This book describes how the four-year GEF-funded project 鈥淩emoving Barriers to Invasive Plant Management in Africa鈥 was instrumental in developing ways of limiting the severe ecological, social and economic impacts in different parts of Africa of a number of particularly devastating alien plant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.
Marseille, France, 21 October 2013 鈥 Effective management and more funding for marine protected areas are urgently needed to secure a longer life for our oceans and the vital services they provide, urges 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 at the 3rd International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC3), which opens today in鈥
The Jamaican Iguana Recovery Group (JIRG) is a consortium of local Jamaican organizations and international conservation groups that held a workshop in July 2006 to formulate this Species Recovery Plan (SRP) for the Jamaican iguana. The document presents the priority conservation actions and鈥
At a meeting of the five Asian Rhino range states - Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Nepal - a common action plan was agreed today with the aim of increasing the populations of Asian Rhino species by at least 3% annually by 2020.