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EU's largest marine protected area
The Scottish Government has submitted proposals to the EU that include plans for Europe’s largest marine area of nature conservation in waters west of Scotland.
13 Nov 2012 | News story
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CCAMLR members fall short on their obligations and leadership
IUCN deeply regrets that no new Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) were declared by the thirty first meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), despite Members’ commitment to do so. This is deeply unfortunate at a time when pressures on polar regions are higher than ever from growth in human activities such as resource extraction, shipping, and tourism. Combined with climate change and ocean acidification, there is an increasing need to ensure that ecosystem resilience and integrity is maintained and strengthened through such area-based measures. …
08 Nov 2012 | Article
Discovering biodiversity: 300 meters deep in the Italian sea
MoBioMarCal (Monitoring of Marine Biodiversity in Calabria), a scientific marine exploration project, has revealed a wealth of underwater species and diversity in Italy by using innovative technology which allows to film nature very deep in the sea. …
05 Nov 2012 | News story
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A new highway connecting the Mediterranean
The principles of integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) are being translated into concrete actions in ten different locations supported by a new Mediterranean information highway portal. … | Spanish
31 Oct 2012 | News story
UN Biodiversity talks move forward but nature needs more
Hyderabad, India, 20 October 2012 – Despite good progress towards achieving the 2020 targets to halt the loss of biodiversity, efforts to conserve nature must be urgently scaled up if we want to meet the 2020 deadline to save all life on earth - says IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature). …
20 Oct 2012 | International news release
The Convention on Biological Diversity brings focus to the remote ocean
Last week the 11th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Hyderabad, India (8-19 October) took an important step for the global ocean commons, the largest habitat for life on Earth. The 193 Parties to the Convention agreed to send key scientific information to the United Nations describing specific places of “ecological or biological significance” in the open ocean and deep sea, including the high seas and seabed Area beyond national jurisdiction. …
19 Oct 2012 | Article
Hyderabad hopes for a protected planet
Protected areas both on land and in the sea are a hot topic here at the Biodiversity talks in Hyderabad. We ask Trevor Sandwith, Head of IUCN’s Global Protected Areas Programme, to explain what they are and why they are so important. …
18 Oct 2012 | News story
Atlas digital mundial de zonas marinas importantes para las aves
BirdLife International presenta un Atlas digital mundial de Áreas Importantes para la Conservación de las Aves (IBA) marinas. SEO/BirdLife, miembro de UICN, fue el primer socio de BirdLife, junto con la Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves (SPEA) en Portugal, que abordó formalmente la identificación de IBA marinas. El e-Atlas de IBA marinas marca un gran avance en la disponibilidad de datos para gestionar los océanos del mundo. …
18 Oct 2012 | International news release
Islands show the way to conserve nature
A range of new and significant commitments to conserve nature in Europe’s overseas islands and regions were announced at Island Innovations, a dynamic high level event held during the UN Conference on Biodiversity (CBD COP11), in Hyderabad, India. Those include the continuous support of the European Parliament to the EU's BEST Preparatory Action and the British Virgin Islands’ involvement in the Caribbean Challenge Initiative. …
18 Oct 2012 | News story
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Into the deep unknown – scientists unveil the secrets of our seas
Hyderabad, India, 15 October 2012 – New facts about marine life enable scientists to locate some of the ocean’s most ecologically and biologically significant areas (EBSAs), in the planet’s most remote places. At the 11th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Hyderabad, India, IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) calls on the international community to protect them. …
15 Oct 2012 | News story
