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The IUCN Academy produces a newsletter which provides an update on activities and projects being undertaken by the Academy. The newsletter also regularly highlights the work and programs of member institutions as well as a listing of forthcoming books and conferences in the field of environmental law.

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Past Issues

• December 2015
• December 2014
• November 2013
• November 2012
• March 2012
• May 2011
• September 2010
• January 2010
• July 2009 - Spanish
• July 2009 - Chinese
• July 2009
• January 2009
• May 2008
• December 2007
• April 2007
• January 2007

Reports to the Membership

Reports from the Secretariat/GB to the Membership

1. 2008 Report presented in Mexico City
2. Report to Wuhan Collegium, November 2009

Bylaws and Guidelines

The bylaws of the IUCN Academy, are provided below. The bylaws linked below were adopted on July 6, 2024 at the Academy’s annual Colloquium in Ahmedabad, India.

In addition, please find below Guidelines that have been developed in support of Academy governance. These Guidelines have been reviewed and approved by the Board. Please check back as we will continue to post approved guidelines.

• Bylaws of the Academy
  Adopted by vote of the members on July 6, 2024.
• Guideline (1) on Roles and Responsibilities of Governing Board Members
• Guideline (2) on Composition and Functions of the Teaching and Research Committees
• Guideline (3) on Administrative Committees of the Governing Board
• Guideline (4) on Terms of Reference and Composition of Administrative Committees of the Governing Board
• Guideline (5) on Academy Fellows
• Guideline (6) on Use of the IUCN Academy Name

Nilufer Oral

Nilufer Oral is a member of the Faculty of Law at Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey and is Deputy Director of the Istanbul Bilgi Marine Research Center for the Law of the Sea. In addition to serving on the Board of the IUCN Academy for Environmental Law she co-chairs the IUCN Specialist Group on Oceans, Coasts and Coral Reefs of the Commission on Environmental Law and was elected as IUCN Regional Councillor (2012-2016).

She advises the Turkish Foreign Ministry on law of the sea, climate change and has participated as a negotiator with the Turkish Delegation in UNFCCC negotiations since 2010. She has also served as legal advisor to the Turkish Foreign Ministry Delegation at the International Maritime Organization 1998-2002.

Nilufer Oral is a Distinguished Senior Visiting Scholar at the Law of the Sea Institute, University of California School of Law, Berkeley (2011-2013).

She has published on issues related to law of the sea and protection of the marine environment.