Representatives of the 190 States Parties to the 1972 World Heritage Convention elected 12 new members to the 21-member intergovernmental Committee in charge of managing UNESCO鈥檚 World Heritage List and implementing the Convention.
Warsaw, Poland 19 November 2013 鈥 Today at the UN climate change conference in Warsaw, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播) will release the first-ever Environment and Gender Index which monitors gender equality and women鈥檚 empowerment in the environmental arena.
Registration is now open for the 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 World Parks Congress (WPC),聽the landmark global forum on protected areas held every 10 years. The聽event takes place聽in Sydney, Australia 12-19 November 2014, with the theme 'Parks, people, planet: inspiring solutions' designed to聽help deliver 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播鈥檚 three鈥
Myanmar is renewing efforts to implement the World Heritage Convention. As the country opens up to international conservation processes, 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 is providing expertise to help identify potential natural heritage sites.
A new scientific study has identified the protected areas most critical to preventing extinctions of the world鈥檚 mammals, birds and amphibians. Resulting from an international collaboration, this analysis provides practical advice for improving the effectiveness of protected areas in conserving鈥
This week, a number of conservationists are meeting with representatives from Mexico, India and Brazil to discuss the identification and governance of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) - places recognised for their important fauna and flora. The process for identifying KBAs is the focus of a project鈥
A strong commitment to conserve and sustainably manage the ocean, including areas beyond national jurisdiction, was among the outcomes of the 3rd International Marine Protected Areas Congress, whose ministerial segment closed yesterday in Ajaccio, Corsica.
Marseille, France, 24 October 2013 鈥 Marine protected areas now cover 2.8% of the global ocean 鈥 an area larger than Europe 鈥 according to the official map released today based on data provided by the World Database on Protected Areas, run by 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 and the United Nations Environment Programme (鈥
Thirty one new Hope Spots - places that are critical to the health of the ocean - were announced yesterday by renowned oceanographer and 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Patron Sylvia Earle, a global initiative of the Sylvia Earle Alliance 鈥淢ission Blue鈥 and 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播, with the aim to scale up the marine protection necessary鈥
Halfway through the 3rd International Marine Protected Areas Congress taking in Marseille, we asked Carl Gustaf Lundin, Director of 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播's Global Marine and Polar Programme to tell us about the most important issues discussed so far.