Océanos
WGWAP Task Force Considers Impact of 4-D Seismic Surveys on Western Gray Whales
25 Apr 2007 | News story
28 recommendations on deep-sea fisheries
IUCN was part of the Expert Consultation on deep-sea fisheries on the high seas who have recently released a report of conclusions and recommendations to deep-sea fisheries on the high seas. Among them was recognition that spatial and temporal management tools such as Marine Protected Areas are particularly useful in data-poor situations such as encountered in the deep seas. …
24 Apr 2007 | News story
New road map for establishing marine protected area networks
Connecting marine reserves to large networks will make marine species and ecosystems more resistant to threats such as climate change, overfishing or pollution. Today, a new roadmap for establishing marine protected area networks is being released at the IUCN Marine Protected Area Summit in Washington, DC. …
11 Apr 2007 | News story
Help the seas to help us
Last week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a report warning that climate change will have a greater impact on the poor than on the rich.
The reason is that it is harder for the poor to adapt, say, to a rise in sea levels, water shortages or loss of species. …
11 Apr 2007 | News story
Ensuring oceans against climate change
The IUCN Marine Protected Area Summit in Washington, DC (10-12 April 2007) will come up with survival strategies for oceans and people in the face of climate change, overfishing and other threats to the marine environment. …
04 Apr 2007 | News story
IUCN Appoints New Panel Member
The World Conservation Union (IUCN) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Brian Dicks to the Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel (WGWAP). …
19 Mar 2007 | News story
Nations agree to develop instrument to enforce minimum standards of port control to combat illegal fishing by 2009
Illegal fishing, trade in fish, the ecosystem approach to fisheries management, marine protected areas, and the strengthening of Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs) top COFI agenda …
14 Mar 2007 | News story
SEIC (Sakhalin Energy Investment Company) provides informal briefing to WGWAP Members
On 5-6 February 2007, four members of the Panel (Reeves, Tsidulko, Vedenev and Yablokov) met for two days in Vladivostok (Russia) with staff and scientific team members from SEIC. …
12 Mar 2007 | News story
Twenty coral reef fishes threatened with extinction
Twenty species of grouper, a globally important group of 162 coral reef food fishes, are threatened with extinction unless management or conservation measures are introduced. …
06 Mar 2007 | News story
