Press Release: Stavros Dimas at UN conference in Brazil to discuss biodiversity issues

Preview of the eighth Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity taking place in Curitiba, Brazil, from 20 to 31 March 2006. Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas, who was to represent the European Commission at the conference was to call for increased international effort to halt the decline in biological diversity. The main issues for discussion included improving implementation of the Convention, creating a global network of protected land and marine areas and agreeing on an international regime on access to genetic resources and benefit sharing.

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European Commission: Memo: MEMO/06/138: Questions and Answers about EU policy for protecting the most important habitats and species, 23.3.06 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/06/138&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=fr

UN Convention on Biological Diversity: COP8 and MOP3 meetings in Curitiba, March 2006 http://www.biodiv.org/meetings/cop8mop3/mop-03.shtml

European Commission: Speech: SPEECH/06/192: Investing in Nature, 23.3.06 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/06/192&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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