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#911232012-11-13
Vanishing secrets of the Barrier Reef
Researchers are finding new species at unexplored depths – but the coral has a terrifying new enemy.
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#911312012-11-13
Scientists put spotlight on marine biodiversity in Europe
Scientists from 16 countries have kicked off a new EU-funded project that explores marine biodiversity and the environmental status of seas in Europe. DEVOTES ('Development of innovative tools for understanding marine biodiversity and assessing good environmental status') has clinched almost EUR ...
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#911162012-11-12
Mozambique: Wwf Welcomes New Marine Protected Area
The World Wide Fund for Nature has welcomed the Mozambican government’s decision to declare the Primeira and Segundas (literally first and second) Islands, off the coasts of Zambezia and Nampula provinces, a marine protected area.
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#911022012-11-09
Fish net design could aid sustainability
LONDON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- A British designer says his fishing net dubbed SafetyNet could make the practice of commercial fishing far more sustainable by saving millions of fish annually.
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#911032012-11-09
Threatened coral calls in the goby cavalry
It's not quite "Avengers, assemble!", but it does the trick. A species of Fijian coral sends out distress signals to gobies to protect itself from encroaching seaweed.
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#910902012-11-08
Threatened Galapagos coral may predict the future of reefs worldwide
The Galapagos Islands have been famous for a century and a half, but even Charles Darwin thought the archipelago’s list of living wonders didn’t include coral reefs.
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#910912012-11-08
Billions in Subsidies Prop up Unsustainable Overfishing
WASHINGTON, Nov 8 2012 (IPS) - Calls are mounting for the world’s big fishing powers to stop subsidising international fleets that use destructive methods like bottom trawling in foreign coastal waters, drastically reducing the catch of local artisanal fishers who use nets and fishing lines.
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#19822012-11-08
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2012-12-03
North Pacific Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs), 25 February to 1 March 2013, Moscow, Russia
Reference: SCBD/STTM/JL/JG/80987 (2012-139)
To: Competent organizations and regional initiatives, including regional seas conventions and action plans, and regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) in the North Pacific region
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#910652012-11-07
Australia reef collapse blamed on farming
BRISBANE, Australia, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- An "autopsy" performed on Australia's Great Barrier Reef found nutrient-rich runoff from farms caused parts of the reef to collapse, researchers say.
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#910672012-11-07
The Reasons that the Great Barrier Reef Lost Massive Amounts of Coral
The expansion of European settlement in Australia triggered a massive coral collapse at the Great Barrier Reef more than 50 years ago, according to a new study.
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#910732012-11-07
Threatened Galapagos coral may predict the future of reefs worldwide
The Galapagos Islands have been famous for a century and a half, but even Charles Darwin thought the archipelago’s list of living wonders didn’t include coral reefs.
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#910492012-11-06
Chinese survey reveals widespread coastal pollution
The results of China’s eight-year national marine survey paint a disturbing picture of its coastal environment.
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#910522012-11-06
World's rarest whale seen for first time after New Zealand beaching
Two skeletons now known to be spade-toothed beaked whales were misidentified by conservationists in 2010
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#19802012-11-06
Action by
2012-12-03
North Pacific Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs), 25 February to 1 March 2013, Moscow, Russia
Reference: SCBD/STTM/JL/JG/80987 (2012-137)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points in the North Pacific region: Canada, China, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Japan, Mexico, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, United States of America
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#910242012-11-02
Indonesia's fisheries most 'vulnerable to collapse'
[JAKARTA] Indonesia and Liberia's coral reef fisheries are most vulnerable to collapse, says a study that has ranked the vulnerability of coastal nations based on indicators for their coral reef management, fisheries and food security.
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#910042012-11-01
Above the ocean: saving the world's most threatened birds
A life on the ocean is a perilous one for any bird.
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#909682012-10-30
U.N. urges foreign fishing fleets to halt "ocean grabbing"
"Ocean grabbing" or aggressive industrial fishing by foreign fleets is a threat to food security in developing nations where governments should do more to promote local, small-scale fisheries, a study by a U.N. expert said on Tuesday.
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#909562012-10-29
Optimism on Antarctica marine reserve
ANTARCTICA is a step closer to getting the world's largest marine reserve under a proposal hammered out at international talks in Hobart.
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#909262012-10-24
Genetic patterns of deep-sea coral provide insights into evolution of marine life
The ability of deep-sea corals to harbor a broad array of marine life, including commercially important fish species, make these habitat-forming organisms of immediate interest to conservationists, managers, and scientists.
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#909292012-10-24
Restoring Korean coastal ecosystems with the byproducts of steelworks
World leading steel company POSCO, believes that by-products from the industry can yield positive outcomes for the environment, communities and business itself
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#909302012-10-24
Puerto Rican Manatees Suffering from Lack of Genetic Diversity
There are multiple manatee populations in the Caribbean, but new evidence shows that they are isolated with no cross-breeding going on.
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#909322012-10-24
A new way to measure the ocean's health
A diverse array of institutions have come together to release a new, revolutionary ocean health assessment called the Ocean Health Index. Read more at http://news.mongabay.com/2012/1023-lloyd-ocean-health-index.html#JVbKHLoSKA4qoXB7.99
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#908512012-10-22
Activists say Cayman must stop farming sea turtles
ildlife activists urged the Cayman Islands on Thursday to permanently halt the farming of green sea turtles at a popular government-owned tourist attraction that has released thousands of juveniles into the sea and harvests some for meat.
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#908552012-10-22
Australia pushes for Antarctic protection
Australia and France hope to win support this week from 23 other nations for a unique system of new marine protected areas in eastern Antarctica.
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#908582012-10-22
New federal water protection law a sham, First Nations group says
Legislation will replace Navigable Waters Protection Act first introduced in 1882
Side Event
#2649COP 11
2012-10-19
Achieving Conservation and Sustainable Resource Management in the Marine and Coastal Programme of West Africa (PRCM)
The event will showcase progress in meeting the ambitious commitments made by Wet African countries at COP10 to expand their protected area systems and promote benefits to local people. The Nagoya commitments were followed-up with a donor roundtable meeting in 2011 with the Lifeweb Initiative an ...
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#2725COP 11
2012-10-19
Protection Pioneers of the Baltic Sea – joining regional forces in marine biodiversity protection
The best inventions are often first discovered in smaller scale, pilot projects, and test rounds – locally, or regionally, instead of globally. If these are, at the same time, closely connected to Governments, science communities and the commercial sector of several countries, the chances for su ...
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#2783COP 11
2012-10-19
Marine Biodiversity and Ocean governance – The youth perspective
This event is designed to take place in the main conference setting (HICC) during the lunch break (13.15-14.45) of the Conference. Go4BioDiv is an International Youth Forum, aimed at providing a platform to the youth to voice their opinion on the issues related to biodiversity during CBD-COP as ...
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#907832012-10-19
How to Catch Fish and Save Fisherie
TOP environmental ministers from scores of countries all over the world are meeting this week in Hyderabad, India. Their goal: to reach agreement on how to protect 10 percent of the world’s ocean.
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#2732COP 11
2012-10-18
Launch of Indo-German Partnership Programme on Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Conservation
This will be an official side eventjointly organised by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India (MoEF) and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Government of Germany (BMU) to launch a new Indo-German partnership programme on “Coas ...
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#907642012-10-18
Conference seeks to curb exploitation of high seas
AFP - Long spared because of their remoteness, the high seas have become an important hunting ground for fish trawlers and oil prospectors, putting at risk many marine species that call these waters home.
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#907672012-10-18
Brazil maps potential of its seas
Brazil begins to take the first steps to increase the protected marine areas of its coastline. Today on the order of 1.56%, these areas will have to reach 10% in 2020, according commitment made at the Conference of the Parties on Biological Diversity in 2010, and strengthened at this year's Rio+20.
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#907722012-10-18
Fishery Collapse Near Venezuela Linked to Climate Change
Even small increases in temperature from global warming are causing climatology shifts harmful to ocean life, a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science shows.
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#907742012-10-18
The Dying Salt Marsh
A salt marsh, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open salt water or brackish water that is regularly flooded by the tides.
Side Event
#2661COP 11
2012-10-17
Sustainable Ocean Initiative High-level Side Event
Sustainable Ocean Initiative High-level Side Event
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#2785COP 11
2012-10-17
Journey through Marine and Coastal Biodiversity – the Youth perspective
This event – street theatre and presentation of the Go4BioDiv Declaration - is designed to take place on the Main Stage of the fair on the HITEX compound during a very prominent time, preferably in the early afternoon and on another date than the Go4BioDiv panel discussion on livelihoods (Side e ...
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#907502012-10-17
Conference reveals new facts about marine life
New facts about marine life enable scientists to locate some of the ocean's most ecologically and biologically significant areas (EBSAs), in the planet's most remote places.
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#907542012-10-17
Some Caribbean Hotels Back Away from Battered Coastlines
The postcards portray sand, sea and sun. But key players in the Caribbean tourism industry are warning that it's time to shift gears away from the region's threatened coastlines and instead promote inland attractions like biodiversity.
Side Event
#2616COP 11
2012-10-16
A 1st global network of key sites for seabird conservation: their uses for informing EBSAs and other marine conservation initiatives
Co-conveners: BirdLife International, Wild Bird Society of Japan, Bombay Natural History Society, Nairobi Convention Secretariat, Convention on Biological Diversity Secretariat, The Forum for the Conservation of the Patagonian Sea and Areas of Influence Since 2005 BirdLife has been working to c ...
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#907352012-10-16
CBD urged to recognise threats to sea biodiversity ‘hotspots’
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has urged the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to recognise over 120 marine ‘hotspots’ that fall in areas that need urgent protection.
Side Event
#2539COP 11
2012-10-15
Traditional knowledge and area-based management measures in marine and coastal ecosystems
This event will focus on area-based forms of conservation and management measures in marine and coastal ecosystems, highlighting the successes of community-based management. This event will have speakers from different parts of the world.
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#907142012-10-15
Marine Protected Areas increase 10-fold in a decade
A 10-fold rise in Marine Protected Areas has been recorded over a decade. A report to a UN meeting on biodiversity in Hyderabad reports that more than 8.3 million sq km - 2.3% of the global ocean area - is now protected.
Side Event
#2745COP 11
2012-10-12
Bioenergy and biodiversity
This event will present the most recent mounting evidence for harms to both terrestrial and marine (algae) ecosystems biodiversity resulting from escalating demands for bioenergy feedstocks. The policies and supports driving these will also be critiqued including assessment of the performance of ...
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#2697COP 11
2012-10-12
Protecting biodiversity in the North-East Atlantic
Description of areas meeting EBSAs criteria in North-East Atlantic region, building upon the Hyeres workshop in response to SBSTTA 16 recommendation, including the roadmap for the future refinement and finalization of Hyeres report, and the current status of the OSPAR MPA network.
Side Event
#2721COP 11
2012-10-11
IMPACTS OF UNDERWATER NOISE ON MARINE AND COASTAL BIODIVERSITY: GLOBAL COOPERATION FOR A QUIETER OCEAN
This side-event will discuss the impacts of underwater noise on marine and coastal biodiversity and habitats in the view of facilitating international and regional cooperation on addressing this issue within the overall context of marine biodiversity conservation and sustainable use.
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#2679COP 11
2012-10-11
Sustainable Management of Coastal and marine biodiversity
Coastal and marine ecosystem provides considerable ecosystem services. Due to increased anthropogenic pressure and possible adverse impact of climate change conservation and sustainable utilization of these resources are of immense importance. Science based, people centric and process oriented i ...
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#2837COP 11
2012-10-11
Addressing biodiversity concerns in sustainable fisheries
The Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, in its tenth meeting, requested the Executive Secretary to collaborate with FAO, UNEP, regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs), IUCN-CEM-FEG, and other relevant organizations, processes, and scientific groups, o ...
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#2512COP 11
2012-10-11
Solving the puzzle: Social and cultural dimensions of marine and coastal protected areas
This side event focuses on the social and cultural dimensions of fishing communities in relation to marine and coastal protected areas
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#906472012-10-11
A new cave-dwelling reef coral discovered in the Indo-Pacific
Coral specialist Dr. Bert W. Hoeksema of Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, The Netherlands, recently published the description of a new coral species that lives on the ceilings of caves in Indo-Pacific coral reefs.
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#2636COP 11
2012-10-10
Coastal and Marine Biodiversity and Coastal Area Management
Coastal environment plays a vital role in India’s economy by virtue of the resources, productive habitats and rich biodiversity. India’s coastline stretches about 8000 km and supports almost 30% of its human population. In the past decade, the degradation of the Indian coastline has reached al ...