A landmark resolution was adopted earlier today by a consensus of UN member states, to develop a legally-binding treaty for the conservation of marine life beyond national territorial waters — that area of the ocean shared by all.
U.N. resolves to develop marine biodiversity treaty for the high seas Read more
Liberia is a global diversity hotspot, home to the last remaining viable populations of species including western chimpanzees, forest elephants and leopards.
Norway will pay Liberia $150 million to stop deforestation Read more
The Amazon Fund, made by possible from financial support from Norway and Germany, supports projects aimed at promoting the conservation and sustainable use of the Brazilian Amazon.
Brazilian government launches $1.2 billion Amazon Fund to protect country’s rainforests Read more
The UNASUR Constitutive Treaty officially established the Union of South American Nations, an intergovernmental continental union of twelve South American nations.
12 nations sign the UNASUR Constitutive Treaty Read more
New Zealand’s prime minister Helen Clark formally apologized for two incidents during the period of New Zealand’s administration: a failure in 1918 to quarantine the SS Talune, which carried the ‘Spanish ‘flu’ to Samoa.
New Zealand’s prime minister Helen Clark formally apologizes to Samoa Read more
The AU has many key objectives, including fostering greater unity, cohesion and solidarity between the African countries and African nations.
The African Union is founded by 55 member states Read more
Although offered control of Macau as early as the 1960s, the Chinese deemed the time “not yet ripe” and preferred to wait until December 1999 — the very end of the millennium, two years after the Hong Kong handover—to close this chapter of history. Upon the handover of Macau European colonization of Asia ended.
Portugal cedes control of Macau to China, ending European colonization of Asia Read more
The European Union was formally established when the Maastricht Treaty came into force on 1 November 1993. In 1995, Austria, Finland, and Sweden joined the EU.
Austria, Finland, and Sweden join the European Union Read more
The ICRI is an informal partnership among nations, international organizations and non-government organizations to help protect coral reefs globally. It is now the world’s largest body dedicated to coral conservation.
The multilateral treaty recognized for the first time in international law that the conservation of biodiversity is “a common concern of humankind” and is an integral part of the development process.
The UN Convention on Biological Diversity, signed by 168 countries, enters into force Read more
