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WPC
Daily Report
Tuesday
09, September 2003 Highlights
 Durban,
South Africa, 9 September 2003 - Delegates
to the Vth IUCN World Parks Congress (WPC) met in morning
Plenary to hear keynote presentations and a panel discussion
on "Benefits beyond Boundaries." Two afternoon
symposia were held to address "Benefits to People" and "Managing
with Change." Numerous side meetings and special
events on, inter alia, the UN List of Protected Areas,
the Biosafety Protocol, and the sacred dimension of
protected areas (PAs) were held throughout the day. (...)
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September 9, 2003
Countdown
To Biosafety Protocol
 Durban,
South Africa, 9 September 2003 - To
celebrate the entry into force of the Cartagena Protocol
on Biosafety on the 11th of September, a press conference
was held today at the Vth IUCN World Parks Congress.
The Protocol, which is the first legally binding international
agreement governing the transboundary movement of living
modified organisms resulting from modern biotechnology,
aims to ensure an adequate level of protection in the
field of the safe transfer, handling and use of such
organisms. (...)
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IUCN/UNEP Press Release
September 9, 2003
Planet's
List of Protected Areas Tops 100,000 Mark
 Durban,
South Africa/Nairobi, 9 September 2003 - Crucial
progress is being made towards conserving the world’s
most spectacular habitats and wildlife, a report released
today by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
and the IUCN-World Conservation Union shows. More than
100,000 protected areas, some 90 per cent of which
have been listed over the past 40 years, have been
established across the developed and developing world.
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WCMC // Version
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Event
September 9, 2003
“Shattering
the Myth” about extinction in the sea-a dialogue with the experts
 Wednesday
10th September, 12.30-2pm // Room 2C-2 - Extinctions
and severe declines in marine species have a widespread
impact on global biodiversity. They also have enormous
social and economic implications. Canada’s recent
ban on all fishing of North Atlantic cod in Canadian
waters following a dramatic decline in stocks marks
the end of a way of life for fishing communities that
have relied on this fish for hundreds of years. Current
management policy and practice for marine species and
habitats are widely based on the assumption that marine
species are less vulnerable to extinction than their
terrestrial counterparts. (...)
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September 9, 2003
Her
Majesty Queen Noor and world celebrities pledge support for threatened
species conservation
 Her
Majesty Queen Noor and world celebrities are backing a
new IUCN venture which reaches out to young people and
encourages them to help fight species extinctions Together
with a Swiss company, IUCN has produced The Red List Collection
- a series of toys representing 12 species from the IUCN
Red List of Threatened Species - the world’s most
authoritative inventory of species facing extinction. According
to the 2002 Red List there are now 11,167 species threatened
with extinction, an increase of 121 since 2000. (...)
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