The Sixth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties (COP/MOP 6) to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety was organized by the CBD Secretariat and took place in Hyderabad, India, from 1 to 5 of October 2012.
MEPIELAN Centre | Oct 23, 2012 | 3 min read
The Fifteenth Meeting of the Working Group of the Parties to the Convention on Access on Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters, known as Aarhus Convention, met at the United Nations in Geneva from 3 to 5 September 2012.
MEPIELAN Centre | Oct 15, 2012 | 4 min read
On 23rd of August 2012 an online version of a short film released by UNESCO and the Republic of Korea's Ministry of Environment emphasizes the significance of clean water, noting that the degradation of water quality threatens human lives and ecosystems by spreading waterborne diseases and causing radical declines in freshwater biodiversity, due to water pollution.
MEPIELAN Centre | Sep 13, 2012 | 2 min read
On 10 August 2012 the UN General Assembly (UNGA) has released a report of the UN Secretary-General on agriculture development and food security, which refers to the progress in implementation of sustainable agriculture policies and practices based on the Five Rome Principles for Sustainable Global Food Security.
MEPIELAN Centre | Sep 3, 2012 | 3 min read
On the 20th anniversary of the OSPAR Commission, held from 25 to 29 June 2012 in Bonn, Germany, the sixteen Contracting Parties to the 1992 OSPAR Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic agreed on several new and innovative legal measures.
MEPIELAN Centre | Aug 2, 2012 | 3 min read
The Second Meeting of the Task Force on Public Participation in Decision-Making was held from 6 to 8 June 2012 in Geneva, Switzerland.
MEPIELAN Centre | Jul 30, 2012 | 3 min read