 The
busy past fortnight’s events and
announcements will give sustainable
development policy makers and observers a
lot of food for thought as we enter the
traditionally slower months of the Northern
summer. …
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Lynn Wagner, Ph.D.
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FISH STOCKS REVIEW CONFERENCE RECOMMENDS FURTHER ACTION |
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 New
York,
29 May—The
resumed Review Conference of the Agreement for
the Implementation of the Provisions of the UN
Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
relating to the Conservation and Management of
Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish
Stocks (UN Fish Stocks Agreement or UNFSA)
developed an outcome document that establishes that the
Informal Consultations of States Parties would
continue and the formal Review Conference could
resume, although not until at least 2015.
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Photo: The dais at the Review Conference. L-R: Serguei Tarassenko,
Director, UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the
Law of the Sea (UNDOALOS); Conference President David
Balton (US); André Tahindro, UNDOALOS;
and Michael Shewchuk, UNDOALOS. |
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CBD WGRI ADDRESSES POST-2010 STRATEGIC PLAN |
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Nairobi,
29 May—The
third meeting of the Convention on Biological
Diversity (CBD) Working Group on Review of
Implementation of the Convention (WGRI), which
met in Nairobi, Kenya, from 24-28 May 2010,
adopted 12 recommendations to be submitted to
the tenth meeting of the Conference of Parties
(COP) to the CBD.
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GEF ASSEMBLY REVIEWS GEF POLICIES AND OPERATIONS |
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Punta del Este,
27 May—The fourth Assembly of the
Global Environment Facility (GEF)
convened in Punta del Este, Uruguay, on
25-26 May 2010, to review the policies
and operations of the Facility. Assembly
participants took note of the report on
the results of the Fifth GEF
Replenishment and approved amendments to
the Instrument for the Establishment of
the Restructured GEF.
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CBD SBSTTA FOCUSES ON BIODIVERSITY-CLIMATE CHANGE LINKAGES |
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Nairobi,
22 May—The
14th meeting of the Subsidiary Body on
Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA)
to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
convened in Nairobi, Kenya, from 10-21 May 2010.
SBSTTA 14 launched the third edition of the
Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO 3) and adopted
18 recommendations to be submitted to the tenth
meeting of the Conference of the Parties, to be
held from 18-29 October 2010, in Nagoya, Japan.
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Bonn Climate Change Talks - May/June 2010:
31 May-9 June 2010. Bonn, Germany. |
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Land Day 2:
5 June 2010. Bonn, Germany. |
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INC to Prepare a Global Legally Binding Instrument on
Mercury:
7-11 June 2010. Stockholm, Sweden. |
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IPBES III:
7-11 June 2010. Busan, Republic of Korea. |
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International Conference on Biological and Cultural
Diversity:
8-10 June 2010. Montreal, Canada. |
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62th Session of the WMO Executive Council:
8-18 June 2010. Geneva, Switzerland. |
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Seventh Meeting of Signatories to the Siberian Crane MOU:
10-11 June 2010. Bonn, Germany. |
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OEWG 30:
15-18 June 2010. Geneva, Switzerland. |
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Second East Asia Climate Forum:
16 June 2010. Seoul, Republic of Korea. |
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Third Meeting of the Group of the Friends of the Co-Chairs
on Liability and Redress under the Biosafety Protocol:
15-19 June 2010. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
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Sixth Meeting of the Standing Committee of AEWA:
16-17 June 2010. The Hague, the Netherlands. |
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