Biodiversity global news 2007 - 2009

2009
*Government of Afghanistan releases Its first-ever list of protected species, June 3 Wildlife Conservation Society, June 3, 2009 
2008
*New international measures to protect more than 70 of the world’s migratory birds of prey and owls agreed, October 22 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, October 22 
*New Global Environment Facility project to better protect bees, bats and birds - key pollinators for food security and biodiversity, August 8 United Nations Environment Programme, August 8 
*Russia moves Sochi Olympic sites. The organizers of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in the Black Sea resort of Sochi have decided to relocate several facilities away from a protected wilderness area, July 4. United Nations Environment Programme, July 4. 
*UN joins environmental calls for Russia to move Olympic site, Greenpeace warns Olympic Village threatens rare and endangered species, June 2 Greenpeace, June 2 
*World's wildlife and environment already hit by climate change, major study shows. 90% of environmental damage around the world explained by rising temperatures driven by human activity, May 15 www.guardian.co.uk, May 15 
*USA announces decision to protect polar bears under Endangered Species Act, May 14 U.S. Department of the Interior, May 14 place
*Nearly three quarters of the Japanese people do not support their country's whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, February 19 2008 Greenpeace, February 19 
2007
 
*Conserving biodiversity is key to tackling climate change say scientists, Royal Society, the UK national academy of science, June 12 
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Category:Global News
Category:Biodiversity