| 12/28/00 |
World Resource Institute disseminates report on the ability of forests to produce goods and services |
| 12/26/00 |
Summary of Fourth Conference of the Parties (COP-4) to the Convention to Combat Desertification (CCD) in Bonn, Germany |
| 12/21/00 |
European Environment Agency and UNEP issue report on the lack of attention on Europe's land degradation problems |
| 12/08/00 |
New Tri-National Accord strives to protect the Congo Basin from poaching and illegal logging |
| 11/16/00 |
World Commission on Dams issues first assessment ever on social and environmental costs of dams |
| 11/14/00 |
Part of Great Barrier Reef blown up to refloat ship |
| 11/13/00 |
Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe have establish the Gaza-Kruger-Gonarezhou Transfrontier Park, Africa's biggest wildlife park |
| 11/10/00 |
UNEP speaks out on crisis in Asia's dry lands |
| 11/03/00 |
Shipping ban urged for Great Barrier Reef world heritage site following wreck of container ship |
| 10/23/00 |
WWF calls for sanctuaries for most vulnerable fish species |
| 10/20/00 |
United States ratifies Convention to Combat Desertification |
| 10/09/00 |
Johns Hopkins study reveals that new human diseases have traveled farther than previously thought and cites tropical logging as a cause |
| 09/28/00 |
Tourism in Victoria Falls, an UNESCO World Heritage Site located between Zambia and Zimbabwe, threatens the environment |
| 09/27/00 |
UN agency announces the creation of an initiative to combat desertification in the Mediterrarean region |
| 08/30/00 |
Indigenous people of Canada's arctic take action to control high levels of POPs and other contaminants to which they are disproportionately exposed |
| 08/29/00 |
Canadian company harvests Greenland icebergs for fresh water to solve global water shortage |
| 08/25/00 |
Zimbabwe's land redistribution plan threatens woodland on commercial property that is home to various species |
| 08/23/00 |
Partnership formed among Conservation International, WB and GEF to fund conservation efforts in biodiversity hotspots such as Madagascar |
| 08/09/00 |
UK introduces new rules on illegal timber procurement following last month's G8 commitment to prevent illegal logging |
| 08/08/00 |
FAO study announces marked decrease in rate of deforestation in tropical countries |
| 06/16/00 |
Governments, NGOs and stakeholders commence activities on combatting desertification and land degradation caused by climate change, inappropriate agricultural practices, deforestation and overgrazing |
| 05/30/00 |
Fragmentation of rain forests threaten forest composition and biodiversity |
| 05/23/00 |
International Food Policy Research Institute scientists find that almost 40 percent of agricultural land is degraded, threatening global food security |
| 05/22/00 |
International Food Policy Research Institute concludes that insufficient global food production is caused by soil degradation and population growth |
| 05/22/00 |
Corals unable to acclimate to continued levels of carbon dioxide, reducing global coral reef ecosystems by 40 percent within 50 years |
| 04/19/00 |
Twenty-four NGOs from 12 countries complain that the Pan-European Forest Certification (PEFC) agency threatens to undermine global solutions to meaningful forest management, favoring the competing global Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) |
| 03/28/00 |
Civil society organizations fear that the Inter-American Development Bank will fund environmentally and socially harmful projects in its efforts to reduce poverty |
| 03/14/00 |
Summary of the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Forum on Forests discusses proposal on whether a legally binding instrument should be included in an international arrangement on forests |
| 03/14/00 |
U.S. Coral Reef Task Force introduces plan to protect and sustain America's coral habitats |
| 03/02/00 |
Greenpeace activists set up protest to BP Amoco's offshore oil production program in Beaufort Sea of Alaska's north coast |
| 03/01/00 |
World Resources Institute launches Global Forest Watch to document vanishing forests through a network and tracking system using satellite imagery and ground level observations |
| 02/25/00 |
Report discussed at U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization Regional Conference for Africa finds Africa's forests are seriously threatened by military conflict, misuse of agricultural land and overlogging |
| 02/22/00 |
Forest Stewardship Council relaxes standards, reduces percentage of virgin wood in chip and fiber products that comes from FSC certified products before products can carry FSC logo due to pressure from European participants in the program |
| 02/14/00 |
UNESCO designates Vancouver Island's Clayoquot Sound as a world biosphere reserve, giving moral and financial incentive to develop sustainable practices in the region |
| 02/14/00 |
CSD summarizes the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Forum on Forests (IFF-4), to include a proposal to be submitted to CSD-8 on whether a legally binding instrument should constitute part of an international arrangement on forests |
| 02/08/00 |
A Texaco oil barge sinks to the bottom of an Amazon River tributary in Brazil |
| 02/02/00 |
World Bank internal evaluation finds 1991 forest strategy has been poorly implemented and calls for a new policy that encourages creative experimentation and partnerships with the private sector and local communities |
| 01/25/00 |
WWF gives low marks to Europe's forestry protection efforts |
