2880-THE INTERNATIONAL UNION CONSERVATION OF NATURE: IUCN (HORA DO PLANETA em 27-3-2010 : 20h30min às 21h30min)-Acróstic-informative (6º de 12) By Sílvia Araújo Motta/BH/MG/Brasil
2880-THE INTERNATIONAL UNION CONSERVATION OF NATURE: IUCN
(HORA DO PLANETA em 27-3-2010 : 20h30min às 21h30min)-Acróstic-informative nº 2880 (6º de 12) By Sílvia Araújo Motta/BH/MG/Brasil
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T-The International Union IUCN
H-Helps the worl find pragmatics
E-Echos for Conservation of Nature;
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I-It supports scientific research,
N-Naturally manages field projects,
T-Tactics with organizations,
E-Engageds non-governments,
R-Registrations governments,United
N-Nations Agencies and Communities,
A-All over the world terrestrial.
T-The IUCN is working with the name:
I-“International Union for Conservation
O-Of Nature” in more than 160 Countries;
N-Needs, founded in October,1948,
A-As the world´s first global “UICN”
L-Licensed to environmental organization;
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U-Uterly the Organization changed,
N-Natural Resources, in 1956 by “IUCN”
I-In conjunction IUCN-UICN, in 1990,
O-Official observer status at the United
N-Nations General Assembly : “IUCN”
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I-Included almost 11.000 voluntaries...
U-Use of the name: “World Conservation Union”
C-Commissions work with Executive Director General
N-Name:Julia Marton-Lefèvre/a global expert in ....development and conservation of Nature.
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Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil, 27 de março de 2010.
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(*)IUCN:
“The International Union for Conservation of Nature”
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(**)Protected areas and threatened species could most effectively be safeguarded if local people considered it in their own interest to do so. Working with rather than against local people became a major working principle for IUCN.
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(***)Some key dates in the growth and development of this organization include:[2]
>1956: Name changed from International Union for the Preservation of Nature (IUPN) to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)
>1959: UNESCO decides to create an international list of Nature Parks and equivalent reserves, and the United Nations Secretary General asks the IUCN to prepare this list
>1961: After more than a decade of funding difficulties, eminent science and business personalities (including Sir Julian Huxley) decide to set up a complementary fund (the World Wildlife Fund) to focus on fund raising, public relations, and increasing public support for nature conservation
>1969: The IUCN obtains a grant from the Ford Foundation which enables it to boost, substantially, its international secretariat.
>1972: UNESCO adopts the Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage and the IUCN is invited to provide technical evaluations and monitoring
>1974: The IUCN is involved in obtaining the agreement of its members to sign a Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), whose secretariat was originally lodged with the IUCN
>1975: The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention) comes into force, and its secretariat is administered from the IUCN's headquarters
>1980: The IUCN (together with the United Nations Environment Programme and the World Wide Fund for Nature) collaborate with UNESCO to publish a World Conservation Strategy
>1982: Following IUCN preparation and efforts, the United Nations General Assembly adopts the World Charter for Nature
>1990: Began using the name World Conservation Union as the official name, while continuing using IUCN as its abbreviation
>1993: the IUCN (together with United Nations Environment Programme and the World Wide Fund for Nature) publishes Caring for the Earth
>2008: Stopped using World Conservation Union as its official name and reverted its name back to International Union for Conservation of Nature
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