executive Director of United Nations Environment Programme UNEP in June 2006.

[modifică] Contribuţii

Among the IUCN key products and services, it has produced and continues to maintain and monitor:

• the IUCN categories for Protected Area Management
• the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

[modifică] Vedeţi şi

• Ex-situ conservation
• In-situ conservation
• IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
• Parks Canada
• Red List Index
• Regional Red List
• Red Data Book of the Russian Federation
• Threatened fauna of Australia
• Timeline of environmental events
• TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network
• Wildlife conservation

[modifică] Referinţe

[modifică] Legături externe

• The IUCN Website
• Review of the 2008 Red List of Threatened Species
• Friends of World Heritage Non-profit organization that identifies projects that support local tourism enterprises that can help alleviate poverty and conserve World Heritage sites.