THE SANCTUARY OF FLORA 鈥淢EDICINAL PLANTS ORITO INGI ANDE鈥 IS BORNOne of the few protected areas in the world that has been created for the protection of the biodiversity associated to the survival of the traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples.
This newsletter issue focuses on island conservation, in preparation of the conference "The European Union and its Overseas Entities: Strategies to counter Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss鈥, taking place from 7-11 July 2008 in Reunion Island.
As part of 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播麓s World Conservation Congress (5-14 October 2008, Barcelona, Spain), Sailing to Barcelona will give a voice to creative marine conservation efforts from various corners of the world.
Bonn, Germany, May 22, 2008 (香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播/Wiley-Blackwell) 鈥 The first study to determine the global status of 21 species of oceanic pelagic sharks and rays reveals that 11 of them are threatened with extinction, says 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 on International Biodiversity Day.
Bonn, Germany, May 20, 2008 (香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播/GISP) 鈥 Countries should avoid planting crops for biofuels that stand a high risk of becoming invasive species, according to a report released today.聽
Bonn, Germany, 19 May, 2008 (BirdLife/香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播) 鈥 Climate change has become firmly established as an accelerant to many of the factors which have put one in eight of the world's birds at risk of extinction, today鈥檚 publication of the 2008 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Red List of Threatened Species聽盲飥燼ssessment for birds鈥
Extension of the application deadline until Monday, June 30th 2008
Conclusions of the international workshop entitled "Adaptation to Climate Change in Mediterranean Forest Conservation and Management",聽 co-organized by WWF and 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 in Athens, Greece, between April 14-17/04/2008
A summary in images based on five years of research outside and on ICRISAT Sahelian Center, Niamey, Niger funded by the Ministry for International Cooperation, The Hague, The Netherlands, through Wageningen Agricultural University
As part of the 鈥業nitiative for World Heritage Forests in Central Africa' , UNESCO's World Heritage Centre organized an expert workshop on March 13-14 in Brazzaville (Congo) to identify the most outstanding protected areas in the Congo Basin and to study their complementarity with sites in the鈥