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The World Conservation Union (IUCN)
Mission: "To influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable."
In China since: 1996
Annual China budget: $100,000
Number of staff: 2 national and 0 expatriate
Mainland China contact:
Seth Cook
China Programme Coordinator 中国项目协调员
2-2-131 Tayuan Diplomatic Compound, 1 Xin Dong Lu,
Beijing Chaoyang 100600
Tel: +86 (10) 8532 2699
Fax: +86 (10) 8532 2693
Activities in Other Countries:
Over 140 countries world wide
Established in 1948 and now based in Geneva, IUCN is a coalition of more than 1,000 organisational members worldwide, including states, government agencies, NGOS and research institutions. It sponsors six global commissions on topics such as species conservation, environmental economic and social policy and environmental law. These commissions collect evidence and research reports from thousands of specialists to produce policy studies and recommendations. The Union also carries out regional conservation and environmental policy projects, which together account for about two thirds of the organisation’s total expenditure.
In China, IUCN has worked with the Sichuan Forestry College and the State Forestry Administration on forest conservation projects in Sichuan and Guangxi, and has collaborated with Guangxi provincial authorities on management plans for coastal waters in the Gulf of Beibu. It has also carried out training workshops in principles of sustainable development for provincial and district level government officials.
IUCN opened a representative office in Beijing in 2003, and is expecting to expand its work in China. Sustainable forestry will be a continuing theme. Also envisaged is a ‘Water and Nature Initiative’ that will include river basin management activities, wetlands conservation, and marine water projects. Efforts will also be made to support the development of environmental law and policy, and to help develop civil society environmental groups.
China has nine IUCN members: The Center for Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge (Yunnan) (云南省生物多样性和传统知识研究会) the China Landscape and Historic Sites Association (中国风景名胜区协会) the China Wildlife Conservation Association (中国野生动物保护协会) the Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, the State Environmental Protection Administration (国家环境保护总局南京环科所), WWF Hong Kong (世界自然基金会 香港), the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院植物研究所), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (中华人民共和国外交部), the Hong Kong Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (香港渔农署) and the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens(香港动植物园)
IUCN’s global income is currently about USD 65 million per year. This comes from government donors (around 64%) multilateral development agency donors (12%), membership fees (7%) and NGO donors (7%). Around 68% of the total funds are used for regional programmes.
Links
http://www.iucn.org
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