GPA NEWS UPDATES
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maritime agency agrees to accelerate phase out of single-hull tankers The International Maritime Organization has brought forward the deadline for the phasing out of single-hull tankers by five years to 2010. Read More |
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| Annan
names Chowdhury chief of review conference on sustainable development United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today named Under-Secretary-General Anwarul K. Chowdhury the secretary-general of an international meeting next year to review 10 years of implementing policies to develop small island states in a sustainable way. Read More |
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| International
Mountain Day 'Mountains - Source of Freshwater' The UN General Assembly has designated 11 December, from 2003 onwards, as 'International Mountain Day' in recognition of the crucial role that mountains play in our lives. This December 11 marked the first International Mountain Day, the theme for which is "Mountains, source of freshwater", in keeping with the International Year of Freshwater 2003. Mountains cover one quarter of the Earth's surface and are an important source of freshwater, sheltering essential ecosystems and biodiversity. Much of the water used to produce food, electricity and to supply clean drinking water is drawn from mountains. Due to growing demographic and economic pressures, mountain environments are increasingly at risk. Read More |
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| World
Water Day – 22nd March 2004 The UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction and the World Meteorological Organization have been charged with co-ordinating the commemoration of World Water Day 2004 on 22 March under the theme: Water and Disasters. Read More |
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| E.U.
fishers protest protections for depleted fish stocks Angry fishers handed out free fish in Belgium, blocked ports across France, and kept British ferries from crossing the English Channel on Wednesday to protest proposed E.U. cuts on commercial catches of cod, hake, and other dwindling varieties. Read More |
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| Free
at last? New row as Keiko dies In death, as in life. Keiko, the killer whale made famous by starring in a Hollywood blockbuster, triggered a new wave of soul-searching yesterday about Man’s behaviour towards animals when the giant creature finally expired after a brief bout of pneumonia in a remote Norwegian fjord. Read More |
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| Rallying
Around an Underwater Preserve Almost 98 percent of all Philippine reefs are threatened by human activities, according to an analysis of threats to coral reefs across Southeast Asia by the World Resources Institute (WRI). The "Reefs at Risk" report found that Apo Island is one of the few areas in the Philippines where the level of human pressure is low and coral ecosystems are doing well. Other fishing villages, faced with dwindling fish harvests, degraded marine ecosystems, and increasingly difficult lives, have looked upon Apo as the prototype of what can be accomplished by managing fisheries more sustainably. And a number of experts are looking at this type of marine reserve as an important model for the Philippines and elsewhere. Read More |
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| Kenyan
fishers at odds with flower farms Two Kenyan fishers land their canoe on the edge of Lake Naivasha, tipping their silver catch on the grass under the eager eyes of their employer. The meager haul of 20 bass — worth 800 shillings ($10) — is a far cry from what fishers working for Stanley Mungai would have netted a few years back. Mungai, like many living near the shore, blames the environmental impact of 30 or so flower farms that have been set up around the lake in the past decade. Read More |
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| Events - Upcoming conferences and events related to GPA issues |
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| 26-30
January 2004 Portland, USA |
12th Ocean Sciences Meeting |
| 26-30
January 2004 Nassau, Bahamas |
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| 15
- 20 February 2004 Honolulu, USA |
2004 Ocean Research Conference |
| 22 March 2004 | World Water Day 2004 |
| 21-27
March 2004 Miami, USA |
White Water to Blue Water (WW2BW) Partnership Conference |
| 27-28
March 2004 Jeju, South Korea |
5th Global Civil Society Forum |
| 29-31
March 2004 Jeju, South Korea |
23rd Governing Council / Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GMEF) |
| 19-30
April 2004 New York, USA |
Commission of Sustainable Development (CSD) 12th Session |
| 11-14
May 2004 Cairns, Australia |
Global Hilltops 2 Oceans (H2O) Partnership Conference |
| 3
June - 1 July 2004 |
Summer Institute in Coastal Management |
| 28
June - 2 July 2004 Okinawa, Japan |
10th International Coral Reef Symposium |
| 21-23
July 2004 |
Climate Change and Aquatic Systems: Past, Present & Future |
| 28
August - 3 September 2004 Mauritius |
International Meeting to Review the Implementation of the BPoA |