January 2011: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP)/GRID-Arendal Marine Programme has released the January 2011 edition of its newsletter (Marine Newsletter #14), including an update on green economy activities and a collaboration with the UNEP Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP).
January 2011: A new report, published by the Convention on Migratory Species (UNEP/CMS) and BirdLife International, proposes an International Single Species Action Plan for the conservation of the critically endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper.
21 January 2011: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Honorary Ambassador for the Year of the Bat Campaign, ecologist Merlin Tuttle, has outlined the role of bats as pollinators, pesticides, fertilizer and tourism attractions. According to Tuttle, bats remain misunderstood, feared and persecuted.
17 January 2011: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has released a report, titled "Outlook Report on the State of the Marine Biodiversity in the Pacific Islands Region," which summarizes the major pressures on the ecosystems and responses to major threats.
17 January 2011: The UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR) is urging all campaign cities and partners to submit a nomination for the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Sasakawa award to highlight good practices and achievements towards achieving the "ten essentials" for making cities resilient.
7 January 2011: Wings Over Wetlands, the UNEP-GEF African-Eurasian Flyways Project, officially concluded on 31 December 2010.
January 2011: The UN Development Programme (UNDP) economic report titled "Latin America and the Caribbean: A Biodiversity Superpower" has been made available online.
20 December 2010: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted the Report of its Second Committee on sustainable development (A/65/436) in a plenary session on 20 December 2010. The Report included recommended resolutions regarding combating desertification, the Decade of Biodiversity, the Intergovernmental Science Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), and protection of coral reefs, among others.
World Environment Day 2011 will focus on Forests: Nature at Your Service. India will host World Environment Day 2011.
December 2010: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) published a book titled "Defying Extinction: Partnerships to Safeguard Global Biodiversity," which includes a sample of 23 case studies of projects funded by the GEF, implemented by the UN Development Bank (UNDP), the World Bank and the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP), and executed by local partners in Africa, Eastern Europe, Central and Southeast Asia and Latin America.
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