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Seychelles

Event: CBD Southern Indian Ocean Workshop to Facilitate Description of EBSAs
biodiversity-l.iisd.org | 15 May 2012
This workshop is convened by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). It aims to facilitate the description of ecologically or biologically significant marine areas (EBSAs), and will include one day...

Press Release: Seychelles fourth country to ratify the Nagoya Protocol on genetic resources
cbd.int | 27 Apr 2012
Montreal, 27 April 2012 – Seychelles, on 20 April 2012, became the fourth country to ratify the NagoyaProtocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising fromtheir Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity.The Nagoya Protocol will enter into force 90 days after the deposit of the 50th instrument of ratification. Inaddition to Seychelles, Rwanda, Gabon and Jordan have also ratified the Protocol.

Seychelles | Biodiversity | Conservation

AfricaNews.com - Sharing Views on Africa
Africa News | 20 Oct 2010
The blues of the SeychellesBeautiful pictures from the Seychelles

Seychelles | Biodiversity

Mauritius and Seychelles prepare for historic submission to the UN
Commonwealth News | 25 Mar 2009
It was a moment of joy at Marlborough House on 20 March when a delegation from Mauritius and Seychelles gave a preview of the joint presentation the two countries will make on 26 March 2009 at the United Nations in New York to the Commission on the Limits of their Continental shelf.

Mauritius | Seychelles | Coastal and Marine Issues

Seychelles: New coral reef discovered
afrol News | 25 Oct 2008
A previously unknown coral reef on the uninhabited Seychellois island of Curieuse has been discovered. The reef is already protected as it falls within the Curieuse Marine National Park.

Seychelles | Biodiversity | Protected Areas

Africa: Mapping Can Save Forests, Say Scientists
AllAfrica.com | 30 Jul 2007
Mapping and remote sensing technology can be used by developing countries to conserve forests and biodiversity, say experts.

Africa plots common position on climate
The New Times | 13 Jul 2007
Delegates from around 42 African countries are meeting in Kigali to discuss and harmonise the continents position on climate change.

Africa: Al Gore's Liveearth Vs Africa
AllAfrica.com | 13 Jul 2007
FEW people in Africa would get to see Al Gore and his troupe of rock-star ecologists strutting their stuff last weekend - because most have neither television nor electricity.

Africa: Live Earth Vs. Africa
AllAfrica.com | 12 Jul 2007
Few people in Africa got to see Al Gore and his troupe of rock-star ecologists strutting their stuff two weekends ago, because most have neither television nor electricity. That's just as well, because they would have been aghast at Live Earth's bizarre message.

Live Earth concerts to raise awareness of climate change
Southern African News Features | 05 Jul 2007
Music will be used to generate awareness of climate change during a series of "Live Earth" concerts to be held on seven continents on the seventh day of the seventh month of 2007.

Africa: EU Pesticide Rules May Force Out Small African Farmers
AllAfrica.com | 02 Jul 2007
African farmers could soon find themselves forced out of the lucrative European market for agricultural products as retailers and government move towards a zero tolerance policy on chemical residues in food.

BBC NEWS | Africa | Africa plans largest game park
BBC | 29 Jun 2007
Plans to create the world's largest game park are being finalised at a meeting in Botswana in southern Africa.

BBC NEWS | Africa | UN issues desertification warning
BBC | 29 Jun 2007
Tens of millions of people could be driven from their homes by encroaching deserts, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and Central Asia, a report says.

Africa: Policymakers Need Better Approach to Desertification, Says UN
AllAfrica.com | 29 Jun 2007
A new policy report from the United Nations University (UNU) urges governments to adopt a more coordinated approach to desertification.

Africa: Better Biofuel Uses Best of Both Worlds
AllAfrica.com | 25 Jun 2007
Researchers have made a new type of biofuel with more energy than ethanol, and which can be produced more quickly and efficiently than other biofuels.

Africa: Developing Nations Embrace Renewable Energy
AllAfrica.com | 22 Jun 2007
Developing countries have increased investment in renewable energy, accounting for one-fifth of the world's total last year, according to a report by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) released today (21 June).

Africa: Huge Biogas Project in the Offing
AllAfrica.com | 20 Jun 2007
Plans are under way to construct two million biogas plants in Africa in the next 10 years with an aim of preserving the environment.

Africa: Compromise Reached on Ivory Trade
AllAfrica.com | 18 Jun 2007
It was a great day for the African elephant Thursday morning at The Hague after Kenya and Mali led other African countries in hammering out a compromise deal on ivory trade.

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Cash row at wildlife trade forum
BBC | 18 Jun 2007
A budget row dominated the final day of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) forum.

BBC NEWS | Americas | Amazon river 'longer than Nile'
BBC | 18 Jun 2007
Researchers in Brazil are claiming to have established as a scientific fact that the Amazon is the longest river in the world.

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