Story | 24 Feb, 2008
IUCN Pan-European Newsletter 13: Marine Biodiversity
This newsletter issue focuses on Marine Biodiversity, with contributions from the European Commission, the Helsinki Commission, ACCOBAMS and Greenpeace.
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Contents:
- Editorial (Tamás Marghescu, IUCN Regional Director for Europe)
- Marine protected areas: Governing our seas for the future (Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Director General of The World Conservation Union (IUCN))
- EU marine and maritime issues explored (Peter Gammeltoft, Head of Unit on the Protection of Water and Marine Environment, European Commission)
- The Helsinki Commission: A model for regional cooperation (Anne Christine Brusendorff, Executive Secretary of the Helsinki Commission)
- ACCOBAMS: A conservation instrument founded on cooperation (Marie-Christine Grillo Van Klaveren, Executive Secretary of ACCOBAMS)
- Putting the fish back into our seas - How marine reserves help bring back sea life (Saskia Richartz, EU Marine Policy Director, Greenpeace European Unit)
- The Mediterranean monk seal and fisheries (Dr Spyros Kotomatas, Scientific Coordinator, the Hellenic Society for the Study and Protection of the monk seal)
- Conservation of Critically Endangered western Pacific gray whales (Sarah Gotheil and Julian Roberts, IUCN Global Marine Programme)
- Climate change, ocean biodiversity and fisheries
- Effects of marine biodiversity on ecosystem functioning
- New initiatives for the monk seal (Hemmo Muntingh, Senior Policy Advisor, the International Fund for Animal Welfare)
- News from IUCN Europe
- Calendar of events
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