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		<title>UN Secretary-General, Prince of Wales Highlight Urgency of Addressing Poaching, Illegal Wildlife Trade</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 16:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his report to the UN Security Council on the activities of the UN Regional Office for Central Africa and on the Lord's Resistance Army-affected areas, the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, highlighted that increases in poaching, mainly targeting elephants, are a growing security concern in Central Africa.]]></description>
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		<title>UNESCO Outlines Best Practices of Island and Coastal Biosphere Reserves</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 16:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and partners have released a book titled 'Best Practices of Island and Coastal Biosphere Reserves,' which compiles the presentations of the Island Biosphere Reserves that attended the 2nd meeting of the World Network of Island and Coastal Biosphere Reserves: Sustainable Development and Climate Change, held in Jeju, Republic of Korea, in September 2012.]]></description>
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		<title>Mongolia and Luxembourg Ratify Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 16:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mongolia and Luxembourg have ratified the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, bringing the total number of ratifications to 14.]]></description>
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		<title>Sandwatch Stakeholder Workshop Presents Activities Carried out in Aceh, Indonesia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 16:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has reported on a Sandwatch stakeholder workshop involving SMA Negeri 1 and MTsN Lhoknga, teachers from schools in coastal Aceh Besar district, government officials, Panglima Laôt and local NGOs, which was held in Lhoknga, Aceh, Indonesia, on 15 May 2013.]]></description>
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		<title>ITTO Update Introduces Entry into Force of ITTA 2006</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 15:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The International Tropical Timber Organization published the first quarter Tropical Forest Update for 2013. The Update celebrates the entry into force of the International Tropical Timber Agreement 2006 (ITTA) 2006 highlighting the objectives of improved trade of sustainably harvested tropical timber and the sustainable forest management (SFM) of tropical timber producing forests.]]></description>
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		<title>Event: Asia-Pacific Regional Online Real-time Conferences on Socio-economic Considerations Arising from Impacts of LMOs</title>
		<link>http://biodiversity-l.iisd.org/events/asia-pacific-regional-online-real-time-conferences-on-socio-economic-considerations-arising-from-impacts-of-lmos/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 16:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Biodiversity Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Organized by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), this online conference aims to continue the exchange of views and synthesis of information and experiences regarding socio-economic considerations arising from the impact of living modified organisms (LMOs) on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, especially with regard to the value of biological diversity to indigenous and local communities. Building on a series of previous online discussions, the conference is open to representatives from Parties, other Governments, relevant organizations and indigenous and local communities from the Asia-Pacific Region.]]></description>
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		<title>CITES Receives National Ivory Action Plans and Recommends Suspension of Trade with Guinea</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 16:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) announced that it has received National Ivory Action Plans from China, Kenya, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Uganda, Tanzania and Viet Nam, the first group of countries identified as primary source, transit and import countries affected by illegal trade in ivory.]]></description>
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		<title>Infosylva Focuses on Insects for Food Security</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 16:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) released the ninth edition of its 2013 Infosylva newsletter following the inaugural International Conference on Forests for Food Security and Nutrition. The newsletter highlights upcoming FAO and other forest-related events and news items related to both FAO and forests.]]></description>
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		<title>ITTO and Government of Japan to Fund Forest Rehabilitation in Côte d&#039;Ivoire</title>
		<link>http://biodiversity-l.iisd.org/news/itto-and-government-of-japan-to-fund-forest-rehabilitation-in-cote-divoire/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Government of Japan and the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) have jointly signed an agreement to fund implementation of a large forest land rehabilitation project in Côte d'Ivoire. The financing, at the level of 1.8 million USD, will support a project to rehabilitate Côte d'Ivoire's forest lands degraded during civil warfare in 2002–2005 and 2010–2011.]]></description>
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		<title>World Migratory Bird Day 2013 Marks the Importance of Ecological Networks</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 16:03:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year's celebrations for World Migratory Bird Day 2013, held 11-12 May, highlighted the importance of ecological networks for the survival of migratory birds, the important human networks dedicated to their conservation, the threats migratory birds face, and the need to strengthen international cooperation to conserve them.]]></description>
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