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The United Nations has declared 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity. This will help raise public awareness of the many facets of biological diversity. Throughout the year a host of international, national and local events and actions on biodiversity will take place all over the world. The International Year of Biodiversity was launched with an official ceremony in Berlin on 11 January.
The topics at a glance
Rainforest pilot project is protecting climate and species
With more than 7.5 Million Euros, the German Ministry of Environment is supporting, via KfW Entwicklungsbank, the conservation of Harapan Rainforest, a 1,000 km2 area on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. [
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Germany and the Maldives intensify environmental cooperation
On 9 March in Berlin the President of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed and Federal Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen agreed on intensifying cooperation. [ more]
Study: Export of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)
More than 155,000 tonnes of what is sometimes hazardous electronic waste are exported annually from Germany to non-European destinations, a volume which includes some 50,000 tonnes of PC and television monitors alone. [ more]
3 March: International day of species conservation 2010
This year, the date is particularly significant: only 10 days later, negotiations will commence at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Doha, Qatar. [ more]
Global Ministerial Environment Forum in Bali
At the end of the Global Ministerial Environment Forum Federal Environment Minister Dr Norbert Röttgen stated: "I welcome that the UNEP Governing Council has agreed to develop concise proposals on how to organise international environment policy much more efficiently." [ more]
Important step in international climate negotiations
By the end of January 55 countries submitted their national climate protection targets to the United Nations. The list of countries has now been published by the UN Climate Secretariat. [ more]
Germany met Kyoto climate commitments
Germany met its climate protection target under the Kyoto Protocol in 2008 and remains a leader in international climate protection. [ more]
Trend reversal in biodiversity conservation needed
Ursula Heinen-Esser, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Environment Ministry, opened the 6th Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity in Norway on 1 February 2010. [ more]
| Date | Headline |
|---|---|
| 29.01.2010 | Old Beech Forests: Unique and Outstanding |
| 21.01.2010 | Way cleared for IRENA Centre of Innovation in Bonn |
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17.-19.03.2010, Sylt
11th Trilateral Governmental Conference on the Protection of the Wadden Sea
Press review
Cabinet backs cuts to solar power subsidy
(The Local, 3 March 2010)
EU aid control policy
Low emission zones
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