On 22 November 2010, Syria deposited its instruments of ratification of two Protocols to the Barcelona Convention system, the ICZM Protocol, 2008 and the Offshore Protocol, 1994, thus bringing the total number of ratifications of both Protocols to six.
MEPIELAN Centre | Nov 25, 2010 | 4 min read
The annual conference of the European Forum of Judges for the Environment was held in Brussels, Belgium, from 18 to 19 of October 2010. The judges participating discussed the implementation and enforcement of the European biodiversity law and also made recommendations regarding its proper implementation in Member States.
MEPIELAN Centre | Nov 14, 2010 | 3 min read
The 10th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 10) to the Convention on Biological Diversity held from 18 to 29 October in Nagoya, Japan, ended successfully, having adopted a biodiversity plan for the following 10 years and other crucial texts for biodiversity conservation.
MEPIELAN Centre | Nov 13, 2010 | 4 min read
The Tenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 10) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), was held in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, from 18 to 29 October 2010. During a 60 minute side event, hosted on the 28th of October 2010, the issue of achieving a better governance of the Mediterranean’s marine and coastal protected areas was discussed.
MEPIELAN Centre | Nov 11, 2010 | 3 min read
The Third Ministerial Meeting of the OSPAR Commission in Norway ended on 24 September, making ground-breaking decisions for the protection of high seas biodiversity. The OSPAR Ministers established a vast network of unique and ecologically sensitive areas in the wider Atlantic, bringing the network of OSPAR's marine protected areas to cover an area of 433,000 km².
MEPIELAN Centre | Oct 21, 2010 | 3 min read
The resumed 9th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-Sharing (WG ABS 9) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was held from 10 to 16 July 2010, in Montreal, Canada.
MEPIELAN Centre | Aug 27, 2010 | 3 min read