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The South Asian Environmental Assessment Conference (SAEAC13) concluded today with experts and delegates from South Asian and other countries calling for a structured approach to tackling climate change through strategic environmental impact assessment.

The range states of the Polar Bear – Canada, Denmark, Norway, Russia and the United States – today signed a landmark declaration that will strengthen measures to conserve this iconic animal which is classified as Vulnerable on the ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Red List of Threatened Species™.

Pakistan hosts SAEAC 2013

Effective, transparent environmental impact assessment key to sustainable development in Pakistan, region Conference calls for steps towards resilience in the face of rapid climatic changes

As delegates gather to discuss the plight of the African Elephant at a summit convened by the Government of Botswana and ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ��, 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.

This publication follows on from Volume I in the series on legal aspects of connectivity conservation. It provides five case studies that continue to define and develop connectivity conservation law for supporting protected areas and for providing opportunities to address climate change as part of…

Experts to Highlight Need for Inclusion of Strategic Impact Assessment in National Development Planning 

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…

The Okapi – a national symbol of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as the “forest giraffe” – and the sub-Saharan White-winged Flufftail – one of Africa’s rarest birds – are now on the brink of extinction, according to the latest update of The ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Red List of Threatened Species™.…

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