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UNEP Goodwill Ambassador among stars to lead fight against poverty
Hollywood star and UNEP Goodwill Ambassador, Don Cheadle is among several high-profile celebrities appointed by the UN to lead the global fight against poverty and the push to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Search begins for the 2011 Champions of the Earth
Nominations are now officially open for the 2011 Champions of the Earth; the United Nations' flagship environmental award. The award recognises inspiring leadership from those who are helping to create today's green economy.
UNEP welcomes review of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
UNEP's initial response to this thorough report, conducted by the leading body representing many of the world's distinguished scientific academies, is that it re-affirms the integrity; the importance and validity of the IPCC's work while recognizing areas for improvement in a rapidly evolving field.
UNEP head donates Tallberg prize money to Pakistan flood victims

Achim Steiner, the head of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), has donated a US$70,000 international leadership prize to relief efforts in Pakistan following the devastating and on-going floods, it was announced on Monday.
Alien invaders threaten World Heritage Site
Invasive alien species are a major cause of biodiversity loss. In Europe's Wadden Sea, alien species of grass, mussels and jellyfish are damaging habitats, ecosystems and the regional economy.
New conservation tool to track trade in wild animals and plants
What do the Amazon peccaries, the African hippos and the North American bobcats have in common? According to a new web-based, research tool of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), they are among the top ten mammal species being sustainably traded around the world for their skins.
World table tennis champion plays for the planet
Proving her table tennis swing remains top-class, 18-time Chinese Olympian Deng Yaping played for the health of the planet when she recorded a UNEP public service announcement, at the UN Office in Nairobi
Frozen Heat: Methane Gas Hydrates , Society and the Environment
As global demand for energy grows and continues to outpace supply for the foreseeable future, so does pressure to explore the use of methane hydrates as an economically-viable energy source.
Press Statement on the Cause of Oil Spills in the Niger Delta
At the request of the government of Nigeria, UNEP is conducting an environmental assessment of the impacts of oil spills in Ogoniland, in the Niger Delta. The UNEP study represents an unprecedented effort to examine the location, nature and extent and implications of oil contamination in Ogoniland.
Shedding Light on the Cinderellas of the Deep Sea
Ocean sponges from shallower waters have already been shown to be valuable sources for new medicinal drugs to treat cancers and for antibiotics, and it is expected that deepwater sponges will be equally valuable, if not more so.
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