CATTLE RANCHING IS ENCROACHING ON FORESTS IN LATIN AMERICA

Causing Severe Environmental Degradation – FAOModelPredictsLand Use up to 2010

(Reissued as received.)

MONTREAL BIOSAFETY PROTOCOL CONFERENCE ENDS WITHOUT AGREEMENT ON SHIPPING

 

DOCUMENTATION RULES FOR GENETICALLY MODIFIED COMMODITIES

 

(Reissued as received.)

‘ONE PLANET MANY PEOPLE’ ATLAS LAUNCHED TO MARK WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2005

(Reissued as received.)

SAN FRANCISCO/LONDON/NAIROBI, 3 June (UNEP) -- The dramatic and, in some cases, damaging environmental changes sweeping planet Earth are brought into sharp focus in a new atlas launched to mark World Environment Day (WED).

MONTREAL CONFERENCE TO CLARIFY SHIPPING DOCUMENTATION RULES

 

FOR GENETICALLY MODIFIED COMMODITIES

 

(Reissued as received.)

MONTREAL, 30 May (UNEP) -- The 119 member governments to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety are meeting here this week until 3 June to clarify international trade rules for genetically modified commodities.

United Nations Forum on Forests

Fifth Session

11^th & 12^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Un forest forum concludes two-week session at un headquarters;

 

Fails to reach full agreement on future global plan

Chair Says Session’s Response to Challenges Inadequate;

Unable to Take Necessary Decisions to Strengthen Forest Protection

GOVERNMENTS RECEIVE NEW HELP IN INVENTORYING HAZARDOUS PCBS,

ASSESSING EXISTING RISKS

 

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 26 May (UNEP) -- The Secretariat of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous and Other Wastes is releasing a new toolkit today to support decision-making in the inventorying and management of PCBs and PCB-containing equipment.

United Nations Forum on Forests

Fifth Session

9^th & 10^th Meetings (AM & PM)*

MINISTERS EXAMINE WAYS TO STRENGTHEN SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF FORESTS

AS UN FOREST FORUM CONCLUDES TWO-DAY HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT

Chairman Will Prepare Summary of Policy Dialogue,

With No Agreement Reached on Proposed Ministerial Declaration

United Nations Forum on Forests

Fifth Session

7^th Meeting (AM & PM)

SEPTEMBER SUMMIT TO REVIEW ANTI-POVERTY GOALS IN VAIN IF DEFORESTATION

CONTINUES, UN FOREST FORUM TOLD, AS HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT OPENS

United Nations Forum on Forests

Fifth Session

6^th Meeting (AM)

STATE OF SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT IN ASIA-PACIFIC

 

ADDRESSED BY UN FORUM PANEL DISCUSSION

 

Overview of Major Trends Presented,

Along with Ideas, Strategies for Advancing Forest Agenda

United Nations Forum on Forests

Fifth Session

4^th & 5^th Meetings (AM & PM)

2004 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE WANGARI MAATHAI TELLS UN FORUM

‘FROM SMALLEST TO LARGEST, FORESTS MUST BE PROTECTED’

Says River Basin Ecosystems, Such as Congo, Amazon,

Essential to Planet Stabilization; Once Gone, Poverty Will Only Grow