Past Events

The theme of the UN World Wildlife Day 2022 is Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration. The day to raise awareness of the state of endangered and critically endangered wildlife, and to highlight the power of conservation efforts seeking to reverse their fate. On 20 December 2013, the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly agreed that 3 March - the date of the adoption of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in 1973 - would become the annual UN World Wildlife Day: a day dedicated to celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wildlife. The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), together with other United Nations organisations, facilitates the implementation of World Wildlife Day. According to CITES, figures from the Red List of Threatened Species maintained by the International Union for Conservation of Nature show that over 8,400 species of wild fauna and flora are critically endangered, while close to 30,000 more are classed as endangered or vulnerable. Based on these estimates for species that have been assessed, it is suggested that over a million species globally may be threatened with extinction. This continued loss of species and degradation of habitats and ecosystems threatens humanity as a whole, as we rely on wildlife and biodiversity to meet many of our needs. Therefore, the World Wildlife Day also aims to support efforts to reach the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The CITES Secretariat calls on all States and organizations, be it global, regional or sub-regional, as well as all interested individuals, to:

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• World Wildlife Day Official website
• CITES Announcement for 2022
• UN on the World Wildlife Day

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• More information about the meeting

The Working Group on the management of European eel (WGMEASURES-EEL) under the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) is meeting to discuss the results of the GFCM research programme on European eel in the Mediterranean Sea and possible long-term management and protection measures, as well as a joint framework for future monitoring. This is likely to be an online meeting, but could be a hybrid meeting in Rome.

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• Full list of GFCM meetings

14th Meeting of the HELCOM Group on Ecosystem-based Sustainable Fisheries (FISH 14-2021). Time: 09.30-16.30 CET

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• Meeting invitation

This is an invitation only stakeholder workshop organised under the project Ecocentric Management for Sustainable Fisheries and Healthy Marine Ecosystems (EcoScope), which is funded by Horizon 2020. The EcoScope Project aims to promote an ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management, through a range of tools and activities, such as the EcoScope Toolbox and the EcoScope Platform. The four-year project (2021-2025) addresses ecosystem degradation and anthropogenic impact that cause fisheries to be unsustainably exploited in several European seas and promotes efficient, holistic, sustainable, ecocentric fisheries management that will aid towards restoring fisheries sustainability and ensuring balance between food security and healthy seas. Time: 09.00-17.00 CET

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• For more information about the EcoScope Project

Organisés les 9 et 10 février, en amont du segment politique du Sommet prévu le 11 février, les ateliers, forums, et événements constituent un symposium créatif pour amplifier les plans d'action pour l'océan, renouer avec l'espoir et l'ambition en mobilisant tous les principaux acteurs : scientifiques, praticiens, acteurs multilatéraux, responsables gouvernementaux, commissaires européens, gouvernements locaux, en veillant à la parité, à la diversité géographique et à l’inclusion des jeunes.

This is a joint meeting between the Baltic Sea Advisory Council Working Group on Ecosystem-based Management, HELCOM and BALTFISH to: 1.  Consider actions in the new HELCOM BSAP relevant to fisheries and fisheries management. 2. Discuss future eel management measures in the light of the recent ICES advice and the DG MARE consultation. Time: 10.00– 15.00 CET.  

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• BSAC meeting information
• Previous BSAC input on eel

Clare Bradshaw, Stockholm University: Ecological and biogeochemical impacts of bottom trawling The seminar is part of a seminar series hosted by Södertörn university, Stockholm. Thursday 3 February at 13:00-14:00 in Zoom. Zoom link: https://sh-se.zoom.us/j/68427419255?pwd=dFN6MEUwQ0ZZaFMrVzJPaTRQNzVodz09   Meeting ID: 684 2741 9255 Passcode: 703772   Prof Bradshaw will give a short overview of bottom trawling, then discuss the biochemical effects based on the latest research, and also discuss trawling and carbon cycles. See the full papers here: Bradshaw et al 2021 Morys et al 2021 Legge et al 2020 Epstein et al 2021 PREPRINT Sala et al 2021    

This is a HELCOM workshop on Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs) in the Baltic Sea area.

Time: 10.00-16.00 CET

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• Meeting information

This ICES Workshop for the Technical evaluation of EU Member States’ Eel regulation Progress Reports 2021 (WKEMP3) will support EU DG MARE in evaluating the implementation of the national Eel Management Plans (EMPs) under the Council Regulation (EC) No 1100/2007 establishing measures for the recovery of the stock of European eel.