The declaration calls for cooperation among the international community in marine environment conservation efforts worldwide.
They are beacons of hope for improving marine environment conservation.
It followed concerns about the environment and conservation of the 90-hectare Chat Moss (220 acres) site.
There are new possibilities for using the island's natural assets: possible revenue from commercial fishing, perhaps more visitors to work on and learn from its remarkable natural environment and conservation efforts.
With the cultural perception that the people's health is linked to that of the environment, medicinal plant conservation and health care are closely inter-related in the Dolpo region.
The "New Frontier" rooms are stocked with kid-friendly interactive multimedia games that teach about conservation, the environment and life in the modern city.
But Lamees Daar, the executive director of conservation NGO the Environment Society of Oman, said the country intended to learn from the errors of other nations by preserving its environment.
"If you have bats roosting in your building, you can't disturb them in any way without getting a special license, " says Kelly Gunnell, Built Environment Officer with the Bat Conservation Trust, a charitable organization in London, England.
"The emerging global view that CO2 emissions are a liability will assure an international competitive edge to Japanese technology related to energy conservation and the environment, which boasts top levels of energy efficiency, " Fukuda told the Japan National Press Club in early June.
Sigmar Gabriel, the Social Democratic environment minister, insists that energy conservation and renewables can make up for the loss of nuclear power.
First of all, amazingly enough given the overwhelming evidence, the environment in general, and biodiversity conservation in particular, is still not seen as a top priority by the global community.
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The National Trust, which has almost three million members and is the country's third largest landowner, wants to see tax breaks, grants and other financial incentives to support the protection and conservation of the historic environment.
Matt Rand, director of Global Shark Conservation for the Pew Environment Group said that this was the latest of a number of studies "confirming the importance of preserving the parts of the ocean where sharks breed and raise their pups".
Modern equipment for conservation of manuscripts and maintenance of favorable environment in library and laboratory was purchased and established in the Institute.
The warning comes in a report prepared by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring programme of IUCN-The World Conservation Union and WWF, the global environment campaign.
The representative of Group 13 (a group of donors that supports the Congolese government in matters concerning the environment, forests, water and sanitation) and the representative for conservation NGOs spoke to reaffirm their technical and financial support.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said the North Western Inshore Fisheries Conservation Authority limited the number of cocklers in the estuary and all permit holders had to be fully trained in health and safety.
Ian Carrier, chief executive of Southern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA), which manages the marine environment in that area said it had "no powers to deal with this sort of altercation" and that it was a police matter.
MONTREAL(Kitco News) - Draft legislation to conserve and sustain 50% of the Plan Nord territory in Northern Quebec was unveiled by Quebec Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks Pierre Arcand On Friday, making it the largest land conservation project in history.
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"This is in keeping with the government's commitment to pursue conservation policies and strategies in order to safeguard the marine and terrestrial environment, " the Associated Press quoted him as saying.
The only reason the nets have remained underwater for so long, said Ginny Broadhurst, director of the Northwest Marine Conservation Initiative, is because the damage they are doing to the environment is invisible from the surface.
Together with relevant authorities, local institutions, organizations and other stakeholders, the mission team will review the conservation strategies and policies in place to protect the property and its environment, as well as how they are being implemented and how they can be improved.
The Welsh government looks after the marine environment and said it is aiming to have a small number of highly protected marine conservation zones in Welsh waters.
Working at the interface of science and environmental policy she will bring together long term data sets on biodiversity, the environment and human impacts to explore spatiotemporal patterns of ecosystem functioning and help identify where conservation attention needs to focus in the future.
Late last month, India's Ministry of Environment told the World Wide Fund for Nature to close the regional office that runs its Tiger Conservation Program.
Besides the country's environment, fishing and tourism ministers, this committee includes members of the navy and of fishing, conservation and tourism bodies.
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