IUCN World Conservation Congress

For the marathon 10-day congress on sustainable development, organised by IUCN, more than 8,000 leading decision makers of the world gathered in Barcelona. IPS was there with its wire service and special conference newspaper, TerraViva, to report on ideas, actions and solutions for a diverse and sustainable world.
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Q&A: ‘Engagement, Not Collaboration With Business’
Ramesh Jaura
BARCELONA – The IUCN has elected Ashok Khosla its new president. Widely recognised as a bridge between conservation and development, theory and practice, the traditional and the new, and between the North and the South, Khosla chairs the India-based Development Alternatives Group, a non-profit organisation established in 1983 “for creating large-scale sustainable livelihoods.”
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ENVIRONMENT: Because Oil Is Not Green
Julio Godoy
BARCELONA – Several environmental organisations have asked the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to stop accepting funding from Shell, the giant international oil company.
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ENVIRONMENT: ‘Fertilising’ the Ocean Could be a Cure That Kills
Julio Godoy
BARCELONA – Environmentalists are challenging dubious new proposals to reduce the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
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ENVIRONMENT: Stepping Beyond Carbon Footprints
Ramesh Jaura
BARCELONA – Do those 8,000 tonnes of carbon footprints arising from participation in the World Conservation Congress in Barcelona show the way beyond Kyoto? Will the marathon congregation significantly reduce biodiversity loss and halt creeping desertification?
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ENERGY: Governments Must Lead on Renewables, says Shell CEO
Zarina Geloo
BARCELONA – Royal Dutch Shell, with an annual turnover of more than 350 billion dollars from extracting oil and gas, mainly in third world countries, says it is up to governments rather than companies like Shell to take the lead in finding solutions for a sustainable energy future.
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