Environmental issues and sustainable development

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES BEING PROMOTED AT ATHENS OLYMPIAD

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NAIROBI/ATHENS, 10 August (UNEP) -- When the XXVIIIth Olympiad opens in Athens this week, global attention will focus not just on the performance of the athletes, but on the organizers as well.

K-2 GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY PROVIDES FILLIPFORMOUNTAIN CONSERVATION EFFORTS

UNEP Congratulates Italian, Pakistani Leaders

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TIPS TO TURN TIDE IN FAVOUR OF ENDANGERED SEA TURTLES -- GUIDE GIVES

FISHERMEN ADVICE ON HOW TO CATCH FISH, NOT TURTLES

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NAIROBI/HONOLULU/BANGKOK, 2 August (UNEP) -- Fishermen who use large circular hooks baited with fish rather than squid may not only boost their catches, they may also significantly reduce the number of turtles killed and harmed in fishing gear every year.

HUDSON RIVER SWIMMER HIGHLIGHTS UN’S DECADE FOR ACTION,

‘WATER FOR LIFE’ 2005-2015

New York, 28 July -- In a prelude to the United Nations International Decade for Action on Water beginning in March 2005, long distance swimmer Christopher Swain hopes to inspire citizens on every continent to protect their local waterways as he today becomes the first person in history to swim the entire 315-mile length of the Hudson River.

UN-SUPPORTED ‘EARTHDIVE’ INITIATIVE TO BOOST PROTECTION OF OCEANS, SEAS

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CAMBRIDGE/NAIROBI, 27 July (UNEP) -- Snorkellers and scuba divers across the globe are being enlisted to help save the world's oceans and seas.

Children Take Centre Stage at Tunza Conference on Environment

in New London, Connecticut 19 - 23 July

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NEW LONDON/NAIROBI, 16 July (UNEP) -- Up to 500 participants (10-13 years old) from more than 40 countries are expected in New London, Connecticut, from 19 to 23 July 2004 to attend United Nations Environment Programme‘s(UNEP) Fifth Tunza International Children's Conference on the Environment.

UNEP, major institutional Investors Join Forces To Launch

New ‘Responsible Investment Initiative’

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LONDON/NAIROBI, 15 July (UNEP) -- The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will work with major institutional investors to develop a set of globally recognized principles for responsible investment by September 2005.

POLLUTION-BUSTING PROJECT UNVEILED FOR WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN

Clean Up of Coastal Waters Offers New Hope to Region’s People and Wildlife

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ANTANANARIVO/NAIROBI, 6 July (UNEP) -- A multi-million-dollar project aimed at cutting pollution in the Western Indian Ocean was announced today at a meeting of environment ministers in the Madagascar capital of Antananarivo.

United Nations inaugurates new library in nairobi named in honour

of late special representative sergio vieira de mello

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NAIROBI, 30 June (UNEP) -- Representatives of the Brazilian Government and other dignitaries joined the United Nations family today at its headquarters here in Nairobi, to participate in the launch of the Sergio Vieira de Mello Library.

UNEP RECOMMENDS GLOBAL ACTION TO HALT DECLINE OF COLD-WATER CORAL REEFS

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OKINAWA, 28 June (UNEP) -- Representatives from governments, non-governmental organizations, intergovernmental organizations and the world’s leading coral reef experts are meeting starting today in Okinawa, Japan, for a week of discussions and activities on protecting the world’s precious coral reefs.