| Press Release ENV/DEV/807 UNEP/258 |
CLIMATE CHANGE, OVERFISHING AMONG KEYISSUESFORPACIFICISLANDS
Pollution-busting Measures Needed to Protect
Coral Reefs; Coastal Fish Stocks Already Depleted
(Reissued as received.)
| Press Release ENV/DEV/808 UNEP/259 |
Sea, Land-based Pollution among Key Environment Threats To CaribbeanIslands
Experts Call for Boost in Port
Waste-Handling Facilities, Improved Recycling Schemes
(Reissued as received.)
| Press Release ENV/DEV/805 UNEP/256 |
NATURAL, MAN-MADE DISASTERS THREATEN STABILITY OF SMALLISLAND DEVELOPING STATES
(Reissued as received.)
LONDON/NAIROBI, 6 January (UNEP) -- Vulnerability to natural and man-made disasters including tsunamis and cyclones is among a range of emerging issues challenging the health and wealth of the world’s small island developing States.
| Press Release ENV/DEV/806 UNEP/257 |
WATER SHORTAGES, GLOBAL WARMING RISKSFORINDIAN OCEANISLANDS
Tidal Wave Early-Warning System Urgently Needed to Reduce Vulnerability
(Reissued as received.)
| Press Release ENV/DEV/804 PI/1632 |
MAURITIUS CONFERENCE ON SMALLISLANDS, 10–14 JANUARY,
TO ADDRESS BETTER DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
| Press Release UNEP/255 |
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES EMERGING FROM WRECKAGE OF ASIAN TSUNAMI;
UN AGENCY EARMARKS $1 MILLION FOR NEEDS ASSESSMENTS
(Reissued as received.)
| Press Release ENV/DEV/803 |
UN UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
TO SUPPORT RECOVERY OF VULNERABLE SMALL ISLAND STATES
| Press Release ENV/DEV/802 |
new United Nations web site on smallisland nations features Experiences
of islanders making their mark on environment issues
Stories Address Grass-Roots Issues to Be Tackled at Mauritius Conference
| Press Release ENV/DEV/800 PI/1628 |
smallisland nations hope mauritius international meeting can help them regain
lost ground on trade, better achieve sustainable development
Conference to Gauge Solutions Including Increased
Market Access, Information Technology, Renewable Energy
| Press Release ENV/DEV/799 |
ANNUAL CLIMATE CHANGE CONVENTION CONFERENCE IN BUENOS AIRES 6 TO 17 DECEMBER
BONN, 26 November (UNFCCC) -- The 10th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 10) will be hosted by the Government of Argentina at the “La Rural” exhibition centre in Buenos Aires from 6 to 17 December 2004.
