WWF, Greenpeace, and the Forests and the European Union Resource Network (FERN) drew up the model legislation as a response to the European Commission?s Action Plan to combat illegal logging and its related trade (FLEGT), whose first package of measures will be discussed by EU Agriculture Ministers on 21 December 2004. ?Our draft Regulation is [...]
Ivan Zavadsky, the head of a U.N. project aiming to clean the river, said that EU subsidies to Eastern European economies could lead to intensified farming, putting the river’s wildlife at risk. "At the moment we have the first signs of recovery of the ecosystems but the trend and the processes are not irreversible yet. [...]
The Americans avoided any commitment to negotiate mandatory reductions in carbon dioxide emissions, something President Bush rejected in 2001 when he renounced the Kyoto Protocol, which requires rollbacks in other industrial nations by 2012. On their side, the Europeans won a new forum for discussing just that ? a "seminar" next May at which governments [...]
The NODA is part of the EPA process toward delivering a final mercury rule by March 15, 2005. Initially proposed on Jan. 30, 2004, the Clean Air Mercury Rule would reduce mercury emissions from power plants for the first time ever. Administr?tor Mike Leavitt has outlined five guiding principles that provide context for additional inquiry [...]
Since the inception of the Protocol, the U.S. has phased out over 95% of our consumption of ozone depleting substances. The total amount of our 2006 methyl bromide request corresponds to only about 1.5% of our overall use of ozone depleting substances in 1989. The Montreal Protocol allows countries to continue to have access to [...]
This new grant program supports the federal goal to eliminate lead poisoning in children by 2010. State and local governments, Federally-recognized Indian Tribes and Tribal consortia, territories, institutions of higher learning and non-profit organizations are eligible to apply. Grant applicants must represent communities with historical and likely incidences of elevated blood lead levels. Proposals should [...]
Pe scurt, directorul general a menţionat 3 consecinţe ale lucrărilor la Canalul Bîstroe. Va urma o scurgere mai rapidă a Dunării, cu efecte secundare asupra braţului Chilia, echilibrul ecologic va fi afectat şi vor fi cauzate pierderi economice pentru partea română, dar şi ucraineană. Prin intervenţiile internaţionale a fost stopată faza a doua a lucrărilor [...]
Blair has pledged to put climate change at the top of his agenda for the 12 months starting in January that Britain has the helm of the Group of Eight rich nations. But his high-profile commitment contrasts sharply with the Bush administration which has refused to sign up to the benchmark Kyoto treaty to combat [...]
Large-scale cuttings including illegal fellings of the living wood within the protected area, artificial afforestation and some other activities dramatically changed this forest and its unique biodiversity. Serious social crises and the pressure of local population provided by the administration of the National Park are additional troubles in this region. Many of these facts and [...]
For the attention of. S. Repnikov, Head of the Organisation of Public Hearings Working Group Dear Mr Repnikov, Although the notice given of the public hearing on the "Creation of the Danube-Black Sea Deep-Water Navigation Canal on the Ukrainian Part of the Delta – Complete Development", and the time available to send objections, is ridiculously [...]
