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New 'destructive fishing' definition to kickstart fresh era in fishing policy
Chris McOwen, Lead Marine Scientist at UNEP-WCMC, said, "It is important that we build on the current momentum and continue to work with interested governments and industry to refine the ...
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See Human Impact in an X-Ray of the Ocean
Halpern and others, Nature Communications; UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas (2016) This story appears in the April 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. The map above is ...
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Saving Endangered Species: A Case Study Using Global Amphibian Declines
The United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Center (UNEP-WCMC) defines a protected area as "an area of land and/or sea especially dedicated to the protection of ...
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Climate change is reshaping the Kyrgyz Republic, finds new UNEP Atlas
Temperatures in the country have risen twice as fast as the global average Adaptation policies will be key to protect water ...
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Investors call on UK’s largest firms to provide shareholders with climate vote
It comes after ShareAction, which campaigns for responsible investment, and the UN Environment Programme’s World Conservation ...