IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature

IUCN WORLD CONSERVATION CONGRESS （大會(huì)）

6~15 September 2012, Jeju, Korea

•Forum

Addressing the world's most pressing sustainable development challenges, the Forum offers a unique platform for debates, workshops, dialogues, roundtable discussions, training courses, music and exhibitions．

Events are organized by the IUCN Secretariat, IUCN Members, Commissions and partners and the host country．The Call for Contributions invites you to propose events to be considered for the Forum, part of Congress which is open to all（from 7 to 11 September 2012）．

•Simple steps on how to submit a proposal for the Forum

1）Click here: Call for Contributions: propose an event for the Forum．

2）Go below "Sign in" and create your account．

3）Edit your proposal: Check again all the information you provide and make changes if you want to．Click on Save draft．

4）Invite co-organizers: Get people to join you in organizing the event by inviting them via e-mail．

5）Click on Submit Proposal．

Basically, you have the opportunity to teach, host a discussion, give training or just show your work．

Workshops（TEACH）

•120 minutes session, number of people to be confirmed．

•The idea is to promote understanding on a specific issue while engaging participants to share their knowledge and know-how．

Knowledge Cafe（DISCUSS）

•120 minutes session, suitable for 12 people at the most．

•These aim to share collective knowledge （explore areas of common interest）and gain a deeper understanding of a subject and the issues involved．

Conservation Campus（TRAIN）

•Half day or full day modules（模式）, for up to 30 people．

•It's an interactive（互動(dòng)的） training session where participants develop new skills and knowledge transfer on relevant conservation topics．

•This type of event provides more in-depth exploration of topics aimed at building the capacity of participants．

Posters（SHOW）

•Your posters are meant to display conservation work and achievements in an easy and direct way．

•Owners will have time to present their poster during lunch breaks（approximately 10 minutes）．

60．The Call for Contributions is intended to ________．

       A．a(chǎn)ppeal to the public to protect the environment

       B．invite more people to participate in workshops

       C．collect proposals for the Forum of IUCN Congress

       D．introduce the 2012 IUCN World Conservation Congress

61．The following statements about the Forum are true EXCEPT that _______．

       A．it will last 2 hours with more than 30 participants

       B．Conservation Campus lasts about half a day or a whole day

       C．the number of people shouldn't be more than a dozen in a Knowledge Cafe

       D．a(chǎn) poster owner will have about 10 minutes to present his work at lunch breaks

62．We can learn from the passage that _______.

       A．the Forum will last from 6 to 15 September 2012

       B．the host country is the only organizer of the Forum

       C．a(chǎn)reas of common interest will be explored in Workshops

       D．certain procedures are required for your proposals to be considered

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Who is to blame?
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【小題1】What do we know about the IUCN?

A．A union for listing animals and plants on the earth
B．A group of volunteers who are interested in wildlife
C．An organization concerning the protection of rare species' survival
D．A government made up officials, scientists and experts
【小題2】 What can be concluded from the passage?  
A．All the protection methods can’t work.
B．The IUCN does most of the protection.
C．The efforts China makes has paid off.
D．Enough is done in wildlife protection.
【小題3】Which of the following is not the cause of the disappearance of the animals?
A．Bad weatherB．Over-hunting C．Warmer oceansD．Habitat destruction
【小題4】Which of the sentence is NOT true?
A．China has been paying great attention to protecting the natural resources.
B．China has set up a lot of natural reserves.
C．The natural reserves in China cover more than 15 percent of the nation's land area.
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"The country’s natural resources(資源) have benefited from conservation," said Lei Guangchun, director of the nature reserve department of Beijing Forestry University. "It is a big increase nowadays compared with other countries." Lei said.
The total areas of China’s natural reserves have covered 1.38 million km2, which accounts for 15.4% of China’s area, higher than both the world average（平均水平） of 11% and the rate in most developed countries.
Li Zhong, an official in charge of the nature reserves office with the State Forestry Administration, thought it was important to increase investment（投資） in such reserves at all levels.
【小題1】What do we know about the IUCN?

A．A union for listing animals and plants on the earth
B．A group of volunteers who are interested in wildlife
C．An organization concerning the protection of rare species’ survival
D．A government made up officials, scientists and experts
【小題2】What can be concluded from the passage?
A．All the protection methods can’t work.　
B．The IUCN does most of the protection.
C．The efforts China makes has paid off.　
D．Enough is done in wildlife protection.
【小題3】 Which of the following is not the cause of the disappearance of the animals?
A．Bad weatherB．Over-hunting C．Warmer oceansD．Habitat destruction
【小題4】Which of the sentence is NOT true?
A．China has been paying great attention to protecting the natural resources.
B．China has set up a lot of natural reserves.
C．The natural reserves in China cover more than 15 percent of the nation’s land area.
D．The rate of China’s natural reserves is lower than the average of the world.

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  Some of the planet’s most precious animals and plants are disappearing, according to the World Conservation Union (IUCN). The group, based in Switzerland, works with governments and experts to protect threatened species. On September 12, the IUCN released its Red List, a list of species at greatest risk of extinction.

    The list includes 41,415 animals and plants. The IUCN says that habitat destruction, hunting and other causes threaten one in four mammals, one in eight birds and one in three amphibians(兩棲動(dòng)物).

    Who is to blame?

    Scientists believe that 99 percent of threatened species are at risk because of human activity. “We are losing animals and plants at a high rate,” says Julia Marton-LefEevre, director general of the IUCN. “We need to change our behavior.” Warmer oceans and over-fishing are changing sea life. This year for the first time corals(珊瑚) made their appearance on the list. The gharial, a crocodile living in India and Nepal, has lost almost 60 percent of its population in the last 10 years. It is a victim（受害者）of habitat destruction.

    Still, the news is not all bad. Thanks to efforts made to protect it, the Mauritius echo parakeet, a bird once endangered, has seen an increase in its population. “This shows that protection methods can work,” says Marton-LefEevre. “That’s the message we want to send to young people.”

    In China the new reserve（保護(hù)區(qū)）itself is part of green efforts that have seen more than 2,400 nature reserves of various kinds being set up, covering more than 15 percent of the nation's land area, official figures showed.

"The country's natural resources(資源) have benefited from conservation," said Lei Guangchun, director of the nature reserve department of Beijing Forestry University. "It is a big increase nowadays compared with other countries." Lei said.

The total areas of China’s natural reserves have covered 1.38 million km2, which accounts for 15.4% of China’s area, higher than both the world average（平均水平） of 11% and the rate in most developed countries.

    Li Zhong, an official in charge of the nature reserves office with the State Forestry Administration, thought it was important to increase investment（投資） in such reserves at all levels.

1.What do we know about the IUCN?

   A. A union for listing animals and plants on the earth

   B. A group of volunteers who are interested in wildlife

   C. An organization concerning the protection of rare species' survival

   D. A government made up officials, scientists and experts

2.What can be concluded from the passage?         

A. All the protection methods can’t work.   　   

B. The IUCN does most of the protection.

C. The efforts China makes has paid off.　  

D. Enough is done in wildlife protection.

3. Which of the following is not the cause of the disappearance of the animals?

   A. Bad weather     B. Over-hunting    C. Warmer oceans    D. Habitat destruction

4.Which of the sentence is NOT true?

       A. China has been paying great attention to protecting the natural resources.

       B. China has set up a lot of natural reserves.

       C. The natural reserves in China cover more than 15 percent of the nation's land area.

       D. The rate of China's natural reserves is lower than the average of the world.

 

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Some of the planet’s most precious animals and plants are disappearing, according to the World Conservation Union (IUCN). The group, based in Switzerland, works with governments and experts to protect threatened species. On September 12, the IUCN released its Red List, a list of species at greatest risk of extinction.

    The list includes 41,415 animals and plants. The IUCN says that habitat destruction, hunting and other causes threaten one in four mammals, one in eight birds and one in three amphibians(兩棲動(dòng)物).

    Who is to blame?

    Scientists believe that 99 percent of threatened species are at risk because of human activity. “We are losing animals and plants at a high rate,” says Julia Marton-LefEevre, director general of the IUCN. “We need to change our behavior.” Warmer oceans and over-fishing are changing sea life. This year for the first time corals(珊瑚) made their appearance on the list. The gharial, a crocodile living in India and Nepal, has lost almost 60 percent of its population in the last 10 years. It is a victim（受害者）of habitat destruction.

    Still, the news is not all bad. Thanks to efforts made to protect it, the Mauritius echo parakeet, a bird once endangered, has seen an increase in its population. “This shows that protection methods can work,” says Marton-LefEevre. “That’s the message we want to send to young people.”

    In China the new reserve（保護(hù)區(qū)）itself is part of green efforts that have seen more than 2,400 nature reserves of various kinds being set up, covering more than 15 percent of the nation's land area, official figures showed.

"The country's natural resources(資源) have benefited from conservation," said Lei Guangchun, director of the nature reserve department of Beijing Forestry University. "It is a big increase nowadays compared with other countries." Lei said.

The total areas of China’s natural reserves have covered 1.38 million km2, which accounts for 15.4% of China’s area, higher than both the world average（平均水平） of 11% and the rate in most developed countries.

    Li Zhong, an official in charge of the nature reserves office with the State Forestry Administration, thought it was important to increase investment（投資） in such reserves at all levels.

1.What do we know about the IUCN?

   A. A union for listing animals and plants on the earth

   B. A group of volunteers who are interested in wildlife

   C. An organization concerning the protection of rare species' survival

   D. A government made up officials, scientists and experts

2. What can be concluded from the passage? 

   A. All the protection methods can’t work.

   B. The IUCN does most of the protection.

   C. The efforts China makes has paid off.

   D. Enough is done in wildlife protection.

3.Which of the following is not the cause of the disappearance of the animals?

   A. Bad weather     B. Over-hunting    C. Warmer oceans    D. Habitat destruction

4.Which of the sentence is NOT true?

       A. China has been paying great attention to protecting the natural resources.

       B. China has set up a lot of natural reserves.

       C. The natural reserves in China cover more than 15 percent of the nation's land area.

       D. The rate of China's natural reserves is lower than the average of the world.

 

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Some of the planet’s most precious animals and plants are disappearing, according to the World Conservation Union (IUCN). The group, based in Switzerland, works with governments and experts to protect threatened species. On September 12, the IUCN released its Red List, a list of species at greatest risk of extinction.
The list includes 41,415 animals and plants. The IUCN says that habitat destruction, hunting and other causes threaten one in four mammals, one in eight birds and one in three amphibians(兩棲動(dòng)物).
Who is to blame?
Scientists believe that 99 percent of threatened species are at risk because of human activity. “We are losing animals and plants at a high rate,” says Julia Marton-LefEevre, director general of the IUCN. “We need to change our behavior.” Warmer oceans and over-fishing are changing sea life. This year for the first time corals(珊瑚) made their appearance on the list. The gharial, a crocodile living in India and Nepal, has lost almost 60 percent of its population in the last 10 years. It is a victim（受害者）of habitat destruction.
Still, the news is not all bad. Thanks to efforts made to protect it, the Mauritius echo parakeet, a bird once endangered, has seen an increase in its population. “This shows that protection methods can work,” says Marton-LefEevre. “That’s the message we want to send to young people.”
In China the new reserve（保護(hù)區(qū)）itself is part of green efforts that have seen more than 2,400 nature reserves of various kinds being set up, covering more than 15 percent of the nation’s land area, official figures showed.
"The country’s natural resources(資源) have benefited from conservation," said Lei Guangchun, director of the nature reserve department of Beijing Forestry University. "It is a big increase nowadays compared with other countries." Lei said.
The total areas of China’s natural reserves have covered 1.38 million km2, which accounts for 15.4% of China’s area, higher than both the world average（平均水平） of 11% and the rate in most developed countries.
Li Zhong, an official in charge of the nature reserves office with the State Forestry Administration, thought it was important to increase investment（投資） in such reserves at all levels

  1. 1.

    What do we know about the IUCN?

    1. A.
      A union for listing animals and plants on the earth
    2. B.
      A group of volunteers who are interested in wildlife
    3. C.
      An organization concerning the protection of rare species’ survival
    4. D.
      A government made up officials, scientists and experts
  2. 2.

    What can be concluded from the passage?

    1. A.
      All the protection methods can’t work.　
    2. B.
      The IUCN does most of the protection
    3. C.
      The efforts China makes has paid off.　
    4. D.
      Enough is done in wildlife protection
  3. 3.

    Which of the following is not the cause of the disappearance of the animals?

    1. A.
      Bad weather
    2. B.
      Over-hunting
    3. C.
      Warmer oceans
    4. D.
      Habitat destruction
  4. 4.

    Which of the sentence is NOT true?

    1. A.
      China has been paying great attention to protecting the natural resources
    2. B.
      China has set up a lot of natural reserves
    3. C.
      The natural reserves in China cover more than 15 percent of the nation’s land area
    4. D.
      The rate of China’s natural reserves is lower than the average of the world

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