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環境関連ニュース: July 2003

7月27日ー８月３日：ワシントンＤＣ地球観測サミット：１０ヶ年研究計画案

７月３１日、３０カ国以上から政府高官がワシントンＤＣに集まり地球観測サミットが開かれました。サミットでは主に人類全体の利益となる地球観測システムの構築を目指す１０ヶ年研究計画についてのその経済効果や天然災害管理、世界（途上国を含めた）での環境データの共有について話されました。

一方、８月２日に露プーチン大統領は政府から出された批准支持の検討結果文書に署名し事実上ロシアの京都議定書批准が確定、京都議定書発行が確実となる見通しがつきました。

今週のニュース：
8月2日: 露大統領が京都議定書の批准了承、発効確実に
8月1日: Climate Protocol Clean Development Mechanism Progresses
8月1日: World Bank Approves Credit To Finance Local Empowerment And Environmental Management Project In Nigeria
8月1日: Washington Summit Launches Plan To Improve Study Of Earth
7月31日: IDB Postpones Vote On Peru Natural Gas Pipeline Project
7月31日: U.S. To Blame For Dangerous Global Warming, Scientist Says
7月29日: Global Warming Hardest On Africa, Study Says
7月28日: EU Factors Environmental Impact into New Road Charges
7月28日: U.S. To Cast Vote On Peruvian Gas Project
7月27日: 2 Senators Aim to Put Others on Record on Emissions Cap
7月27日: Renewable energies in forests of northern Iran promoted to half firewood consumption,

Earth Observation Summit

Bush Administration Launches Historic Federal Climate Change Initiatives

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Aug.2nd, 2003
露大統領が京都議定書の批准了承、発効確実に

地球温暖化防止のための京都議定書の批准問題で、議定書発効のカギを握るロシアのプーチン大統領は２日までに、政府から先に提出された批准支持の検討結果文書に署名、批准を最終的に了承した。有力な露政界筋が明らかにした。
早ければ、９月にも批准承認法案が下院に提出されるが、大統領与党や批准支持政党が多数を占める下院や上院での承認は確実で、大統領の了承により批准が事実上確定した。
Yomiuri

Aug.1st, 2003
Climate Protocol Clean Development Mechanism Progresses

The secretariat of the United Nations Kyoto global warming protocol has announced the first practical steps towards establishing projects under the Clean Development Mechanism. Baseline and monitoring methodologies have been approved for the first two projects, methane management at a landfill in Brazil and an hydrofluorocarbon decomposition project in South Korea.
Environmental News Service

Aug.1st, 2003
World Bank Approves Credit To Finance Local Empowerment And Environmental Management Project In Nigeria

The World Bank’s Board of Directors today approved an IDA Credit of US$70 million* to strengthen environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive development at federal, state and particularly local government levels in Nigeria.
World Bank Press Release

Aug.1st, 2003
Washington Summit Launches Plan To Improve Study Of Earth

Government officials and scientists from more than 30 countries launched a plan in Washington yesterday to share data and "close gaps" in the world's air, land and sea sensors that gather data about the Earth.
UNWire

Other Washington Summit Related News

Aug. 1st, 2003
World Officials Agree to Share Ecology Data, New York Times

July 31st, 2003
Democratic candidate offers environmental plan, Associated Press

July 31st, 2003
Senate rivals tackle Bush on climate, Associated Press

July 31st, 2003
US proposes planet watch, BBC

July 24th, 2003
Flying BlindThe Economist

July 31, 2003
IDB Postpones Vote On Peru Natural Gas Pipeline Project

Faced with rising concerns over the effect a proposed natural gas pipeline could have on Peru's rain forest and protected coast, the Inter-American Development Bank yesterday postponed a vote by a week so board members could decide whether to finance the project.
UNWire
Washington Post

July 30, 2003
U.S. To Blame For Dangerous Global Warming, Scientist Says

Human-induced global warming is as dangerous as nuclear, chemical or biological arms, and the United States is largely responsible for the threat, said John Houghton, a leading British climate scientist and formerly a key member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
UNWire
Agence France-Presse

July 29, 2003
Global Warming Hardest On Africa, Study Says

Global warming is having harsher effects on Africa than on the industrialized world, according to a new study cited by the London Independent today, even though the continent is the least responsible for greenhouse gases.
UNWire

July 28, 2003
EU Factors Environmental Impact into New Road Charges

The European Commission has proposed changing EU road infrastructure charging rules so that authorities can link the price of freight transport use to factors including environmental impacts.
Environmental News Service

July 28, 2003
U.S. To Cast Vote On Peruvian Gas Project

The United States is preparing to cast its vote on financial support for a Peruvian natural gas project that has been criticized for damaging an Amazon tropical rain forest, the Washington Post reported today.
UNWire
Washington Post

July 27, 2003
2 Senators Aim to Put Others on Record on Emissions Cap

Senators John McCain and Joseph I. Lieberman are planning to compel a vote on an effort to control global warming when the Senate takes up an energy bill this week.
New York Times

July 27, 2003
Renewable energies in forests of northern Iran promoted to half firewood consumption,

To help meet a growing demand for promoting the adoption of renewable energies, the UN Development Program (UNDP) Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Program (SGP) supports a project to raise awareness and promote usage of alternative energy in villages of Mazandaran province.
IRNA

7月21日－７月27日環境ネット週間ニュース：京都議定書：ロシアの批准と米国の10ヶ年研究計画

今週は京都議定書関連のニュースが多く見られました。京都議定書を発効するためには議定書を締結した国数が55カ国以上であり、且つ締結した附属書Ⅰ国の1990年におけるCO2の排出量が同年における附属書Ⅰ国によるCO2の総排出量の55％を越えることが必要とされています。現在京都議定書には１１０カ国が批准しています。しかし、世界のＣＯｓ排出量の３５％以上を占めるといわれるアメリカが、温暖化には不確実な部分が多いのに企業に多大な負担を強いることはできないという理由で京都議定書への署名を拒否。現在は規定全体の１４％を占めるロシアが議定書発行への鍵となっています。ロシアは京都議定書（炭素金、ナチュラルガス貿易、MNCの投資など）により経済的恩恵を得ることができますがMr．Gref経済開発貿易大臣などの京都反対派もいて、議定書への批准が遅れています。

一方京都議定書批准への否定をしたブッシュ政権は24日、地球温暖化には未解明の点が多いとして、科学的研究を加速する目的で新たな「10カ年研究計画」を開始すると発表しました。最初の2年間の研究予算に1億300万ドル（約120億円）を投じるほか、日本や欧州各国などにも参加や協力を呼びかけます。３１日には米国・ワシントンで「地球観測サミット」が開催され、「人類全体の利益となる地球観測システムに参画することにより、将来の世代のために地球環境の保護に貢献する」といった宣言をするもようです。

今週のニュース：
7月25日:「環境税」環境省案を提示…ガソリン１リットルに２円
7月25日: Genetic Whale Study Suggests Extent Of Whale Killing
7月25日: System Announced To Identify Environmental Risks In Cities
7月24日: U.S. Unveils Climate Change Report Today
7月24日: India's Plans To Divert Rivers To Affect Bangladesh, Ministers Say
7月23日: Norway, Sweden Launch Poverty And Environment Fund
7月23日: Cool Spots Do Not Disprove Global Warming, Experts Say
7月22日: Succulent Plants A New Target In Illegal Trade
7月22日: Russia Edges Toward Ratifying Kyoto Protocol
7月21日: South Aral Sea To Vanish By 2018, Study Says
7月21日: Experts Say Air Pollution Could Cost Asia Billions Of Dollars
7月21日: EU Urges Russia To Ratify Kyoto Protocol
7月21日: 観測データを各国共有…「地球観測サミット」宣言原案

JICA: 人材募集　海外長期研修員の募集

Bush Administration Launches Historic Federal Climate Change Initiatives

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July 25, 2003
「環境税」環境省案を提示…ガソリン１リットルに２円

地球温暖化防止を目的に、石油などに課税する温暖化対策税（環境税）の環境省案が２５日、中央環境審議会の税制専門委員会に示された。８月末には専門委員会としての案をまとめる予定だ。
Yumiuri

July 25, 2003
Genetic Whale Study Suggests Extent Of Whale Killing

The International Whaling Commission might be underestimating the size of the whale population that lived in the seas before whaling began in the 18th century, a genetic study of the mammals published today says.
UNWire

July 25, 2003
System Announced To Identify Environmental Risks In Cities

The Environmental Management Secretariat in Montevideo, Uruguay, a body of Canada's International Development Research Center, today launched a new system to help cities identify, prevent and reduce potential environmental risks.
UNWire
IDRC release

July 24, 2003
U.S. Unveils Climate Change Report Today

U.S. commerce and energy officials today are unveiling a 10-year plan to study whether carbon dioxide and other human-generated greenhouse gases are overheating the Earth's atmosphere.
UNWire
Bush Administration Launches Historic Federal Climate Change Initiatives

July 24, 2003
India's Plans To Divert Rivers To Affect Bangladesh, Ministers Say

Bangladesh has warned that Indian plans to divert water from major rivers flowing from the Himalayas to southern and eastern states of the country could cause droughts in Bangladesh, affecting the livelihoods of more than 100 million, the London Guardian reports today. The country has also said it may ask the United Nations to change international law on water sharing because of the project.
UNWire
London Guardian

July 23, 2003
Norway, Sweden Launch Poverty And Environment Fund

Norway and Sweden will contribute $3.6 million over the next three years to a Poverty and Environment Fund created jointly by the two countries and administered by the Asian Development Bank, the bank's Office of Cofinancing Operations announced yesterday.
UNWire
ADB release

July 23, 2003
Cool Spots Do Not Disprove Global Warming, Experts Say

Experts say cool spots around the globe should not be construed as hard evidence that global warming is not occurring, Reuters reports today.
UNWire
Reuters

July 22, 2003
Succulent Plants A New Target In Illegal Trade

Poached succulent plants from Somalia are the latest evidence of a thriving illegal trade in Africa's endangered plant and animal species, the U.N. Environment Program said today.
UNWire
UNEP

July 22, 2003
Russia Edges Toward Ratifying Kyoto Protocol

Russia is closer to ratifying the Kyoto Protocol after a government team concluded it would carry no economic or political risks, Yomiuri Shimbun reported yesterday.
UNWire

July 21, 2003
South Aral Sea To Vanish By 2018, Study Says

A new study says the southern part of the Aral Sea will all but disappear within 15 years, causing more environmental and health problems for residents in the region, Agence France-Presse reports today.
UNWire

July 21, 2003
Experts Say Air Pollution Could Cost Asia Billions Of Dollars

Asian cities are facing major air pollution problems that could cost the region billions of dollars a year in health costs and lost production, experts said today during a Singapore meeting between the Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities and oil industry officials.
UNWire

July 21, 2003
EU Urges Russia To Ratify Kyoto Protocol

The European Union Friday urged that Russia ratify the Kyoto Protocol, so it can come into force, the London Independent reported today.
UNWire
London Independent

July 21, 2003
観測データを各国共有…「地球観測サミット」宣言原案

地球規模の気象、環境などの観測システム構築を目指し、３１日に米国・ワシントンで初めて開催される「地球観測サミット」で採択される宣言の原案が２０日、明らかになった。
UNWire
Yomiuri-on line

7月4日－７月18日環境ネット週間ニュース

今月１５日 Community Development Carbon Fund (CDCF) が世界銀行により施行されました。CDCFは途上国の小規模な温暖化ガス減少プロジェクトを対象とし、資金力のないコミュニティ－・プロジェクトへの援助を目的とします。
大和證券ＳＭＢＣ，出光興産、日本石油、沖縄電力などの日本企業を始め多くの政府機関や企業が参加する予定です。

今週のニュース：
7月18日: 80 Percent Of Caribbean Coral Reefs Dead, Study Says
7月18日: Article Links Women's Rights To Biodiversity Preservation
7月17日: Kazakhstan Launches First Solar Project With UNDP Help
7月17日: Toepfer Says Australia Must Reduce Resource Consumption
7月16日: World Bank Launches Carbon Fund
7月16日: UNESCO Calls For More Water Education
7月16日: UNEP Chief Calls Chinese Plans Environmentally Impossible
7月16日: Oil Washing Up On Russian Coast Threatens Heritage Site
7月15日: Report Blasts China For Environmental Harm In Tibet
7月15日: Illegal logging costing Indonesia dearly
7月14日: Caspian Sea Nations To Adopt Environmental Treaty
7月14日: Logging At Polish World Heritage Site Prompts Outcry
7月14日: Experts Cite Possibility Of Climate Change Lawsuits

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July 18, 2003
80 Percent Of Caribbean Coral Reefs Dead, Study Says

Four-fifths of the coral on Caribbean reefs has died off over the last 25 years, researchers in the United Kingdom said in a new study unveiled today.
UNWire

July 18, 2003
Article Links Women's Rights To Biodiversity Preservation

Conservationists are taking a closer look at the link between women's reproductive rights and biodiversity preservation, according to a report published in E/The Environmental Magazine and distributed by Environmental News Network Wednesday.
UNWire

July 17, 2003
Kazakhstan Launches First Solar Project With UNDP Help

Kazakhstan on Tuesday launched its first solar energy project with the help of the U.N. Development Program and the Canadian government.
UNWire
UNDP release

July 17, 2003
Toepfer Says Australia Must Reduce Resource Consumption

U.N. Environment Program Executive Director Klaus Toepfer yesterday praised Australians for their commitment to environmental protection but added that the country needs to decrease its resource consumption, among the highest in the world.
UNWire
Reuters

July 16, 2003
World Bank Launches Carbon Fund

The World Bank yesterday launched the Community Development Carbon Fund, an initiative aimed at providing financial support to small-scale greenhouse gas reduction projects in poor communities.
UNWire
World Bank release

July 16, 2003
UNESCO Calls For More Water Education

With billions worldwide facing water shortages by mid-century, UNESCO is calling for a radical overhaul of water education programs and more water professionals around the world.
UNWire
UNESCO-IHE Institute release

July 16, 2003
UNEP Chief Calls Chinese Plans Environmentally Impossible

The world does not have enough resources to allow 1.3 billion more people to become Western-style consumers, which makes China's goal of quadrupling its economy by 2020 impossible, U.N. Environment Program head Klaus Toepfer said today.
UNWire
Reuters

July 16, 2003
Oil Washing Up On Russian Coast Threatens Heritage Site

Oil washing up on the Baltic Sea coast in Russia is posing a grave threat to the Curonian Spit, a UNESCO World Heritage site, environmental group Ekozashchita's Alexei Milovanov told Reuters yesterday.
UNWire
Reuters

July 15, 2003
Report Blasts China For Environmental Harm In Tibet

China's major development projects in Tibet are causing serious environmental damage in the region, says a new report based on findings from the U.N. Development Program, the World Bank and other organizations and released yesterday in Dharamsala, India, by exiled Tibetan Prime Minister Samdhong Rinpoche.
UNWire

July 15, 2003
Illegal logging costing Indonesia dearly

IMO Considers Tougher Oil Tanker Rules The International Maritime Organization yesterday said it will decide this week whether to approve European Union proposals for changes to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships that would amount to a global ban some single-hulled oil tankers.
UNWire
IMO release

July 14, 2003
Caspian Sea Nations To Adopt Environmental Treaty

Representatives from the United Nations and countries bordering the Caspian Sea gathered in Kazakhstan's capital, Astana, today to design a legal framework for protecting the sea's marine environment.
UNWire

July 14, 2003
Logging At Polish World Heritage Site Prompts Outcry

Logging in the last remnant of an ancient forest that once covered much of Europe has prompted an outcry from environmentalists who are demanding protection for the U.N. World Heritage Site, which straddles Belarus and Poland, the BBC reported Friday.
UNWire
BBC

July 14, 2003
Experts Cite Possibility Of Climate Change Lawsuits

Experts predict that those responsible for emitting the greenhouse gases that are thought to cause climate change might be the next target for litigators, the Financial Times reports today.
UNWire
Financial Times

7月7日－７月11日環境ネット週間ニュース

今週末は管理人が旅行のため週間ニュースが遅れました。

今週７月１０日から２日間ジェノバでＥＵ参加国らが集まり砂漠化問題に対する地域協力について話し合いました。アジア諸国特にカンボジアやインドネシアでは違法伐採による森林減少を懸念する声が上がっています。世界資源研究所の所長：Jonathan Lash 氏は１０日、"Democratization of environmental decision making is one of the most direct routes to better environmental decisions,"など、環境問題を経済計画に加え、更なる社会参加の必要性を訴えました。詳しくは７月１０日のニュースまで。

今週のニュース：
7月11日: Illegal logging costing Indonesia dearly
7月10日: GM Launches Japan's 1st Commercial Fuel-Cell Vehicle
7月10日: Public Participation Needed to Save Environment
7月10日: Venezuelan Center, Norwegian Scientist Win UNESCO Prize
7月10日: Researchers Say U.S. Firms Fail To Address Climate Change
7月10日: U.N., Others Seek Natural Resource Management Reform
7月9日: Cambodian Prime Minister Voices Regret Over Forest Losses
7月9日: European Nations, Organizations To Discuss Desertification
7月8日: Okapis In D.R.C.'s Ituri Region Threatened By Civil War
7月7日: Senegal, Mauritania Plan Cross-Border Biosphere Reserve

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July 11, 2003
Illegal logging costing Indonesia dearly

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia - Illegal logging is costing Indonesia US$600 million annually, Forestry Ministry Secretary General Wahyudi Wardoyo said after opening the second Asia Forest Partnership (AFP) meeting here
ASIA Times

July 10, 2003
GM Launches Japan's 1st Commercial Fuel-Cell Vehicle

TOKYO - U.S. auto giant General Motors Corp and FedEx Corp marked a first in Japan yesterday by delivering packages in a fuel-cell vehicle (FCV) - the first approved for commercial use in the country.
Planetark.org

July 10, 2003
Public Participation Needed to Save Environment

WASHINGTON, DC, July 10, 2003 (ENS) - Increased public participation is needed to stem the deterioration of the world's environment and to slow the growth of global poverty, according to a new report released today. Greater transparency and accountability can lead to fairer and more effective management of natural resources, finds the report, which calls on governments to reach out for local community input in decisions that affect ecosystems and to integrate environmental impacts into economic decision making.
New York Times

July 10, 2003
Venezuelan Center, Norwegian Scientist Win UNESCO Prize

Venezuela's Center for Ecology and Norwegian biodiversity specialist Peter Johan Schei are the winners of this year's Sultan Qaboos Prize, a $20,000 UNESCO award that acknowledges outstanding contributions to management or preservation of the environment, the U.N. agency announced yesterday.
UNWire
UNESCO release

July 10, 2003
Researchers Say U.S. Firms Fail To Address Climate Change

Top U.S. electric, automobile and oil companies "are still pursuing business strategies that discount the global warming threat," according to a report commissioned by the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies and released yesterday.
UNWire
Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies release

July 10, 2003
U.N., Others Seek Natural Resource Management Reform

The United Nations and others today released a report calling for changes in how decisions are made concerning the world's natural resources and saying governments should include the public in decision-making on issues that affect ecosystems.
World Resources Institute release
UNWire

July 9, 2003
Cambodian Prime Minister Voices Regret Over Forest Losses

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen today voiced regret over the destruction of the country's forests following criticism from the United Nations of massive logging.
UNWire

July 9, 2003
European Nations, Organizations To Discuss Desertification

Government representatives from 25 nations in and around Europe as well as other countries affected by the U.N. Convention to Combat Desertification will join members of the European Community in Geneva tomorrow for two days of talks on regional cooperation.
UNWire
UNCCD release

July 8, 2003
Okapis In D.R.C.'s Ituri Region Threatened By Civil War

The human and animal inhabitants of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Okapi Wildlife Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage site in the country's war-torn Ituri region, are seriously threatened by fighting in the area, Le Monde reports today.
UNWire

July 7, 2003
Senegal, Mauritania Plan Cross-Border Biosphere Reserve

Representatives of Senegal, Mauritania and UNESCO agreed at a meeting last week in St. Louis, Senegal, to collaborate on the creation of a biosphere reserve straddling the border between the two countries.
UNWire
UNESCO Web site

６月３０日－７月５日環境ネット週間ニュース

７月４日は米国独立記念日でここワシントンDCは大変な賑わいになりました。皆様週末どう過されたでしょうか。

７月２日の記事によるとＧＥＦは小規模無償資金援助の予算を今年の３００万ドルから２００５年には６００万ドルへ２倍にする方向で決まりました。最近騒がれていたブラジルの森林減少化に対しブラジル政府は違法的伐採行為の削除のため７００万ドルの予算を決めました。京都議定書関連ではロシアの議定書への批准が懸念されています。アメリカが議定書から引いた今、ロシアの批准が京都議定書の成功の鍵を握ります。

先週のニュースでお話した自然災害管理について簡単に調べたもの、関連ウェブサイト等をまとめました。日本の防災分野の政府間二国間援助は年間数十－数百億円単位でアジアの途上国を中心に治水、砂防などの構造建設が多いが、JICAによる開発調査、専門家派遣や緊急医療・物資援助なども広く行なっているようです。詳しくは環境ネットウェブサイトまで。

今週はＭＬ参加者の皆様にアンケートを取りたいと思います。アンケートは簡単なもので個人情報効果の有無についてお聞きしています。参加者間の専門や興味を公開・共有するのもいいのではと思いこのアンケートを取らせていただいています。お忙しい中大変申し訳ございませんが、どうぞよろしくお願いいたします。アンケートは添付されています。アンケートの返答はグループメールではなく担当岡井の個人メールまでお願いいたします。

今週のニュース：
7月3日: EU Passes Greenhouse Emissions Trading Bill
7月3日: UN climate chief says Russian okay key for Kyoto
7月3日: Iraq's Agriculture System Destroyed, Researchers Say
7月3日: FAO Urges African Leaders To Focus On Agriculture
7月3日: WMO Cites "Record Extreme" Weather Events Worldwide
7月2日: EU Lawmakers Vote To Lift Ban On GM Foods
7月2日: Japan Sees Highest Sea Level In A Century
7月2日: Brazil Aims to Slow Amazon Deforestation
7月2日: Global Environment Facility Doubling Small-Grant Budget
7月1日: Brazilian Endangered List Misinterpreted
7月1日: U.N. Panel Halves Methylmercury Intake Recommendation
6月30日:U.N. Project To Fight Land Degradation, Create Jobs
6月30日:WMO Sees Increasing Chance Of La Nina Event

環境ネットウェブ更新情報

環境トピック更新：自然災害管理コーナー追加！

国連世界食糧計画(ＷＦＰ)若手職員採用説明会！

JICA ジュニア専門員募集！

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July 3, 2003
EU Passes Greenhouse Emissions Trading Bill

In a bid to meet European commitments under the Kyoto Protocol on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the European Parliament yesterday passed a bill that would require many companies emitting carbon dioxide after 2005 to have special permits.
UNWire
Reuters

July 3, 2003
UN climate chief says Russian okay key for Kyoto

OSLO - The head of the U.N. panel on climate change said on Wednesday that any failure by Russia to ratify a pact on global warming would mean almost a decade had been wasted in efforts to protect the environment.
Planetark

July 3, 2003
Iraq's Agriculture System Destroyed, Researchers Say

Iraq faces years of inadequate food production and dependency on international food aid because of years of drought and lack of support from the government, researchers from the Syria-based International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas said Monday.
UNWire
ICARDA release

July 3, 2003
FAO Urges African Leaders To Focus On Agriculture

Food and Agriculture Organization Director General Jacques Diouf today called on African leaders to step up funding for agriculture, saying the sector plays a key role in economic development and the reduction of poverty and food insecurity.
UNWire
FAO release,

July 3, 2003
WMO Cites "Record Extreme" Weather Events Worldwide

The continuing rise of temperatures worldwide could lead to an increase in the number and severity of "extreme" weather phenomena, which are already setting records, the World Meteorological Organization warned yesterday.
UNWire WMO release

July 2, 2003
EU Lawmakers Vote To Lift Ban On GM Foods,

EU Lawmakers Vote To Lift Ban On GM Foods, Set Strict Rules The European Parliament voted yesterday to lift a five-year moratorium on genetically modified food in the European Union, approving a measure that would impose strict consumer protections in a move that satisfied consumer and environmental groups but infuriated U.S. officials.
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London Independent

July 2nd, 2003
Japan Sees Highest Sea Level In A Century

The Japan Meteorological Agency announced yesterday that average sea level around Japan last year was 5.12 centimeters above the 100-year average, eclipsing a 1948 record of 5.07 centimeters above average.
UNWire
Kyodo News

July 2, 2003
Brazil Aims to Slow Amazon Deforestation

BRASILIA, Brazil - Brazil announced measures to fight Amazon deforestation Wednesday, days after researchers warned that development projects were destroying the rain forest at an increasing rate.
Yahoo News

July 2nd, 2003
Global Environment Facility Doubling Small-Grant Budget

The Global Environment Facility is projecting that its budget for grants of $50,000 and less will increase from $30 million this year to more than $60 million in 2005.
UNWire
GEF
World Bank Release

July 1st, 2003
Brazilian Endangered List Misinterpreted

Scientists Say Experts who worked on Brazil's 2002 endangered species list say greater knowledge, not greater destruction, accounts for the leap in the country's imperiled species.
UNWire

July 1st, 2003
U.N. Panel Halves Methylmercury Intake Recommendation

The Food and Agriculture Organization-World Health Organization Joint Expert Committee for Food Additives and Contaminants today recommended that people limit consumption of methylmercury, which is toxic but present in small amounts in foods such as swordfish and shark, to 1.6 micrograms per kilogram of body weight per week, down from the previous recommendation of 3.3 micrograms.
UNWire
FAO Release

June 30, 2003
U.N. Project To Fight Land Degradation, Create Jobs

As part of an initiative to simultaneously fight land degradation and poverty, the U.N. Development Program and the Italian Ministry for the Environment and Territory signed an agreement Friday for pilot projects in Argentina, China and Mozambique to train native youth in combating desertification.
UNWire

June 30, 2003
WMO Sees Increasing Chance Of La Nina Event

El Nino is gone for now, but the chances of a La Nina occurrence are increasing, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
UNWire
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,

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