UN ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME RELEASES REPORT ON DEMISE OF MESOPOTAMIAN MARSHLANDS

(Reissued as received.)

NEW INSIGHT INTO AFRICA'S THREATENED SEA TURTLES

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NAIROBI/BONN, 7 August 2001 (UNEP) -- Urgent international efforts are needed to conserve West Africa's sea turtles, with studies showing that the region holds some of the world's most important feeding and nesting sites, many of them under threat.

BONN DECISIONS PROMISE TO SPEED ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE

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BONN, 27 July (UNFCCC) -- Climate change negotiators are departing Bonn today after concluding work on an array of detailed decisions, some completed, others well advanced.  These decisions are based on last Monday’s historic political agreement and will help guide the international response to climate change for many years to come.

TIGHTER CONTROLS SOUGHT FOR NEW OZONE-DESTROYING CHEMICALS

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MONTREAL/NAIROBI, 24 July (UNEP) -- Experts and diplomats from the

178 countries that are Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer are meeting in Montreal from 24 to 26 July to review options for further tightening the international regime for protecting the stratospheric ozone layer.

GOVERNMENTS ADOPT BONN AGREEMENT ON KYOTO PROTOCOL RULES

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BONN, 23 July (UNFCCC) -- The 180 members of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, now meeting in Bonn, have reached a broad political agreement on the operational rulebook for the 1997 Kyoto Protocol.  The meeting will now continue through Friday, 27 July, and start the process of translating this agreement into more detailed legal decisions.

STATEMENT BY KLAUS TOEPFER, UNEP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,

AT CONCLUSION OF UN CLIMATE TALKS IN BONN

BONN/NAIROBI, 23 July -- The United Nations senior environment official welcomed the compromise agreement reached here today at the Bonn climate talks.

FINANCIAL SECTOR RESPONDING TO CLIMATE CHANGE –-

IMPATIENT WITH PACE OF POLITICAL PROCESS

BONN, 18 July (UNEP) -- The economics of major global industries will undergo a sea change as the international community starts to address greenhouse gas emissions, say members of the United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) Finance Initiatives.

BONN CLIMATE TALKS TO FOCUS ON RULES FOR CUTTING GREENHOUSE

EMISSIONS, SUPPORTING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

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UN ENVIRONMENT CHIEF TELLS PARTIES TO FORTHCOMING CONFERENCE

LONG-TERM RESPONSE NEEDED TO CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGE

United Nations Forum on Forests

First Session

12^th Meeting (PM)

FORUM ON FORESTS CONCLUDES FIRST-EVER SESSION, OUTLINING

FIVE-YEAR WORK SCHEDULE, FRAMEWORK FOR PLAN OF ACTION