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The 18th Meeting of the Scientific Council to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) is meeting 1-3 July 2014 at the United Nations Premises in Bonn, Germany. The meeting brings together more than 80 experts from 50 countries including appointed experts covering specific threats, taxa, geographic regions or particular areas of interest to the Convention.

Bonn/Nairobi, 23 June 2014 - The First UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) opened today at the United Nations Office in Nairobi, Kenya, and will continue until 27 June 2014.

Einige der fragilsten tropischen Paradiese der Erde werden durch die Nebenerscheinungen der Moderne verunstaltet: Kunststoff-Flaschen, Plastiktüten und im Meer entsorgte Fischereigeräte werden tonnenweise an den Stränden der Inseln angeschwemmt oder treiben vor ihren Küsten. Nur ein winziger Bruchteil des Mülls stammt allerdings von den Inseln selbst, sondern aus den großen Industrienationen. Der Rest stammt von Passagier- und Frachtschiffen und Fischtrawlern, deren Besatzungen die Meere oftmals als eine riesige Müllhalde nutzen.

Fate of Iconic Species in the Balance as Key Wildlife Conservation Conference Countdown Commences

The Multilateral Environment Agreements and Knowledge Management Initiative (MEA IKM) seeks to develop harmonised and interoperable information systems in support of knowledge management activities among 18 MEAs for the benefit of Parties and the environment community at large

The UNEP/CMS Secretariat is pleased to announce that the UNEP Executive Director has appointed Dr Jacques Trouvilliez as the new Executive Secretary of the Agreement on the Conservation of African-

The deadline for submission of proposals to amend the Appendices of the Convention is 150 days before the meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Article XI, paragraph 3 of the Convention).

Bonn/Washington D.C. – 9 June 2014 - It is not just foreign species that are invading our natural marine habitats; human byproducts are disfiguring marine ecosystems too. Such an unnatural invasion of human-made products has a disproportionate impact on marine life.

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Every year, on 5 June, millions of people across the planet celebrate World Environment Day- coming together at community, national and regional level to promote positive action on the most-pressin