FOURTH SESSION OF UN FORUM ON FORESTS CONCLUDES

Session Saw Increased Participation from Developing

Countries, Major Groups Such as Indigenous People, Youth, Women

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water, sanitation, hygiene campaign launched today in cairns, australia

CAIRNS, 14 May (UNEP) -- Two issues of major international concern to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) will be tackled together following the launch of a new campaign in Cairns, Australia today.

Governments Propose New CITES Trade Rules For Dozens of Wildlife Species

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GENEVA, 12 May (UNEP/CITES) -- The secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) has received over 50 proposals from its member governments to adjust the rules governing the international trade in various wildlife species.

FOREST LOSS CATASTROPHIC FOR WILD BAMBOO, WARNS

FIRST REPORT ON GLOBAL BAMBOO BIODIVERSITY

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LONDON/NAIROBI, 11 May (UNEP) -- Urgent action is needed to protect one of the world’s most ancient life forms and the species that depend on it.  A new study estimates that as many as half of the world’s 1,200 woody bamboo species may be in danger of extinction as a result of massive forest destruction.

Kosovo Conflict Hot Spots Cleaned Up as UNEP closes

environmental clean-up operations in Serbia

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BELGRADE/NAIROBI, 7 May (UNEP) -- Two of the health-threatening environmental “hot-spots” identified for urgent remedial action in the wake of the Kosovo Conflict in 1999 have been satisfactorily dealt with.

Commission on Sustainable Development                      

Twelfth Session                                            

Commission on Sustainable Development                      

Twelfth Session                                            

Fourth Session of Un Forum on Forests to be held in geneva, 3 - 14 may

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 29 April (UN Forum on Forests) -- The United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) will hold its fourth session at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 3 to 14 May 2004.

Nature-Rich Farmland Areas Need Greater Support,

 

un, european environment agencies warn

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COPENHAGEN/DUBLIN, 29 April (UNEP) -- The European Union will not reach the goal of halting species loss by 2010 if it does not do more to prevent the decline of its most nature-rich areas of farmland, the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) warned today.

Commission on Sustainable Development                      

Twelfth Session