News
A collection of news items and news feeds sourced from relevant sources.
- Exchange visits criss-cross the Mediterranean
- The MedPAN South Project was on the move this spring! Algerians, Croatians, Moroccans, Tunisians and Turkish MPA practitioners got the opportunity, to visit some of the most famous MPAs in the Mediterranean. A total of close to 40 professionals took part in these exchanges that aimed to provide a first-hand account of how these successful MPAs are managed.
- Climate change inaction risks international credibility: Rudd
- Source: The Australian - FOREIGN Minister Kevin Rudd has warned that Australia will lose international credibility in the debate about action on climate change if it does not price carbon.
- Sustainable Financing for MPAs in Croatia
- As part of the MedPAN South project, directed towards establishing an efficient management of marine protected areas in the Mediterranean, Association Sunce and WWF held a "Sustainable financing in MPAs" workshop in Croatia. The aim of the workshop was to introduce different possibilites for financing of MPAs to the management staff of Croatian marine national and nature parks and to help them create realistical financial plans.
- Launch of new GEF project on "Groundwater Governance"
- The UNESCO International Hydrological Programme (IHP) together with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) has initiated a new Project on "Groundwater Governance" financed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF).
- APN Granted a Project on Impacts of Global Warming on Coastal and Marine Ecosystems in the Northwest Pacific
- Partner/Collaborator News The Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN), a network of member country governments that promotes global change research and strengthens interactions between the science community and policy-makers in the region, has recently approved a project on "Impacts of Global Warming on Coastal and Marine Ecosystems in the Northwest Pacific".
- Development of NOWPAP RCU Staff Project Management Skills
- Partner/Collaborator News In line with UNEP efforts to strengthen project management capacity, NOWPAP RCU staff members have completed the "Projects in a Controlled Environment (PRINCE2)" online training courses. read more
- Going green can create thousands of jobs
- Source: Daily Star - Thousands of jobs will be created by the year 2020 if the government follows through with plans to green the countrys economy, a preliminary study conducted by the United Nations Development Program and the International Labor Organization estimates.
- NOWPAP at the Inauguration of GTI Environmental Board
- Partner/Collaborator News At the invitation of Greater Tumen Initiative (GTI) secretariat, a NOWPAP representative attended the Inaugural Meeting of GTI Environmental Board, held on 1-2 June 2011 in Beijing, PR China as a resource person to introduce NOWPAP activities. read more
- China to reduce carbon intensity by 17% by 2015
- Source: China Daily - China will soon release detailed plans on ensuring that its goal for reducing carbon intensity from 2011 to 2015 is attainable, and it has started looking at technical options for cutting carbon dioxide emissions after 2020.
- NOWPAP Holds Promotion Event on Ocean Day
- Partner/Collaborator News In conjunction with the Toyama port call of Hakusan, oil recovery and harbour dredging vessel, which participated in the third NOWPAP joint oil spill response exercise held in Wakkanai, Japan in 2010, NOWPAP Deputy Coordinator delivered a presentation to Toyama citizens introducing NOWPAP activities including those carried out under the NOWPAP regional oil spill contingency plan. read more
- Cataclysms, Climate Change and California Opinion
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- Weather disasters seen costly sign of things to come
- Source: Reuters - The United States is on a pace in 2011 to set a record for the cost of weather-related disasters and the trend is expected to worsen as climate change continues, officials and scientists said on Thursday.
- GloBallast: New publication on alternative BWM solutions to be published shortly, incl. e.g.ballast free, flow-through systems, etc. Watch this space!
- GloBallast: New publication on alternative BWM solutions to be published shortly, incl. e.g.ballast free, flow-through systems, etc. Watch this space!
- NOWPAP Financial Situation Improves
- Partner/Collaborator News After about 10 years of uncertainty, on 26 May 2011 the Russian Government has issued a Resolution resuming its commitment to annual contributions to the NOWPAP Trust Fund at a scale agreed by the Intergovernmental Meeting. read more
- NOWPAP to Host 13th GMRS
- Partner/Collaborator News NOWPAP will host the 13th Global Meeting of Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans (GMRS) in Busan, Republic of Korea, on 3-5 October 2011. read more
- Huge Arctic fire hints at new climate cue
- Source: BBC - An exceptional wildfire in northern Alaska in 2007 put as much carbon into the air as the entire Arctic tundra absorbs in a year, scientists say.
- Climate change brings tea and apricots to Britain
- Source: Reuters - British farmers are experimenting with crops such as olives and nectarines which have traditionally been imported from southern Europe while the first British tea plantation has opened with a changing climate set to transform the nation's countryside.
- DINRAC and MERRAC convenes Focal Point Meetings
- Partner/Collaborator News Two NOWPAP Regional Activity Centres (RAC) convened their annual Focal Point Meetings (FPMs) where on-going activities and projects were reviewed and workplans were discussed for 2011 and the next biennium. read more
- Second Steering Committee Meeting Report out now
- The final report of the second Steering Committee meeting which took place earlier this year in Damascus, Syria (15-17 March 2011) has been published.
- GloBallast: GloBallast family expands - Panama joins the Lead Partnering Country track of the project.
- GloBallast: GloBallast family expands - Panama joins the Lead Partnering Country track of the project.
