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25.11.2011 Better protection for whales, sharks and raptors
Successful outcome of international species protection conference - also thanks to German initiatives 
16.11.2011 Röttgen: An Important Day for Nature Conservation in Germany
UNESCO World Heritage Certificate for "Ancient Beech Forests of Germany" 
08.11.2011 Federal Environment Minister Röttgen opens UN Decade on Biodiversity 2011-2020
Conservation of biological diversity is an investment in the future 
28.10.2011 European Commission Proposes New Safety Standards for Offshore Oil and Gas Activities
Environment Minister Röttgen: More safety for offshore drilling 
02.09.2011 Call to restore 150 million hectares of forest
International Conference "Bonn Challenge" met in Bonn 
27.06.2011 Hamburg's part of the Wadden Sea now included in the German-Dutch World Heritage Site "Wadden Sea" 
25.06.2011 UNESCO: German beech forests are World Heritage
A big day for nature conservation in Germany 
24.06.2011 Germany signs UN Protocol against Biopiracy 
12.05.2011 Wider access to justice for environmental NGOs
European Court of Justice strengthens access to German courts 
02.02.2011 Federal Environment Ministry supports wetland conservation
World Wetlands Day on 2 February 
29.10.2010 Minister Röttgen: International community has launched long overdue trend reversal to conserve biological diversity 
26.10.2010 Federal Environment Minister Röttgen: Tropical forests protect both biodiversity and climate
Federal Environment Ministry provides 10 million euro for World Bank fund 
25.10.2010 Röttgen takes part in biodiversity conference in Nagoya 
20.10.2010 Conservation of nature and its services crucial for prosperity and development
Final report of TEEB Study presented in Nagoya 
17.10.2010 Conference on biological diversity opens in Nagoya
Decisions on international biodiversity conservation for the time after 2011 
08.10.2010 Ursula Heinen-Esser: Cooperation in the Elbe river basin a success story
20th anniversary of the International Commission for the Protection of the Elbe River 
02.10.2010 World Heritage Certificate for Wadden Sea
Designation by UNESCO is both an honour and an obligation 
24.09.2010 OSPAR: Breakthrough in marine conservation
Agreement reached on marine protected areas and deficit analysis of deep-sea oil drilling 
22.09.2010 Environment Minister Röttgen calls for firm commitment to combat the worldwide loss of biodiversity
Address to the special session of the UN General Assembly on biodiversity 
16.09.2010 Ursula Heinen-Esser pays tribute to winners of "Alternative Nobel Prize"
Finding appropriate answers and setting trends 
09.09.2010 Cities and municipalities depend on nature
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) launches Local and Regional Policy Makers report 
03.09.2010 Call for trend reversal in international nature conservation
Federal Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen at the international ministerial forum on biodiversity in Geneva 
13.07.2010 Presentation of new TEEB report: biological diversity a growing focus for business and industry
The winners are companies with "net positive impact" on biological diversity 
25.06.2010 Heinen-Esser: Loss of biological diversity a threat to bionics
Exhibition opened at the Federal Environment Ministry 
15.06.2010 Biological diversity: new handbook for companies
Heinen-Esser: Companies need intact ecosystems 
27.05.2010 Federal Environment Minister Röttgen: Protecting natural capital in difficult times
Meeting on biodiversity 
27.05.2010 Global Forest Partnership to conserve tropical forests
Ursula Heinen-Esser: Germany participating with at least 350 million euro 
26.03.2010 No protection for porbeagle and spiny dogfish
CITES rejects EU proposals 
26.02.2010 Reform of environmental law takes effect: new Acts enter into force on 1 March 2010
Federal Nature Conservation Act and Federal Water Act create uniform legal basis 
01.02.2010 Ursula Heinen-Esser: We need a trend reversal in biodiversity conservation 
29.01.2010 Old Beech Forests: Unique and Outstanding
Germany submits nomination for UNESCO World Heritage List 
11.01.2010 Ceremony launches the International Year of Biodiversity 2010
Federal Environment Minister Röttgen: loss of habitats and species must be stopped 
10.12.2009 Climate protection through conservation of mangroves in the South Pacific
The Federal Environment Ministry supports project with 2.3 million euros 
17.11.2009 Breakthrough in the fight against biopiracy
International community wants fairer distribution of the benefits arising from the use of genetic resources 
13.11.2009 Ursula Heinen-Esser: Investments in ecosystems pay off
New TEEB report: nature must become part of economic accounting 


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