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 * [|International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)]** is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental network - a democratic membership union with more than 1,000 government and NGO member organizations.

Based in Gland, Switzerland, IUCN was founded in 1848 as the world's first global environmental organization and now has more than 1200 member organizations, including 200 government and 900 non-government organizations and almost 11,000 scientists and experts grouped in six commissions in 160 countries. It holds official observer status at the United Nations General Assembly.

//IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, helps the world find pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges.//

//IUCN works on biodiversity, energy, human livelihoods and greening the world economy by supporting scientific research, managing field projects all over the world, and bringing governments, NGOs, the UN and companies together to develop policy, laws and best practice. //

//IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental organization, with more than 1,200 government and NGO members and almost 11,000 volunteer experts in some 160 countries. IUCN’s work is supported by over 1,000 staff in 45 offices and hundreds of partners in public, NGO and private sectors around the world. //

Quotes
So while our increasing urbanisation – and the hectic lifestyle that often accompanies it –may threaten to numb our connection with nature, we can choose to stay very much awake to this symbiotic relationship. We can seek out first-hand experiences with nature, and engage in activities that encourage others to do so. - @andersen_inger Inger Andersen, Director General, International Union for Conservation of Nature [|@IUCN] https://twitter.com/andersen_inger https://www.iucn.org/news/secretariat/201706/iucn-director-generals-statement-world-environment-day

Key Links
[|http://www.iucn.org] [] [] [|http://www.iucn.org/media/news_releases] https://portals.iucn.org/blog http://iucn.org/about/union/members http://www.iucn.org/secretariat/membership/about/union/members/who-are-our-members

Global Goals https://www.iucn.org/theme/global-policy/our-work/sustainable-development-goals/iucn-and-sdgs

Planeta
http://planeta.com/iucn http://planeta.com/17aciucn

Vacancies
https://hrms.iucn.org/iresy/index.cfm?event=vac.showOpenList

Panorama
http://www.solutionsexplorer.org http://www.panorama.solutions

Members Portal
https://www.iucn.org/about/union/members/members_portal https://portals.iucn.org/union https://portals.iucn.org/union/help

Guides & Tutorials
 * [|User's Guide] ** IUCN Union Portal Guide

Contact For technical assistance or issues with the site, please contact through ** supportportals@iucn.org **
 * [|Video Guides] ** Union Portal User Guides ENGLISH

Editorial Board https://www.iucn.org/theme/science-and-knowledge/our-work/culture-science-and-knowledge/iucn-editorial-board

Peer Networks https://www.iucn.org/theme/science-and-knowledge/our-work/peer-networks

**Facebook** [|iucn.org] [|Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist Group] [|IUCNProtectedAreas] [|IUCNCEC] [|Commission on Ecosystem Management] [|IUCN Task Force on Intergenerational Partnership for Sustainability (IPS)] [|PA and Conservation Learning News]

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POLICY MATTERS is a peer reviewed journal published electronically and in print by IUCN’s Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP). For more information, including accessing back copies of past Policy Matters editions see: http://www.iucn.org/commissions/commissionenvironmental-economic-and-social-policy/news-and-policy-matters https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/Policy%20Matters%20-%20Issue%2021.pdf

2016 https://portals.iucn.org/blog/2016/01/05/a-journey-towards-satellite-based-monitoring-of-natural-world-heritage-sites/

Filing https://plus.google.com/+IucnOrg/videos https://www.youtube.com/user/iucn/about IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, helps the world find pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges. It supports scientific research, manages field projects all over the world and brings governments, non-government organizations, United Nations agencies, companies and local communities together to develop and implement policy, laws and best practice.

The [|IUCN Union Portal] is a web-based, password-protected system, which allows for improved networking, interaction and the sharing of information across the entire Union: Members, Commission members (CEC, CEESP, CEM, SSC, WCEL and WCPA), Councillors, National and Regional Committees, and the Secretariat. [|Details] https://portals.iucn.org/union/myunion/allmygroupscontent https://portals.iucn.org/union/myunion/allcontent

Spotlight on the Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist Group

Twitter
[|@IUCN] [|@IUCN_CEC] [|@UICN_SUR] [|@Juliane_Zeidler] [|@IUCN_business] [|@IUCNDC] [|@IUCN_Oceania] [|@IUCN_Maldives] [|@IUCNscience] [|@IUCN_Water] [|@IUCNShark] [|@IUCN_PA] [|@WPCSydney] [|@JMartonLefevre] [|@Fighting4Earth] [|@WCPA_Marine] https://twitter.com/andersen_inger https://twitter.com/IUCN_forests https://twitter.com/IUCNclimatePASG https://twitter.com/IUCNSULi

[|@FW_Conservation] The IUCN/SSC Freshwater Conservation Sub-committee was established in 2010 in order to address the global freshwater biodiversity crisis

[|#lovenotloss] [|#IUCN]
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[|iucn web] https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=iucn

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LinkedIn
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Slideshare
[] planeta: [|iucn 2016], [|iucn on the social web]

reports
[|IUCN’s 2012 Annual Report] (PDF)

Courses
http://www.frogleaps.org

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People
Inger Andersen will succeed our current Director General, Julia Marton-Lefèvre, and will take up her duties in Gland on January 12, 2015.

Green List
greenlist http://portals.iucn.org/2012forum/?q=0245 http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/gpap_home/gpap_quality/gpap_greenlist [|IUCN adopts new 'Green List' to show species on the path to conservation success - Science Codex]

The IUCN Green List of well-managed protected areas is a new global initiative that celebrates the success of effective protected areas, and encourages the sharing of that success so that other protected areas can also reach high standards. More effective protected areas lead to greater benefits for humans and nature. The IUCN Green List will be developed from 2012 to 2014, with a full launch scheduled for the 2014 IUCN World Parks Congress in Sydney, Australia. A number of partners have already joined the pilot phase to help test and refine the process. They include Parques Nacionales Naturales in Colombia, the Korean National Park Service and the CA/TS (Conservation Assured/Tiger Standards) project being carried out by WWF in tiger range countries. IUCN will develop the Green List by adding a diversity of countries and programmes to the pilot phase for testing, ensuring the process is refined to be fair, simple and regionally adaptable. As an ambitious undertaking that will move protected area conservation forward, the IUCN Green List of well-managed protected areas provides a new opportunity for results that demonstrate the IUCN vision of a just world that values and conserves nature.

Commission on Education and Communication (CEC) The Commission on Education and Communication (CEC) is a network driving change for sustainability through the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). More than 1,000 members volunteer their professional expertise in learning, knowledge management and strategic communication to achieve IUCN goals. http://cectalksnature.org https://twitter.com/IUCN_CEC https://www.facebook.com/groups/155976027757356

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IUCN, represented by its Global Business and Biodiversity Programme, is the coordinator of the** Aluminium Stewardship Initiative standard-setting process **. DRAFT0 of the ASI Standard is now available for public consultation. **You are all invited to provide your comments**. More details are available below.

The priorities for the WCPA North American Region for the next few years are available at the WCPA website. @http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/gpap_home/gpap_wcpa/gpap_wcparegion/gpap_regionnorthamerica/

They include:

enhancing the relevance of protected areas;

promoting strategies for reducing biodiversity loss;

enhancing the resilience of protected areas to climate change impacts; and

connecting people to nature through protected area programs.

I wish to propose that we create working groups to advance issues on these priorities. To this end, I would request individuals who would like to provide leadership for each of these priorities to let me know by the end of this month. Please contact me using the email: __mike.wong@iucn.org__


 * Sharing Information **

We have an opportunity to share relevant information, including publications and videos through the WCPA North American web page.

@http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/gpap_home/gpap_wcpa/gpap_wcparegion/gpap_regionnorthamerica/. As an example, I have posted a document "Action on the Ground" which highlights Parks Canada's ambitious program to restore the ecological integrity of Canada’s national parks.

We would like to learn about how our members are empowering societies to responsibly and sustainably care for nature and our global biodiversity for the well-being of present and future generations.

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Portal In November 2013, IUCN launched the new IUCN Portal to provide for communication within the constituency of IUCN involving over 25,000 people. These include IUCN staff, IUCN members, Commission Members, Partners and Funders. This system replaces the current Yahoo Groups setup, effective immediately.

The Portal enables the establishment and management of a hierarchy of groups within its structure, so that the WCPA as a whole, the WCPA Steering Committee, each WCPA membership region, each WCPA Thematic Group, and each Specialist Group and Task Force are identified as groups within the Portal. An individual can be appointed as the leader of a group (with management functions) and each person in the Portal can be attached to more than one group.

For the WCPA Steering Committee, each officer bearer has the responsibility for a specific group. In some cases, the membership is predetermined e.g. all members in a particular region will automatically be recorded as members of a specific WCPA region. In other cases, the membership is determined by the Group Manager, e.g. membership of the Transboundary Conservation Specialist Group is the responsibility of the Specialist Group Leader. Each person has access to the groups of which they are a member.

Within a group, the portal manager can structure the group, send messages to the whole group, or sub-groups, and members of those groups can:
 * establish who are the other members
 * communicate with members
 * set up discussions for the whole group
 * post documents, events, opportunities, etc.

Posts on the portal can either be public (in which they are accessible to anyone in the IUCN Portal), or private, in which case only members of the group can view the information.

Headlines
[|innovation-for-conservation-success]

[|Developing sustainable tourism across borders in the Dinaric Arc]
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2012 Zhang Xinsheng, newly-elect President of IUCN, shares his hopes and plans for the next 4 years: [|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-rR4nKbUO8]

[|Changing the way we look at protected areas - Ernesto Enkerkin Hoeflich] Building on past success and innovations, Ernesto wants WCPA to do more, faster, better and larger and to reaffirm its role in assisting IUCN members and governments so protected areas truly become "hope spots" for sustainability. His vision is to move away from the “doom and gloom” to pride and pragmatism, well reflected through the projected "Green List of protected areas".

[| Will this be the Social Web World Conservation Congress?]

Blogs
https://portals.iucn.org/blog http://hansfriederich.wordpress.com http://cectalksnature.org [|Conservation Travel - joining conservation, travel & philanthropy]

Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/groups/155976027757356/ https://www.facebook.com/iucn.org https://www.facebook.com/uicnencastellano https://www.facebook.com/iucn.asia []

Flickr Groups
[|The Green and the Beautiful]

Wikipedia
[|International_Union_for_Conservation_of_Nature] [|IUCN_Red_List]

YouTube
[|iucn] [|How to tell a love story (biodiversity)] [|Love not loss] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv8WrhXI7D8q53qZxzS8ihQ

More videos @http://www.iucn.org/knowledge/multimedia/video/?9062/What-is-IUCN

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History
IUCN was founded in October 1948 as the International Union for the Protection of Nature (or IUPN) following an international conference in Fontainebleau, France.The organization changed its name to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources in 1956 with the acronym IUCN (or UICN in French and Spanish). This remains our full legal name to this day. Use of the name “World Conservation Union”, in conjunction with IUCN, began in 1990. From March 2008 this name is no longer commonly used.

World Heritage List

More than 10 percent of the world’s network of protected areas is included in the World Heritage List. The number of World Heritage Sites is approaching 1000, and 217 of these are World Heritage Sites listed for their natural values, which together protect more than 266 million hectares (ha) of land and sea in more than 90 countries.

http://www.iucn.org/about/union/members/resources/news/?8466/What-if-we-change-Lets-fix-this-Earth http://whatifwechange.org/

http://www.iucn.org/about/union/commissions/wcpa/wcpa_overview/wcpa_about/wcpa_steering2/

Youth http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/gpap_home/gpap_capacity2/gpap_wcpacap/gpap_youngprofessionals/

IUCN Commission on Education and Communication
 * Facebook
 * Twitter
 * YouTube
 * Slideshare
 * Picasa

CORE AREA A: Valuing and Conserving Biodiversity - generating knowledge and tools, using the knowledge gained to influence policy options for the full range of policies that have influence over biodiversity, conservation planning and action. CORE AREA B: Sharing Nature’s Benefits Fairly and Equitably - generating principles, knowledge and tools for governance, equity and rights. THEME C: Nature Based Solutions to Climate Change - combining policy influence with action on the ground for both climate change mitigation and adaptation. THEME D: Manage Ecosystems to Improve Food Security - beyond growing and catching food and take into account the wider livelihood and ecosystem considerations necessary to provide long term resilience, security and development opportunities. THEME E: Greening the Economy - influence relevant policy and develop knowledge and tools to enable transformative change in this area.

IUCN Media Award https://www.facebook.com/iucn.org/app_124209514379955

Misc http://www.iucn.org/about/union/patrons_of_nature/

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 * ||  || **Person responsible** || **PAGE link** ||
 * **Specialist Group** || **Tourism** || Anna Spenceley || [] ||
 * || **Caves and Karst** || Ms Jay Anderson || [] ||
 * || **Grasslands** || Bill Henwood || [|http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/gpap_home/gpap_biodiversity/gpap_wcpabiodiv/gpap _grasslands/] ||
 * || **Wilderness** || Vance Martin || [] ||
 * || **Freshwater** || Ian Harrison || [] ||
 * ||^  || John Matthews ||   ||
 * || **Cultural and Spiritual Values** || Bas Verschuuren || [] ||
 * ||^  || Edwin Bernbaum ||   ||
 * || **Transboundary Protected Areas** || Maja Vasiliejevic || [] ||
 * || **Urban Pas** || Ted Tzyrna || [] ||
 * || **Protected Area Finance** || Andrew BOVARNICK || no page ||
 * || **Protected Landscapes / Seascapes** || Jessica Brown || [] ||
 * ||  ||   || [] ||
 * || **Climate Change** || Dr Leigh Welling || [] ||
 * ||^  || Mr Andrew Rhodes ||   ||
 * || **High Seas** || Kristina Gjerde || [] ||
 * || **Private Protected Areas** || Brent Mitchell || [] ||
 * || **Legislation and Protected Areas** || //(vacant)// || [] ||
 * || **Indigenous Peoples** || //(vacant)// || pub only ||
 * || **Conservation Planning** || Bob Pressey || [] ||
 * || **Geoheritage** || Kyung SIK WOO || [] ||
 * ||^  || Will Hesley ||   ||
 * || **Management Effectiveness** || Fiona Leverington || [|http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/gpap_home/gpap_quality/gpap_wcpaquality/gpap_effectiveness/] ||
 * || **Green List** || Marc Hockings || [] ||
 * ||^  || James Hardcastle ||   ||
 * || **Marine Mammals** || Giuseppe Notarbartolo || no page ||
 * ||  || Erich Hoyt ||   ||
 * **Task Force** || **Biodiversity** || Stephen Woodley || [] ||
 * ^  ||^   || Penny Langhammer ||   ||
 * ^  || **Healthy Parks Healthy People** || Ian Walker || [] ||
 * ^  || **Nature for all** || Karen Keenleyside || no page ||
 * ^  || **Other effective conservation measures** || Harry Jonas || no page ||
 * **Thematic Group** || **Connectivity and Mountains** || Olivier Chassot || [] ||
 * ^  ||^   || Graeme Worboys ||   ||
 * ^  || **Marine** || Dan Laffoley || [] ||
 * ^  || **Natural Solutions** || Nigel Dudley || [] ||
 * ^  ||   || Marianne Kettunen ||   ||
 * ^  || **Science and Management** || Marc Hockings || no page ||
 * ^  || **Education and Curriculum Development** || //(vacant)// || no page ||
 * ^  || **World Heritage** || Cyril Kormos || link to WH website ||
 * ^  || **Capacity Development** || Mike Appleton || no page ||
 * ^  || **Governance** || Terence Hay-Edie || [] ||
 * ^  ||^   || Ms Carmen Miranda ||   ||
 * ^  || **Young Professionals** || Elaine Hsiao || [] ||
 * ^  ||^   || Alan Monroy Ojeda ||   ||
 * **REGIONS** || **WCPA East Asia** || Prof. Yoshitaka Kumagai || [] ||
 * || **WCPA South Asia** || Dr Vinod Mathur || [] ||
 * || **WCPA Southeast Asia** || Ms Cristi Marie Nozawa || [] ||
 * || **WCPA East and Southern Africa** || //(vacant)// Kathy MacKinnon interim) || [] ||
 * || **WCPA North Africa, Middle East, West Asia** || Imèn Meliane || [] ||
 * || **WCPA West and Central Africa** || Dr Charlotte Karibuhoye || [] ||
 * || **WCPA Caribbean** || Mr Lloyd Gardner || [] ||
 * || **WCPA Central America** || Dr Bernal Herrera-Fernández || [] ||
 * || **WCPA North America** || Mr Michael Wong || [] ||
 * || **WCPA South America** || Mr Cláudio MarettI || [] ||
 * || **WCPA Oceania** || Ms Penelope Figgis AO || [] ||
 * || **WCPA Europe** || Mr Andrej Sovinc || [] ||
 * || **WCPA North Eurasia** || Ms Elena Nikolaeva || [|http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/gpap_home/gpap_wcpa/gpap_wcparegion/gpap_wcpaeurasia/] ||

IUCN Standard for the Identification of Key Biodiversity Areas More than 1,100 comments were received and have been taken into consideration in developing the //IUCN Standard for the Identification of Key Biodiversity Areas//. This Standard will enable the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) as sites contributing significantly to the persistence of biodiversity. For more information on the consultation and access to associated documents, please visit the dedicated KBA Consultation area on the Union Portal. Remember, to access the Union Portal**,** you should use your personal login information (username and password). You can retrieve your personal account details via the Union Portal login page.
 * 1) We now invite you to **review the IUCN Standard for the Identification of Key Biodiversity Areas ** (only available in English) in a second and final round of consultation. The Standard (25 pages) is a much-condensed version of the //Consultation Document// circulated for comment last year and is the document that will be submitted to IUCN Council for approval. **Please provide any feedback** on this Standard **via the comment form** in English, French or Spanish , **until the 11th of October 2015.**
 * 2) If you have not already done so, we would like to take this opportunity to invite you to **respond to our end-users online survey** (available in English, French or Spanish ), which relates to the end-use applications of the KBA Standard. //We are seeking additional input (especially from government agencies, the private sector and intergovernmental organisations) in order to improve our understanding of end-user perspectives.//



@https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TAPASgroup2014

 1. What activities did you do on tourism and protected areas during 2013? (including with the TAPAS group, and independently) What activities did you do on tourism and protected areas during 2013? (including with the TAPAS group, and independently) <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">2. What publications have you produced during 2013 that relate to tourism and protected areas? (please include the full reference and weblink if possible) <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">What publications have you produced during 2013 that relate to tourism and protected areas? (please include the full reference and weblink if possible)

<span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">3. What presentations did you make during 2013 that relate to tourism and protected areas? (please include a slideshare/weblink if possible) <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">What presentations did you make during 2013 that relate to tourism and protected areas? (please include a slideshare/weblink if possible)

<span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">4. Did you do any assignments on behalf of IUCN on tourism and protected areas? (If yes, please describe)

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Misc https://portals.iucn.org/union/node/11610 IUCN people <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">**<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Valerie Batselaere ** <span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Communications Officer <span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Global Protected Areas Programme IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) 28 rue Mauverney, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Tel. +41 22 999 0198 ; Mob. +41 79 8338 213 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> www.iucn.org The [|Global Transboundary Conservation Network] brings together more than 200 experts in transboundary conservation. The network was launched at the Vth IUCN World Parks Congress and is facilitated by Transboundary Conservation Specialist Group of IUCN WCPA (World Commission on Protected Areas). IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental network with a membership of more than 1,000 organisations and 10,000 volunteer experts organised through six Commissions. The Global Transboundary Conservation Network offers expertise and guidance on all aspects of transboundary conservation planning, management and governance.

https://twitter.com/KfW

Governance https://www.iucn.org/theme/protected-areas/our-work/people-promoting-just-and-equitable-protected-areas/governance Governance of Protected Areas

http://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/governance_of_protected_areas___from_understanding_to_action.pdf

South America http://cecuicnsur.wixsite.com/cecsur/punto-focal

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B1Is7HByW0aKUUpBOUFrZnp6eDA