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Julian Huxley, the first Director General of UNESCO, took the initiative to set up IUCN. At the time of its founding IUCN was the only international organisation focusing on the entire spectrum of nature conservation (an international organisation for the protection of birds, now BirdLife International, had been established in 1922).
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]
Sir Julian Sorell Huxley FRS [1] (22 June 1887 – 14 February 1975) was an English evolutionary biologist, eugenicist and internationalist.He was a proponent of natural selection, and a leading figure in the mid-twentieth-century modern synthesis.
A map of the world showing when countries joined the United Nations The founding of the United Nations. The history of the United Nations has its origins in World War II beginning with the Declaration of St James's Palace.
The United Nations Office at Geneva (Switzerland) is its second biggest centre after the UN headquarters in New York City.. The Charter of the United Nations (UN) is the foundational treaty of the United Nations. [1]
The IUCN — International Union for Conservation of Nature. International environmental and conservation organization — focus on environmental conservation . The main article for this category is International Union for Conservation of Nature .
The IUCN projects a 27% decrease in the population of emperor penguins over the next 61 years with all colonies living north of 67°S disappearing by 2052 due to the melting of sea ice.
Firouz was also a member of the presiding board of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 1973–75. [5] In 1977, he was elected as President of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), a position that he never filled as the Shah forced the resignation of the government during ...