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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 and TRAFFIC review of CITES proposals available online now
Gland, Switzerland, 30 March 2007 (IUCN - The World Conservation Union) - Today is a landmark for IUCN's Species Trade and Use Unit and TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, as they complete technical reviews of all the proposals submitted to change the listing of plant and animal species on the CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) Appendices. …
30 Mar 2007 | News story
Andalucia and Children’s View on Water: New Video Launch
More than 100 students from Malaga participated in the international IUCN Multimedia Water project, thanks to the Consejería de Medio Ambiente y Agencia Andaluza del Agua de la Junta de Andalucía. …
29 Mar 2007 | News story
IUCN shares its global experience in the International Conference on Introduction of Integrated Management in the Ili-Balkhash Basin
The Ili- Balkash basin is a unique natural unit with a territory exceeding the area of Great Britain, Denmark, Switzerland, Holland, and Belgium altogether. The basin has a huge potential for ecotourism, agriculture, energy generation and industry. Due to increased human-made interventions and increased water intake, the ecosystem is threatened to undergo the same disaster as that of the Aral sea. …
29 Mar 2007 | News story
Threats to Migratory Sharks Highlighted
35 species of migratory sharks and rays considered Threatened by the IUCN (World Conservation Union), also meet the criteria for listing under the Convention on Migratory Species, states a report submitted to the Scientific Council by the IUCN Shark Specialist Group and the Shark Alliance. …
26 Mar 2007 | News story
The death of Professor Alexandre Kiss
The Commission on Environmental Law expresses its deep consternation on the death of Professor Alexandre Kiss. …
26 Mar 2007 | News story
SSC – An extraordinary resource for the Convention on Migratory Species
IUCN, through its Species Survival Commission (SSC) Specialist Groups, provides valuable scientific input and support to the Convention of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS or the Bonn Convention - an intergovernmental treaty that aims to conserve all migratory species throughout their range). …
22 Mar 2007 | News story
Freshwater Fish thrown a lifeline by Global Conservation Experts
The plight facing freshwater fishes was tackled by some of the world’s leading conservationists in a week long gathering earlier this month. …
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
