This URBES factsheet presents the Cities and Biodiversity Outlook聽and the ten key messages that the project has produced.聽
The range states of the Polar Bear 鈥 Canada, Denmark, Norway, Russia and the United States 鈥 today signed a landmark declaration that will strengthen measures to conserve this iconic animal which is classified as Vulnerable on the 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Red List of Threatened Species鈩.
As delegates gather to discuss the plight of the African Elephant at a summit convened by the Government of Botswana and 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播, new analyses released today find that if poaching rates are sustained at current levels, Africa is likely to lose a fifth of its elephants in the next 10 years.
Today a group of 235 individual experts and organisations from 36 countries, including 23 EU Member States, published a joint statement calling on the European institutions to adopt a science-based approach for the EU-wide legislation on invasive alien species. The Call was coordinated jointly鈥
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
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
Recently published 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播鈥檚 manual 鈥楽ustainable tourism management in the transboundary areas of the Dinaric Arc region鈥 presents the practical steps that need to be implemented in order to secure sustainable tourism development. When well-planned and effectively managed, tourism can provide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.