ASCOBANS News

Call for Nominations for the 4th ASCOBANS Outreach and Education Award - deadline 29 February

Bonn, 25 January 2012 - This year, ASCOBANS will for the fourth time present the Outreach and Education Award to an individual or institution in recognition of outstanding conserva

25 January 2012

Elizabeth Maruma Mrema Takes up New Assignment in Nairobi

Bonn, 6 January 2012 - CMS Executive Secretary and ASCOBANS Acting Executive Secretary Ms Elizabeth Maruma Mrema has been appointed Deputy Director of the Division of Environmental Policy Implement

12 January 2012

CMS COP10 in Norway Strengthens Cetacean Conservation Worldwide

25 November 2011- After intense negotiations over the entire week, Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) at the 10th Conference of the Parties (CO

25 November 2011

31 January-2 February 2012: 8th Meeting of the Jastarnia Group, Bonn, Germany

26 October 2011 - The 8th Meeting of the ASCOBANS Jastarnia Working Group will take place at the Secretariat's premises in Bonn, Germany, from 31 January to 2 February 2012.

26 October 2011

ASCOBANS Joins UN Day Celebrations on 22 October

24 October 2011 - The ASCOBANS Secretariat joined 18 UN Bonn-based agencies and several other international organizations in celebrating the annual UN Day in Bonn this weekend.

25 October 2011

Release of 'Odontocetes- The toothed whales'

24 October 2011 - For 86 per cent of all toothed whale species, entanglement in gillnets, traps, weirs, purse seines, longlines and trawls is resulting in an unsustainably high death toll.

24 October 2011

20-22 March 2012: 19th Meeting of the Advisory Committee, Galway, Ireland

4 October 2011- Invitations for the 19th Meeting of the ASCOBANS Advisory Committee have been sent out. It will be held from 20-22 March 2012 at the Galway Bay Hotel in Galway, Ireland.

04 October 2011