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Update on the Election of the 2008 Governing Council

The election process for the Academy’s new Governing Council is currently underway. The slate of candidates is representative of all regions of the world.  The e-mail ballot will be open until 14 January 2008.   The election results will be announced as soon as possible after that date.
It is expected that the new Governing Council will meet early in the year at which time a Chair and Deputy Chair will be elected.

 

Planning for the 2008 Academy Colloquium in Mexico

 As previously announced, the 2008 Colloquium will be held in Mexico City from November 10 to 15, 2008. The theme will be “Poverty Alleviation and Environmental Protection.” The colloquium is being organized by the Metropolitan Autonomous University and an Organizing Committee drawn from a number of Mexican universities and other bodies.  The Chair of the Committee is Professor José Juan González.  An initial planning meeting took place in Mexico City on Monday November 12, 2007. The 60 participants were welcomed by the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Dr. Roberto Gutiérrez.  The Rector of the Metropolitan Autonomous University, Dr Adrián De Garay and Professor Nicholas Robinson, Chair of the IUCN Academy, delivered opening addresses.
The 2008 Colloquium website is under development at:  http://coloquiouam-uicn.azc.uam.mx   A call for papers, indicating the range of proposed topics, will be made shortly.    
 

Teaching and Capacity Building Survey

 A survey prepared by the Academy’s Teaching and Capacity Building Committee has been sent out to all member institutions for return on January 25, 2008.  The intention of the survey is to identify the needs for assistance in teaching environmental law and the priorities of our member universities.     
 

Latest publication of IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Research Studies

Biodiversity Conservation, Law and Livelihoods: Bridging the North-South Divide
Edited by Michael I. Jeffery, Macquarie University,Sydney, Jeremy Firestone University of Delaware,Karen Bubna-Litic
University of Technology, Sydney  Hardback (ISBN-13: 9780521885034)
This book presents a global perspective on biodiversity conservation and the maintenance of sustainable cultures. Contributions have been collected from scholars in every region of the world, and addresses issues from the international, regional, country-specific perspectives. Themes covered include the history and major government structures in this area; prerequisites to biodiversity conservation; biosecurity; and access to and sharing of benefits from components of biodiversity and their economic value.
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