On International Day for Preservation of Ozone Layer, Governments

Urged to Back Global Inventory Of Key Ozone-Damaging Pesticide

News Comes as Countries Air Cartoon ‘Ozzy Ozone’

To Raise Awareness of Threats to Earth’s Protective Shield

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UNEP and Iraqi Environment Ministry to Assess Key Polluted Sites

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NAIROBI/GENEVA, 14 September (UNEP) -- Environmental “hot spots” in Iraq are to be investigated as part of a long-term plan to clean up the country after well over a decade of instability and conflict, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced today.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS MEET TO CONSIDER LEGAL OPTIONS FOR MANAGING WORLD’S FORESTS

NEW YORK, 3 September (UNFF) –- The world’s forests continue to disappear at an alarming rate despite a host of mostly voluntary or non-binding regional agreements and international conventions.  A new legally binding international convention on forests is one of the options proposed by countries which will be considered by experts at a United Nations meeting next week.

CITES CONFERENCE ON WILDLIFE TRADE TO CONSIDER NEW RULES FOR HIGH-VALUE SPECIES

Bangkok Agenda Also Features African Elephant,

Minke Whale, Bald Eagle; Plus Turtles, Rhinoceroses, Medicinal Plants

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Wild Species Convention Secretariat Authorizes SturgeonExportQuotasforBlackSea

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GENEVA, 7 September (UNEP/CITES) -- The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Wild Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES) has today published the 2004 export quotas for three Black Sea countries that jointly manage the sturgeon stocks that spawn every year in the Danube River.

UNEP Launches First Report on State of Environment

 

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Identifies Priority Issues for International Response

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New UNEP report warns of threats to unique Arctic ecosystem

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STAVANGER/NAIROBI, 24 August (UNEP) -- Overfishing of cod and haddock, nuclear waste storage, the invasion of the red king crab and a projected six-fold increase in oil and gas transportation are some of the issues threatening the unique Barents Sea Arctic ecosystem, scientists are warning.

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.