Story 04 Jun, 2008
ϲʿֱֳ Pan-European Newsletter 16: Islands of Hope
This newsletter issue focuses on island conservation, in preparation of the conference "The European Union and its Overseas Entities: Strategies to counter Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss”, taking place from 7-11 July 2008 in Reunion Island.
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Contents:
- Editorial (Tamás Marghescu, ϲʿֱֳ Regional Director for Europe)
- On the front line: The EU’s overseas islands battle climate change (Jeffrey McNeely and Jérôme Petit, ϲʿֱֳ)
- Small islands cannot adapt ad infinitum (Rolph Payet, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)
- Reunion: Island biodiversity of international relevance (Alain Brondeau, Reunion Island National Park)
- Overseas biodiversity at the heart of global challenges (Jean-Philippe Palasi, ϲʿֱֳ)
- Conserving New Caledonia’s dry forests (Hubert Géraux, New Caledonia ecoregional coordinator, WWF-France)
- Model ecosystem in Moorea (Neil Davies, Executive Director of the University of California Berkeley’s Richard B. Gump South Pacific Research Station in Moorea)
- Manage invasive alien species on islands (Dr Sugoto Roy, Central Science Laboratory)
- Sailing to Barcelona (Sarah Gindre, ϲʿֱֳ)
- Prized National Park ‘Hoge Kempen’ (Ignace Schops, Regionaal Landschap Kempen en Maasland)
- News from ϲʿֱֳ Europe
- Events and Publications
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