The Okapi 鈥 a national symbol of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as the 鈥渇orest giraffe鈥 鈥 and the sub-Saharan White-winged Flufftail 鈥 one of Africa鈥檚 rarest birds 鈥 are now on the brink of extinction, according to the latest update of The 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Red List of Threatened Species鈩.鈥
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.
In a move that will better connect protected areas management and tiger conservation, 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播鈥檚 Global Protected Areas Programme and WWF鈥檚 Tigers Alive Initiative signed a mutual cooperation agreement on the development of the 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Green List of Protected Areas today at the 1st Asia Parks Congress鈥
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