Environmental conservation work in Hungary




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Earth Hour

10 Dec 2008
Earth Hour sparks global unity
71 cities in 62 countries including Kyiv and Odessa in Ukraine have committed to switch off lights for one hour on Saturday, March 28 at 20:30 to create a platform of support for action on climate change. The campaign aims to reach 1 billion people and 1,000 cities around the world. » Read more

 
ICCAT, 2008: a decade long tradition of ignoring its scientists on catches and seasons continues, risking collapse of the world's last surviving large bluefin fishery.

24 Nov 2008
Tuna commission comes up with "a disgrace, not a decision"
The commission tasked with preventing a collapse of the Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery today opted for catch quotas still far higher than its own scientists recommend and leaving industrial fleets free to scoop up tuna at the height of its spawning period.
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Unless urgent action is taken, Atlantic bluefin tuna will soon disappear from the Mediterranean

14 Nov 2008
Europe sits on damning bluefin tuna report
A European fisheries report demonstrating continuing widespread infringements by bluefin tuna fleets despite increased fleet surveillance in the Mediterranean has been delayed until after the conclusion of next week's key international tuna commission meeting to decide on a new management regime for the fishery.

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New or updated projects

Modified: Oct 2007 - Started: Jul 2001

Agriculture and Rural Development Policy

The project's goal is to prevent negative impacts of agricultural and rural development plans on nature, especially in the case of small regional plan... » Read more
 
Modified: Jul 2007 - Started: Jul 2000

Finding natural solutions to finance nature conservation

During the last century Ecsed Marsh was one of the largest wetlands in Europe. It was composed of open water, marshy areas and wide reedbeds, all of w... » Read more
 
Modified: Jul 2007 - Started: Jul 2001

Biodiversity in Hungary

The project focuses on conservation of Hungary’s rich biodiversity of Hungary by preserving and protecting natural and semi-natural habitats, flora an... » Read more

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