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InforMEA: Online Home of MEAs
A flock of starlings © Maybe Tommy Hansen, founder of PDFnet, via Wikimedia Commons
InforMEA is an online platform that provides a bird’s-eye view of all major environmental treaties and how they relate to countries and regions in the world. It offers rapid retrieval of information, and a powerful research capability. Decision-makers can use this database to explore best practices and design their countries policies in line with global environmental legislation.
Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation raises $40m for environmental preservation
Actor’s foundation auctions prizes including private concerts with Elton John and arctic expeditions with Prince Albert II of Monaco to reach sum
Bedrohliches Raubtier: Mücken töten mehr Menschen als Haie
Der Surf-Profi Mick Fanning hat an der Küste Südafrikas vor laufender Kamera einen Hai-Angriff abgewehrt. Das Szenario weckt tief sitzende Ängste. Doch rein statistisch sind die unbegründet.
2015/019: Enhancing the Relationship between the CMS Family and Civil Society
2015/018: New Parties to the Convention - Afghanistan and Brazil
The Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (UNEP/CMS) is pleased to inform you that the German Federal Foreign Ministry has confirmed receipt of the
Support for International Conservation of Sharks and Rays in Oceania is Growing as New Zealand Joins the CMS Sharks MOU
Photo Credit: Oceans and Coast SA
Bonn, 13 July 2015 - New Zealand signed the UNEP/CMS Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks (Sharks MOU) on 6 July 2015.
AEWA Standing Committee Meeting Held in Uganda
Meeting participants of the 10th Meeting of the AEWA Standing Committee held 8-10 July 2015 in Kampala, Uganda.
The 10th Meeting of the AEWA Standing Committee (StC10) was held from 8 to 10 July in Kampala at the kind invitation of the Ugandan Government. The meeting was the first AEWA Standing Committee to take place in Africa and was an important milestone in the run-up to the 6th Session of the Meeting of the Parties (MOP6) due to take place 9-14 November 2015 in Bonn, Germany.
Countries Meet to Tackle Threats to Europe’s Most Endangered Bird of Prey
Egyptian Vulture © Torsten Prohl
Government officials, NGOs and experts from over 30 countries met from 5 to 8 July in Sofia, Bulgaria, to develop a Flyway Action Plan for the Egyptian Vulture.
Next AEWA Standing Committee Meeting to Take Place in Uganda
Grey Crowned Crane - the national bird of Uganda © Sergey Dereliev, www.dereliev-photography.com
The 10th Meeting of the AEWA Standing Committee (StC10) is being held from 8-10 July in Kampala at the kind invitation of the Ugandan Government. It will be the first time that the Standing Committee has met in Africa.
2015/017: New Signatory to the UNEP/CMS Sharks MOU
The Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
(CMS) in its capacity as Depositary of the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation