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Commission Dampens Scottish Salmon Safety Fears The European Commission played down consumer concern over high dioxin levels in Scottish farmed salmon yesterday but said it would soon propose new rules to limit the presence of other toxic chemicals in food. Read More |
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| Kazakhs
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| Caribbean
Reefs Could Be Restored By South-South Alliance Counterpart International's team of environmental experts on coral reef restoration are optimistic about the possibilities for restoring the health of reef areas in Barbados and Jamaica through its award-winning Coral Gardens initiative, pioneered originally in the Pacific. Read More |
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Floats More Plans to Save Fish from Extinction The European Union executive presented long-term plans last Thursday to prevent more overfished species disappearing from EU waters, calling for some areas to be closed and trawlermen to limit the days they spend at sea. Read More |
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| UN
Aims to Study Link Between Environment, Wars The United Nations wants to study links between the environment and human conflict to see how future wars might be sparked by factors like global warming, a senior official said Tuesday. Director of the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP) said that environment ministers from around the world, due to meet in South Korea in late March, were likely to approve a new drive to widen U.N. understanding of the environment and links to conflicts and poverty. UNEP might set up a new secretariat on environmental peace and conflict, he said. Read More |
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| Water
and Politics – World Water Council Workshop |
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| Combating
Invasive Alien Species - Over 12.000 Threatened Species |
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| 3rd
IUCN World Conservation Congress: People and Nature, Only One World 17 November 2004 - 25 November 2004. Bangkok, Thailand. Organized by the World Conservation Union (IUCN), the Congress will consist of a three-day World Conservation Forum and a four-day Members’ Business Assembly. During the Forum, IUCN members, partners and interested stakeholders will debate options that safeguard the ecosystems upon which future prosperity depends. During the Assembly, IUCN members - governments and NGOs - will approve the 2005-2008 IUCN Programme Framework and Financial Plan, elect officers, consider resolutions and recommendations, and set the membership dues. For more information contact: Ursula Hiltbrunner, IUCN; tel: +41-22-999-0232; fax: +41-22-999-0020 Read More |
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