NATURE PROTECTION: IUCN REFOCUSES ON CONSERVATION OF SPECIES AND NATURE

From: Europe Environment | Date: February 2, 1994 | Copyright information

Summary

At its General Assembly in Buenos Aires on January 17-26, the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) decided to refocus its strategy on preserving species and nature itself, and will begin to regionalise its activity. The organisation, founded in 1948, whose membership list includes 66 countries and close to 600 public bodies and NGOs, appears, in reorienting its activities towards conservation of nature and animal species, to be...

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