| 12/13/00 |
WWF issues a report on the increasing threat of extinction of Asian elephants |
| 12/11/00 |
Summary of the Second Joint Meeting of the Animals and Plants Committees of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) was held from 7-9 December 2000 |
| 12/06/00 |
Three environmental groups launch campaign to halt the endangerment of Caspian Sea sturgeon populations, a source of caviar |
| 11/20/00 |
Report of the Fourth Intersessional Meeting of the Contact Group of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture |
| 09/28/00 |
IUCN Red List reports dangerously high levels of global threatened species |
| 09/15/00 |
A virus resistant potato may be the solution to food shortages in Kenya |
| 09/15/00 |
International efforts increase to conserve medicinal plants needed to improve healthcare |
| 09/14/00 |
House passes Estuary Habitat Restoration Partnership Act to resuscitate resources and conserve bodies of water along coastal areas |
| 09/04/00 |
Controversial exportation of South African elephants to Angola planned, aiming to revitalize loss of Angola's biodiversity due to war |
| 08/04/00 |
U.S. threatens possible trade sanctions if Japan hunts whales in the north Pacific that are protected under U.S. law |
| 08/01/00 |
Raising bush meat trade due to famine and poverty in Africa helps explain decrease in wildlife populations in unprotected rural areas |
| 07/24/00 |
Twelve nations proposes international agreement to protect albatross populations in the southern hemisphere |
| 07/03/00 |
World Conservation Monitoring Center opens in the UK to monitor the world's species as a global biodiversity information and assessment resource |
| 05/29/00 |
Fifth Conference of the Parties (COP-5) to the Convention on Biological Diversity met in Kenya, considering and adopting 30 decisions |
| 05/24/00 |
61 countries sign Biosafety Protocol, addressing concerns related to genetically modified organisms |
| 04/24/00 |
Summary of the Eleventh Conference of the Parties (COP-11) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, reaching a compromise on African elephants |
| 04/13/00 |
Despite international ban, six of seven species of the world's marine turtles currently are endangered due to continued illegal trade |
| 04/12/00 |
U.S. District Judge in San Francisco rejects a Commerce Department decision to allow the "dolphin-safe" label to be used on canned tuna where some of the tuna were known to be caught by net encirclement |
| 04/12/00 |
EU Parliament, led by the Christian Democrats, voted against increasing environmental liability for GMOs |
| 03/31/00 |
First Meeting of the Ad-Hoc Open-Ended Inter-Sessional Working Group on Article 8(j) And Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity discusses debate on fundamental philosophical differences regarding the protection of traditional knowledge as a cultural right or as an economic right |
| 03/31/00 |
Recent report announces failure of the international trade ban on endangered tigers, despite decreases in killings for traditional medicinal use |
| 03/29/00 |
Conservation organization reports that elephant ivory smuggling is moving from Central Africa into West Africa |
| 03/01/00 |
IISD analysis of The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety |
| 03/01/00 |
Five Year Freeze Campaign calls for prohibition of the import, growing and patenting of genetically engineered food and crops as OECD holds international conference to possibly create an international panel on genetically modified crop and food safety |
| 02/07/00 |
CITES Biannual meeting in April determines species under ban on international trade, including ivory; Zimbabwe claims increases in elephant poaching are sponsored by anti-trade groups and western governments |
| 02/07/00 |
CBD summarizes the fifth session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-5), concluding that the Convention has attained a more mature implementation stage |
| 01/31/00 |
Report on the Extraordinary Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (ExCOP) for the Adoption of the Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Montreal |
| 01/30/00 |
After years of negotiations Governments adopted the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to protect biological diversity through the regulation of international transport and release of genetically modified organisms |
| 01/24/00 |
Report on the Extraordinary Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (ExCOP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Montreal |
