Several centuries of farming have left the Atlantic rainforest north of Rio de Janeiro scarred and with just a few patches of forest left as havens to rare birds and mammals. Recovery of this forest would seem a tall order. But for Mauricio Ruiz, founder of Instituto Terra de Preservacao鈥
During the last聽breeding season of the Galapagos Islands' mangrove finch, the SOS project team identified at least 13 fledged nests out of which have emerged around聽19 juveniles. This is a real boost for the population which is thought to number only around 100 individuals.
Ahead of the Rio+20 Earth Summit, campaign ambassador Bianca Jagger, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播) and Airbus launched today 鈥淧lant a Pledge鈥 鈥 an online campaign to mobilise public support for the largest restoration initiative in history.
Outstanding natural and cultural areas to be added to UNESCO鈥檚 World Heritage List will be announced at the World Heritage Committee meeting in St Petersburg, Russian Federation from 24 June until 6 July 2012. A total of 36 cultural and natural sites will be considered for inscription鈥
In celebration of World Oceans Day, the 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 World Commission on Protected Areas and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre are launching a new iPhone application. This year鈥檚 Oceans Day theme 鈥淵outh: the Next Wave for Change鈥 inspired the development of the mobile application, which will act as a鈥
The risk of extinction has increased substantially for nearly 100 species of Amazonian birds, reveals the 2012 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Red List of Threatened Species鈩 update for birds released today by BirdLife International. The new assessment is based on models projecting the extent and pattern of deforestation鈥
Increasing alarm for the fate of the two rarest rhinoceros species, and growing concern over the increased illegal hunting of rhinos and demand for rhino horn affecting all five species, has prompted President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia to declare 5 June 2012 as the start of the鈥
香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Pakistan organised a seminar on the World Environment Day 2012 in collaboration with Environmental Protection Agency, Government of Balochistan at the Environmental Protection Agency Complex at Quetta.聽 The theme of the year 2012 is: Green Economy Does It Include You? Mr. Mir Asghar Rind,鈥
The Government of Pakistan and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播) is organizing events all over Pakistan to mark the World Environment Day 2012 celebrations. These events are being organized under the auspices of the National Impact Assessment Programme (NIAP) being鈥