The spotlight will shine on Uruguay's spectacular Ba帽ados del Este y Franja Costera wetland when it hosts the 12th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP12) in Punta del Este between 1-9 June.
Communities living near the Mekong River depend on fishing for food and income, but many fish species are in decline. To improve conditions FISHBIO, and its Conservation Director Harmony Patricio, have evaluated the effectiveness of existing Freshwater Protected Areas (FPAs) in the Mekong River鈥
Ramsar Convention鈥檚 Secretary General Dr Christopher Briggs says it is 鈥榗ritical鈥 that the world鈥檚 governments start to restore wetlands to a healthy state to ensure water in the 鈥榬ight quantity and quality is available for our future needs鈥.聽
Bushmeat hunting represents one of the biggest threats to tropical forest ecosystems.聽In addition to the use of top-down approaches (such as the enforcement of national hunting laws), alternative livelihood projects have been implemented at the community level with the aim of reducing hunting鈥
For the past two decades, governments have established new international mandates ensuring that gender equality and women鈥檚 empowerment are central to environmental decision-making and sustainable development. However, the lack of a mechanism to monitor and measure government progress has鈥
A ceremony was held by the Swiss Commission for UNESCO on March 23 to celebrate the signing of the Swiss Charter on World Heritage. Designed as a voluntary instrument of commitment, the charter aims to strengthen World Heritage in Switzerland and promote its values.
聽The first management planning workshop in a series of five will take place on 25 and 26 March 2015 in the Kor莽a region, Albania.
香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播, along with the 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), have now opened registration for the 鈥淟ittle Sydney: Protecting Nature in Europe鈥 Conference, the biggest European protected areas event of the year, scheduled to run May 28-31 in Hainburg, Austria.
A unique sailing expedition to create the first ever inventory of plastic pollution across the most polluted ocean areas set off yesterday from Bordeaux, France.