Climate talks to take precedence at Antarctic meeting

Nepal News , Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Correspondent : Nepal News.Net
Climate change and marine protection officials have agreed at the 33rd Antarctic Treaty meeting to make climate change a major item on the agenda.

A committee report from Norway has endorsed thirty recommendations on Antarctic climate change and the environment.

The committee agreed to formally forward the report to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change for use in the Antarctic Treaty meeting next year.

Governments involved in the Antarctic region have said they would like to see a comprehensive and representative network of marine protected areas in the Southern Ocean, including the Ross Sea, by 2012.

The Ross Sea region is regarded as a highly significant area because of its biodiversity and as an ecological refuge for many Southern Ocean species.

 
SOURCE : http://www.nepalnews.net/story/635844
 


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