 | European Commission sets out ecosystem approach to fisheries management
The European Commission has published a Communication on the role of fisheries management in implementing an ecosystem approach to marine management. In this text, the Commission outlines how the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) can help implement a more joined-up approach to protect the ecological balance of our oceans as a sustainable source of wealth and well-being for future generations. The key objectives are to minimise the impacts of fishing on the wider marine environment by reducing the overall level of fishing pressure, and to ensure that fisheries measures are used fully to support the ... |
 | Russia plans timber tracking to control illegal logging
By 2011 there will be a unified information system in operation in Russia for controlling timber circulation that may help the government combat illegal logging, according to a report in `Russian Forestry Review` magazine. The new system was announced by Valery Roshchupkin, head of the Russian Ministry of Natural Resource`s Federal Agency for Forestry, or Rosleskhoz, at a meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission on Prevention of Illegal Timber Circulation.
The system is intended to facilitate reduction in illegal logging in the country. The unified information system will track the transfer ... |
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