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  • 23 June 2014
    First UN Environment Assembly Meets in Nairobi

    UNEA logo

    Bonn/Nairobi, 23 June 2014 - The First UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) opened today at the United Nations Office in Nairobi, Kenya, and will continue until 27 June 2014.

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  • 18 June 2014
    Meinung: Artenschutz: Wie Meeresmüll seltene Tierarten bedroht

    Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin © Dolphin Care Africa

    Einige der fragilsten tropischen Paradiese der Erde werden durch die Nebenerscheinungen der Moderne verunstaltet: Kunststoff-Flaschen, Plastiktüten und im Meer entsorgte Fischereigeräte werden tonnenweise an den Stränden der Inseln angeschwemmt oder treiben vor ihren Küsten. Nur ein winziger Bruchteil des Mülls stammt allerdings von den Inseln selbst, sondern aus den großen Industrienationen. Der Rest stammt von Passagier- und Frachtschiffen und Fischtrawlern, deren Besatzungen die Meere oftmals als eine riesige Müllhalde nutzen.

    • UN Bonn
  • 11 June 2014
    Global Protection Proposed for Sharks, Rays, Sawfish, Polar Bear and Lions

    From left to right: Lion (Panthera leo) © Dr. Philipp Henschel, Panthera; Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) © Peter Prokosch; Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) © Alex Chernikh; Manta Ray (Manta alfredi) © Bartek Cieslak; Scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini) © Barry Peters; Largetooth Sawfish (Pristis microdon) © David Wackenfeldt

    Fate of Iconic Species in the Balance as Key Wildlife Conservation Conference Countdown Commences

    • UN Bonn
  • 10 June 2014
    Agencies join forces to promote environmental law through enhanced knowledge sharing

    The Steering Committee of the 5th Multilateral Environment Agreements and Knowledge Management Initiative (MEA IKM)

    The Multilateral Environment Agreements and Knowledge Management Initiative (MEA IKM) seeks to develop harmonised and interoperable information systems in support of knowledge management activities among 18 MEAs for the benefit of Parties and the environment community at large

    • UN Bonn
  • 09 June 2014
    2014/021: Proposals to Amend the Appendices of the Convention

    The deadline for submission of proposals to amend the Appendices of the Convention is 150 days before the meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Article XI, paragraph 3 of the Convention).

    • UN Bonn
  • 09 June 2014
    Talking Trash: How is CMS tackling the marine debris problem?

    Bonn/Washington D.C. – 9 June 2014 - It is not just foreign species that are invading our natural marine habitats; human byproducts are disfiguring marine ecosystems too. Such an unnatural invasion of human-made products has a disproportionate impact on marine life.

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  • 05 June 2014
    UN Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 2014

    Apia, Samoa

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  • 03 June 2014
    Opinion: Climate Change Threatens the Wild Beauty of Small Islands

    Papua New Guinea © H Frisch UNEP/CMS

    Dr. Bradnee Chambers, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Environment Programme's Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, describes ahead of World Environment Day (5 June), how small island states are vulnerable to sea level rises and other effects of climate change.

    • UN Bonn
  • 02 June 2014
    Dr Jacques Trouvilliez Appointed New Executive Secretary of the UNEP/AEWA Secretariat

    Jacques Trouvilliez

    The UNEP/AEWA Secretariat is pleased to announce that the UNEP Executive Director has appointed Dr Jacques Trouvilliez as the new Executive Secretary of the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA). He began his new role as head of the UNEP/AEWA Secretariat on 2 June 2014.

    • UN Bonn