Many religious festivals have their roots in nature
Many religious festivals have their roots in nature
associations that natural features and nature in general have
associations that natural features and nature in general have
6th Conference „Progress in Marine Conservation“ in cooperation with the OZEANEUM / German Oceanographic Museum Stralsund, offering a forum for discussing current developments in marine nature conservation and research. Focus in 2023 lays on three main topics: marine protected areas and 30/10 target, offshore wind energy and fisheries (management).
In all countries, we have to undertake considerable
There is a special importance of military training areas (MTAs) for the protection and maintenance of our biodiversity in Europe. MTAs host a number of specific habitat types and species protected by the Habitats Directive, especially habitats of the open landscape, which developed through and rely on an extensive (often historical) agricultural use, a disturbance regime (of the military training) and / or specific conservation measures.
requiring oligotrophic to mesotrophic conditions, have
Promoting excellence and leadership among emerging nature conservation leaders from Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia
In this module participants have the opportunity to
Technological progress makes genetic engineering a rapidly developing field. In its proposal of July 2023, the European Commission (EC) aims to deregulate a subset of new genetic techniques (NGT). This proposal would exempt certain NGT plants from the current EU regulatory framework for genetically modified organisms (GMOs) based on a considered equivalence with conventionally bred plants. Similar to the French ANSES, the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) argues in its new policy brief that this approach of considered equivalence lacks a valid scientific basis and violates the precautionary principle, since plausible risks cannot be excluded.
Even small changes by genetic engineering can have
The Klaus Toepfer Fellowship Programme aims to strengthen organisations from the nature conservation sector in Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia, by developing the personal capacity of early-career conservation professionals to overcome global biodiversity loss.
Nevertheless, participants have to make a contribution
The need to study potential environmental consequences of changes in herbicide usage due to transgenic HR plants has recently been underlined by the Council (of Environment Ministers) of the European Union (EU1). This paper summarizes the lessons that can be learned from the experience up to now.
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Export permits for CITES Appendix II species, or parts or products derived from these, require that the Scientific Authority of the exporting country carries out a Non-Detriment Finding (NDF). NDFs are a procedure to scientifically evaluate parameters such as species distribution and habitats, population status and trends, harvest practices, as well as volumes and impact of trade in target species. They result in a recommendation to the CITES Management Authority of the exporting state. In general this recommendation is made as a positive NDF (necessary precondition for a CITES permit) or a negative NDF.
only principle guidance documents and case studies have
Facing this situation, the workshop aimed to identify ways and means for facilitating biodiversity research and conservation while safeguarding ABS provisions.
Canadian universities and professional associations have
