CCB NEWS
CCB Annual Conference and General Meeting 2006 to be held outside Lviv in Ukraine, 19-21 May
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The CCB Board met in Uppsala, Sweden 17-19 March 2006
for its first meeting during 2006.
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Latvian Green Movement
The Latvian Green Movement (LaGM) applied for observer status with CCB. The decision is to be made by the CCB
General Meeting in May 2006.
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The VII International Environmental Forum "Baltic Sea Day" was held on 22-23 March in
St. Petersburg, Russia
CCB member and partner organisations based in St.Petersburg and Leningrad region took an active part in it.
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NEWS
HELCOM states back Baltic Sea action plan
The nine Helcom member states and the EU agreed on a common vision of a healthy Baltic Sea and identified ecological objectives
to meet the vision. They approved a task force to take the Baltic Sea action plan forward.
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EU committed to halting biodiversity loss in Europe and significantly reducing the rate of
loss worldwide
The EU has set itself the objective of halting the loss of biodiversity on its own territory by 2010.
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EU's support for biodiversity continues in next Framework Programme
Nearly every economic sector around the planet has an impact on biodiversity or its conservation status. This is why the EU funds research in this
domain and will continue to do so with the launch in 2007 of the EU's next Seventh Framework Research Programme (FP7).
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Ramsar MOC with the European Environment Agency
Peter Bridgewater, Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention, and Jacqueline McGlade, Executive Director of the European Environment
Agency, have signed a memorandum of cooperation, effective 27 February 2006, which covers a number of areas chiefly relating to the improvement, exchange, and
use of Ramsar sites data.
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90% of EU25 population connected to waste water collection systems
In connection with World Water Day (22 March), Eurostat presented some information on connection to the public water supply and waste water treatment in the EU.
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Practices and Challenges in Wastewater Reuse
A European research team has recently reviewed wastewater reclamation technologies and reuse applications in Europe. The authors estimate that the development
of common guidelines and new economic tools, as well as improved communication between stakeholders, could enable better wastewater reclamation and reuse.
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Russia: river monitoring pact signed with China
On 21 February 2006, China and Russia signed a formal agreement to jointly monitor the water quality of transboundary rivers. The agreement originated
after the chemical spill when some 100 metric tons of toxic nitrobenzene entered the Songua River on 13 November 2005 due to an explosion at a petrochemical
plant, and next entered the Amur River in the Russian Far East in December 2005.
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After the oil pollution from Fu Shan Hai
A two-year study of the impact of the oil pollution on the breeding birds of Ertholmene, Denmark.
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With grim statistics and message of hope, UN marks World Water Day
The United Nations marked World Water Day today
with calls for more equitable distribution and efficient use of a scarce resource; a grim reminder that
6,000 people, mostly children, die every day from dirty water; and a message of hope for one of the planet's poorest regions, Africa, springing from its
rich potential for irrigation.
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Water and Culture - the Motto in 2006
This year's emphasis on Water and Culture brings home the essential message that water means many different things to different people.
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Proposed ship recycling instrument progressed at IMO environment meeting
Read more in www.imo.org/home.asp > NEWSROOM > Press briefings > 2006
Overextraction and Overfishing - major threats to international waters
A recent report by the Global International Water Assessment has analysed the current and future situation of international water resources and the associated
aquatic ecosystems. In Europe, pollution has its most severe impacts.
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Integrating product policy in water quality management
A recent study investigates an unexplored link of product-orientated policy approach to water resources management, especially to reduce diffuse source pollution.
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Polar melting may raise sea level sooner than expected
The Earth's warming temperatures are on track to melt the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets sooner than previously thought and ultimately lead to a
global sea level rise of at least 20 feet by 2100, according to new research.
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New HELCOM book explores the variety of marine life in the Baltic Sea
The Helsinki Commission today announced the publication of its new book 'The Baltic Sea - Discovering a sea of life', which provides the
first ever popular overview of the variety of marine life in the Baltic Sea region.
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Professor Biswas wins 2006 Stockholm Water Prize
An Indian-born Canadian citizen and president of the Mexico City-based Third World Centre for Water Management, Professor Asit K. Biswas, a
tireless water proponent, has been named the 2006 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate.
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COMING EVENTS
HELCOM Youth Forum 2006
15 - 17 August 2006, Flensburg, Germany
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International Workshop on Geographic information facilities supporting the access to environmental information
5 - 6 October 2006, Turku, Finland
Read more in http://envifacilitate.utu.fi > Workshop 5.-6.10.06
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