3 February 2012: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has released the January issue of its Greenline Newsletter, featuring articles on adaptation projects in the Himalayas and Bhutan, a new interactive project tracking tool, and findings of the GEF Evaluation office, among others.
26 January 2012: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has requested Parties to submit action plans for the implementation of the CBD programme of work on protected areas (PoWPA).
January 2012: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has reminded Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to sign the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress before 6 March 2012. The Supplementary Protocol is open for signature until that date at UN Headquarters in New York, US, per Article 17 of the Protocol.
This conference is organized by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD) and aims to bring together mountain women and men, researchers, policy makers, and development practitioners from the Hindu Kush-Himalayas region and around the world for a comprehensive update, stock-taking, and new agenda setting after the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD or Rio+20). The conference will include plenary sessions, panels, and discussions on the following six themes: Climate Change: Gender and Adaptation; Livelihoods: Inclusive Sustainable Development; Governance: Gender-Responsive Policies and Plural Institutions; Gender-Positive Change: Successes, Challenges, and Agenda-Setting for Gender ‘Mainstreaming'; Ecosystems: Benefit Sharing, Access, and Equity in Diverse Environments and Common Property Regimes; and Water: Equitable Access, Control, and Benefits of Water Resources.
31 January 2012: Sri Lanka has announced its support for the conservation of dugongs by signing the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)/Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation and Management of Dugongs and their Habitats throughout their Range (Dugong MoU).
As a result of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) Conference of the Parties (COP) Resolution 10.28, on the Saker Falcon, a Saker Falcon Task Force (STF) was established with the objective of bringing together range States, partners and interested parties to develop a coordinated Global Action Plan, including a management and monitoring system, to conserve the Saker Falcon. According to the mandate granted at COP, the Task Force will operate under the auspices of the Interim Coordinating Unit (ICU) of the UN Environment Programme/CMS Raptors Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), located in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The first meeting of the STF will adopt the Terms of Reference for the Task Force.
27 January 2012: The Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention) has announced that the Government of Kazakhstan has designated, as its ninth Wetland of International Importance, the Ili River Delta and South Lake Balkhash, located in the southern part of the country amid the Sary-Esik-Otrau and Taukum desert areas.
19 January 2012: The report from the Multi-National Final Workshop of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) pilot impact indicator tracking, which convened on 6-7 October 2011, in Changwon, Republic of Korea, has been released.
20 January 2012: The World Trade Organization (WTO) was informed by the United States that it will appeal the results of the new round of disputes on the WTO's "Tuna-Dolphin" case. The WTO's panel report had found that the US' provisions on dolphin-safe labeling of tuna were more trade-restrictive than necessary, and that Mexico had provided a less-restrictive alternative also capable of dolphin protection and informing consumers.
13 January 2012: A recent meeting in support of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF) addressed the role of markets and promotion of sustainable forest management (SFM) on the pathway to a green economy. The meeting's outcomes will be used as input for both the 10th session of UNFF as well as the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20).
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