IUCN World Parks Congress 2014 - Part 2: An overview
Posted: November 23, 2014 Filed under: Conservation, Development, Economics, Environment, Governance, Science Communication | Tags: Sydney, World Parks Congress Leave a comment
Sylvia Earle addresses the Congress during a World Leaders' Dialogue on Feeding 9 billion people [16 Nov 14]
IUCN World Parks Congress - Part 1
Posted: November 5, 2014 Filed under: Conservation, Development, Environment, Governance, Science Communication | Tags: IUCN, Sydney, World Parks Congress Leave a commentI have been a bit inconsistent in my posting here. Inconsistent in two ways. Firstly, I had planned to write blog posts with greater frequency and, secondly, I was going to both rant and rave about relevant issues, but I seem to have tipped the scales in favour of rants.
So I thought I'd remedy the situation by writing a bit about the IUCN World Parks Congress, which I'll be attending here in Sydney from November 12th - 19th. This gives me impetus to pen some more posts and a chance to rave (I hope) about some positive action aimed at addressing the environmental, social, and economic challenges that the world presently faces. continue reading...