The canton of Vaud has joined the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Through this membership, it intends to position itself as a leading player in the fight for the preservation of biodiversity in Switzerland.
Member status will allow the canton to “strengthen its actions through access to proven know-how in nature protection offered by this international network as well as the sharing of scientific knowledge and good practices, in particular at a regional level,” the cantonal authorities said in a press release on Monday.
Vaud is the first Swiss canton to join the IUCN as a regional government. It thus joins other local authorities from France, Pakistan and Argentina within this organization whose headquarters it has hosted since 1961, first in Morges, then in Gland from 1979.
Red list of threatened species
The world’s largest organization for environmental protection has some 1,400 members, including states, government agencies, NGOs, businesses and scientific experts. It works to develop solutions to global ecological challenges and in particular establishes the red list of threatened species.
Founded in 1948, IUCN today employs more than 1,000 people in around fifty countries, including nearly 170 in Gland.
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