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| News - 22nd December 2003 | ||
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| Pan-African
implementation and partnership conference on water continues preparation
for CSD12 The Pan-African Implementation and Partnership Conference on Water considered the CSD-12 agenda items of water, sanitation and human settlements. The Conference provided a platform for African countries, the international community and UN agencies to reaffirm their commitment to solving Africa’s water crisis and to collectively implement the actions envisaged in the African Water Vision, the Water Agenda of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), the WSSD’s targets and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on water. The outcome of this meeting will be transmitted to the UN Secretary-General to contribute to the preparations for CSD-12. Read More |
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| Global
Conference on Oceans, Coasts and Islands: Mobilising for implementation
of the WSSD commitments During this three-day conference, participants met in Plenary, roundtable and working group sessions to examine the commitments on oceans, coasts and islands made at the WSSD, as well as strategies for achieving implementation of a global oceans agenda, which include mobilizing private sector involvement and involving small island developing States (SIDS). Outcomes from the Global Conference will be included in a Co-Chairs report, containing WSSD implementation perspectives, progress initiatives and summaries of papers presented at the Conference Read More |
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New Hope for the Seas of East Asia The East Asian Seas Congress 2003 in Putrajaya, Malaysia on 8-12 December 2003 carried a new hope for the seas of the East Asian region in the form of the Sustainable Development Strategy for the Seas of East Asia (SDS-SEA). Read More |
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| Cleaning
up the Coasts Threats to coastal ecosystems, which are home to a disproportionately large share of the world's people, are getting a lot more attention lately. Read More |
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| Australia
sends armed ship to protect Patagonian toothfish Australia will send an armed ship to patrol the remote Southern Ocean for poachers catching the prized Patagonian toothfish, the government said last week. Read More |
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project to save the Aral Sea The desiccation of the Aral Sea was caused to a large extent by the irrigation of cotton crops during the Soviet era. This is considered to be one of the worst ecological disasters in recent decades. However there should be a partial recovery of the Aral sea... Read More |
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| Norway
Extends Arctic Sea Zone to Protect Sea Life Norway extended a marine conservation area around a chain of Arctic islands last week, shutting out any future mining or oil and gas drilling to protect local sea life including polar bears, seals and fish. Read More |
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