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The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. [3] Founded in 1948, IUCN has become the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it.
Eskandar Firouz (() August 7, 1926 – () March 4, 2020) was an Iranian environmentalist and politician. He was the first director of the Department of Environment in Iran . He developed Iran's ecological conservation and management program.
Harold Jefferson Coolidge Jr. (January 15, 1904 [1] – February 15, 1985 [2]) was an American zoologist and a founding director of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as well as of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). [3]
She was Director General of IUCN, [1] the International Union for Conservation of Nature, from January 2007 to January 2015. [2] Prior to this, Marton-Lefèvre was Rector of the University for Peace (UPEACE), a graduate-level international university, mandated by the United Nations, providing education, training and research on issues related to peace and conflict.
The Charter has been formally endorsed by organizations such as the UNESCO, [9] over 250 universities around the world, [10] the World Conservation Union of IUCN, the Indian National Capital Territory of Delhi, [11] the 2001 U.S. Conference of Mayors, [12] and dozens of youth organizations. [13]
These conservation status categories are used in Wikipedia articles.. For threatened species and species believed to have become extinct after 1500, the categories are based on the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) Red List 1994 or 2001 categories.
Eleanor Sterling (October 3, 1960 – February 11, 2023) was an conservationist and biologist.She was the director of the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation at the American Museum of Natural History and also became the director of Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) at the University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa (UHM).
The Large Carnivore Initiative for Europe (LCIE) is a working group of the IUCN Commission on the Conservation of Species. [1] and a Non-governmental organization.President of the LCIE is the Secretary of the IUCN Wolf Specialist Group Luigi Boitani. [2]