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COP8 Media / Press Room
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Eighth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CMS (COP 8)
20 - 25 November 2005, UNEP Headquarters Gigiri, Nairobi
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Daily Coverage of COP8 (Earth Negotiations Bulletin - ENB)

UNEP/CMS Press Releases during COP8

COP-8 press kit

Articles on COP8 from around the world
Trailer for COP8 (Will be shown on Lufthansa intercontinental flights only)

 

DAILY COVERAGE OF COP8 (Earth Negotiations Bulletin - ENB)

ROUNDTABLES Prior to COP 8 (Saturday, 19 November 2005)

DAY 1 of COP8 (Sunday, 20 November 2005: COP 8 opens)
DAY 2 of COP8 (Monday, 21 November 2005)
DAY 3 of COP8 (Tuesday, 22 November 2005)
DAY 4 of COP8 (Wednesday, 23 November 2005)
DAY 5 of COP8 (Thursday, 24 November 2005)
DAY 4 of COP8 (Friday, 25 November 2005)
UNEP/CMS PRESS RELEASES (Releases during COP8)

Avian Flu Early Warning System Given Green Light - Nairobi, Kenya, 20 November 2005

West Africa's "Forgotten" Elephants Remembered at CMS Meeting - Nairobi, Kenya, 22 November 2005

Fishing Nets Major Risk for Small Cetaceans - More than two-thirds of World's Dolphins, Porpoises and Related Species at Risk from being Culled or Caught in Nets - Nairobi, Kenya, 23 November 2005

Wildlife conference makes enhanced commitment to the conservation of Central Asian Saiga Antelope
Wide Range of Endangered Animals Given Conservation Boost: Tyrant Birds and African Bats up to the Basking Shark and the Short-Beaked Dolphin Given Conservation Boost
COP-8 PRESS KIT

Opening Speech by Mr Jim Knight , UK minister for Rural Affairs, Landscape and Biodiversity at COP8

Highlights of the Eighth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties

Press Release: Stop ducking hard facts and tough policy options on bird flu, says new scientific Task Force
Press Release: International Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza (AI) to analyse links between Migratory Water Birds and AI
Opening Address Dr. Wolf Michael Iwand, TUI AG, Executive Director
Group Corporate Environmental Management as Member of “Friends of the CMS”
Opening Ceremony : Poem of St. Nicholas Community

ARTICLES ON COP8 FROM AROUND THE WORLD (random selection)

NEWS SOURCE

Bid to boost jumbo population (Nov 24, 2005)

news24.com

UN says sonar threatens dolphin, whale survival (Nov 24, 2005)

BBC News UK

UN-sponsored report urges stronger protection for endangered sea mammals (Nov 23, 2005)

UN NewsCentre

UN urges protection for dolphins (Nov 23, 2005)

BBC News UK

U.N.: Navy sonar threatens whales, dolphins
Report says three whale species at risk from sound waves
(Nov 23, 2005)

MSNBC

Knight calls for migratory protection (Nov 23, 2005)

GreenConsumerGuide.com

West African Countries Sign Elephant Conservation Pact(Nov 22, 2005)

Environment News Service

A dozen West African countries to sign UN treaty on boosting numbers of elephants (Nov 22, 2005)

UN NewsCentre

UN Coordinates Bird Flu Alert (Nov 21, 2005)

Prensa Latina

Avian Flu Warning System in the Works (Nov 21, 2005)

www.newsinferno.com

UN Announces Creation Of Avian Flu Early Warning System (Nov 21, 2005)

www.noticias.info

Experts building bird flu warning system (Nov 21, 2005)

www.happynews.com

Agency to Give Early Warning On Bird Flu (Nov 21, 2005)

www.allafrica.com

UN-led alliance to develop bird flu early-warning system (Nov 21, 2005)

UN NewsCentre

Experts Creating Bird Flu Warning System (Nov 21, 2005)

www.newsfactor.com

World organizations to develop avian flu early warning system (Nov 20, 2005)

Xinhua, China

Global warming to hit migratory and static species, by Jeremy Lovell (Oct 6, 2005)

REUTERS, UK
Migratory birds and animals threatened by changing climate (Oct 6, 2005) DEFRA
Speech of the British Minister for Environment Jim Knight to EU Directors DEFRA

 

 

 

 

 

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