The assessments of 50 contributing authors focusing on coral reefs and related coastal ecosystems, and dependent communities in 9 countries in South Asia and the central and western Indian Ocean.
This status report marks a decade of CORDIO in the Indian Ocean.
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Director General Julia Marton-Lefèvre has called on the Lebanese government to take an active role as a member of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥. Visiting Beirut she stressed to Dr. Berj Hatjian, Secretary General of the Ministry of Environment that this will allow Lebanon an international stage on which it can…
The New York Times, Mireya Navarro, 26 March 2009 The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to grant wilderness status to two million acres of public land in nine states from California to West Virginia, the largest expansion of protected national wild lands in 15 years.
In a step towards lifting the local and regional conservation priorities to the international level, the Director General of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Ms Julia Marton-Lefevre is undertaking a mission to the West Asia region, specifically to the Levant countries;…
On this Thursday, March 26th, the Amazonas state government will announce the new areas, totaling over 2.3 million hectares. They will complete the protected area mosaic in the BR-319 highway area of influence.
San Clementte del Tuyú, Buenos Aires Province Argentina
Prepared by Andrea Michelson, Regional coordinator for the Initiative in South America
W.R.T. Darwall, K.G. Smith, D. Tweddle and P. Skelton
Last week Shell repeated its intention to disinvest in wind and solar power and concentrate its efforts and investments on biofuels. Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ takes note of Shell’s decision and hopes that it can be convinced to show more leadership in renewable energy in the future.