Ratification is a certainty after parliamentary speaker Boris Gryzlov, quoted by Interfax news agency, said the dominant, pro-Kremlin party in the State Duma would back it. “We understand that without Russia’s participation in the protocol, it cannot begin to work,” he said last week. Russian ratification will push the 126-nation U.N. accord, aimed at battling [...]
It has become known, that on October 25 the Ukrainian government is going to present UNESCO the new zoning plan and the Project of the territory organization and protection to the natural complexes of Danube biospheric reserve. The given changes in the functional zoning of the Danube biospheric reserve was conducted pursuant to the Council [...]
Was postponed on Wednesday in a bid to avoid direct defeat from the members of the European Parliament (EP), as the lawmakers were threatening to vote down the entire designated EU executive team. The incoming Commission?s mandate was supposed to begin on 1 November, but the decision has now been postponed for several weeks while [...]
The WWF’s Living Planet Report 2004 shows that humans are now consuming 20 percent more natural resources than the Earth can produce. As a result, other species are being crowded out of existence. The Living Planet Index, which tracks trends in populations of more than a thousand species, shows that half of all populations of [...]
The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, seeks to reinstate a 1982 rule that required the Forest Service to ensure that “viable populations” were maintained of wildlife species that are not endangered, such as elk, Appalachian brook trout and river otters.
An earthquake that killed 31,000 people in the Iranian city of Bam and a heat wave in Europe that killed 35,000, accounted for the higher toll, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said. In all, a quarter of a billion people were affected by drought, floods and earthquakes, which caused at [...]
De la inceputul anului 2004 si pana in prezent, RNP- Romsilva a receptionat 78 kilometri de drumuri forestiere noi, dintre care 31 au fost ?inantati in contrapartida cu masa lemnoasa pe picior. Pana la sfarsitul acestui an vor fi receptionate drumuri forestiere noi, in lungime totala de 317 kilometri.
United Russia supports President Vladimir Putin and has a majority of seats in the State Duma, the main chamber of the Russian parliament. The presidium of the United Russia faction approved a proposal from the Duma’s Ecology Committee to consider ratifying the Kyoto Protocol when the Duma meets in plenary session Friday, Interfax said.
Environmental conditons in many parts of the United States, as well as Central and Eastern Europe, have improved dramatically in recent years. However, in certain areas of each of these regions hazardous chemicals persist in the environment. Most of these sites are a legacy of many decades of industrial development, mining, manufacturing and military activities. [...]
The group of ecological organisations had been considering mutual co-operation and exchange of information since 1989 and finally turned to Econnect to fulfill their needs. From the very beginning Econnect wanted to cover all areas of the Czech and Slovak Republic and in order to do this it created a network consisting of ten organisations [...]
