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LMO Description
Organisation IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature
Details
Level of authority International
Global
Formal Mandate IUCN, International Union for Conservation
of Nature, helps the world find pragmatic
solutions to our most pressing environment
and development challenges. It supports
scientific research, manages field
projects all over the world and brings
governments, non-government organizations,
United Nations agencies, companies and
local communities together to develop and
implement policy, laws and best practice.
IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest
global environmental network - a
democratic membership union with more than
1,000 government and NGO member
organizations, and almost 11,000 volunteer
scientists in more than 160 countries.

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™
is widely recognized as the most
comprehensive, objective global approach
for evaluating the conservation status of
plant and animal species.

IUCN also helps countries and communities
designate and manage systems of protected
areas on land and in the oceans, and this
one of IUCN’s main areas of expertise.

Main Activities IUCN's mission is to influence, encourage
and assist societies throughout the world
to conserve the integrity and diversity of
nature and to ensure that any use of
natural resources is equitable and
ecologically sustainable.

Knowledge: IUCN develops and supports
cutting-edge conservation science,
particularly on biodiversity and
ecosystems and how they link to human
wellbeing.
Action: IUCN runs thousands of field
projects around the world to better manage
natural environments.
Influence: IUCN supports governments,
NGOs, international conventions, UN
organizations, companies and communities
to develop laws, policy and best-practice.
Empowerment: IUCN helps implement laws,
policy and best-practice by mobilizing
organizations, providing resources and
training, and monitoring results.
LMO URL www.iucn.org, www.iucnredlist.org 
Comments
LMO CONTACT INFORMATION
Contact Person Vineet Katariya
Organisation IUCN
Function GIS Manager
Address 219c Huntingdon road
Country UNITED KINGDOM 
Tel 00 44 (0)1223 277966
Fax  
PROPOSED ROLE IN INSPIRE DEVELOPMENT
Which role(s) do you foresee for the LMO in INSPIRE development
  1. collect and describe user requirements related to Environmental policies
  2. participate in the review process
  3. contribute to awareness raising and training
  4. be kept informed
Area of work/experience
Geographic Domain: International
Description of geographic extent: Global
Societal Sector Research , Education , International policy
Specific Expertise
Data and Service Sharing
Monitoring and Reporting
INSPIRE Data Themes
Theme UserProducerCoordinator
Coordinate reference systems    
Geographical grid systems    
Geographical names    
Administrative units    
Addresses    
Hydrography    
Protected sites    
Elevation    
Land cover    
Orthoimagery    
Geology    
Production and industrial facilities    
Agricultural and aquaculture facilities    
Population distribution and demography    
Area management/restriction/regulation zones & reporting units    
Natural risk zones  
Species distribution    
Energy Resources    
Previous Experience relevant for INSPIRE development Management of Species distribution information for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Software application development, metadata standards, data models and data services.
Primary Business Conservation, Environmental Management, Software development , Data services and interoperability, data standards 
Environmental application domains Species conservation  

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