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Marine experts gathered at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from June 18-22, 2018 to discuss anthropogenic underwater noise. Dr. Bradnee Chambers, Executive Secretary of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), describes the impacts of this type of pollution on marine wildlife and sets out some of the solutions.

It is the most miraculous bird, the ultimate winged messenger, exploring our globe, spending its life on the breeze.

It is estimated that the Mediterranean hosts almost 10 per cent of the world’s marine biodiversity despite it representing just 1 per cent of the world’s seas. Whales and dolphins are an essential component of the natural heritage of Mediterranean and Black Sea countries and play a key role in maintaining the equilibrium of marine ecosystems.

A side event, where experts will discuss the urgent need to assess, regulate and address the impacts of underwater noise, a transboundary threat, will be held on the side lines of the 19^th

Please be informed, that the 3^rd Meeting of Signatories (Sharks MOS3) to the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks will take place from 10 to 14 December 20

The “Eyes on the Flyways” Conference, held at the Natural History Museum in Brussels on 24 May, was the concluding event of the LIFE EuroSAP project which set out to tackle the threats facing sixteen endangered bird species in Eurasia. Funded by the EU, LIFE EuroSAP involves 13 partners and covers 16 species the populations of which have been in continuing decline.

Thanks to the wonders of modern industrial technology we are now producing 20 times as much plastic as we were doing in 1964. If the current trend continues, output will double in 20 years and double again by 2050. Our hunger for the convenience of plastic products is insatiable. Buy it, use it, throw it away, buy another one -- drinks come in plastic bottles with plastic drinking straws; food comes wrapped in cling film; fast food is served in polystyrene containers with plastic cutlery.

1004 Berggorillas leben im östlichen Afrika, berichten Forscher und zeigen imposante Bilder der Menschenaffen. Trotzdem bleibt die Art vom Aussterben bedroht.

In the margins of the 3rd meeting of the Sessional Committee of the CMS Scientific Council being held in Bonn this week, a signing ceremony took place marking the conclusion of a partnership agreement between the Born Free Foundation and CMS. Signing the Agreement on behalf of the Born Free Foundation was the charity’s Head of Policy, Mark Jones.

If every Nigerian reuses one plastic bag (polythene bag) a day, we shall be saving our gutters and water ways from being clogged by an estimated 100 million waste plastic bags every day.