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Globalization of Species Conservation And Desertification Globalization of Species Conservation And Desertification PreventionPrevention

By: Emily PopeBy: Emily Pope

Mein Name ist Emily Pope. Heute werde ich auf etwa zwei Mein Name ist Emily Pope. Heute werde ich auf etwa zwei Umweltthemen, Tierschutz und Wüstenbildung zu sprechen.Umweltthemen, Tierschutz und Wüstenbildung zu sprechen.

Endangered SpeciesEndangered Species• The Hazel Dormouse has a declining population in Germany.

• In Germany, the white-tailed sea eagle had 470 pairs (a spectacular increase from only about 110 pairs in Germany in the 1960s) for the year 2004. In 2008, the population was already around 600 pairs.

• In Germany, by far the highest number of white-tailed sea eagles die because of lead poisoning, followed by collisions with trains, trauma (violent impact which could not be further determined), suspected illegal poisoning, electrocution, collision with wind mills, collision with power lines, confirmed poisoning, collision with cars, shot birds and mercury poisoning.

• Collision with trains is quite common in Germany. This happens when animals like Roe Deer get killed by trains and are not removed from the rails. The eagles find the carrion and feed on it.

• Die Haselmaus hat eine schrumpfende Bevölkerung in Deutschland.

Endangered German Hazel Dormouse and Endangered German Hazel Dormouse and

White-Tailed Sea Eagle

• Die Haselmaus und der Wieße-Seeadler gibt zwei Arten, die vom Aussterben bedroht sind.

World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought • The United Nations' World Day to Combat Desertification and

Drought is annually observed on June 17 to highlight the urgent need to curb the desertification process.

• It also aims to strengthen the visibility of the drylands issue on the international environmental agenda.

• World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is a global observance and not a public holiday.

• In December 1994, the United Nations General Assembly declared June 17 the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought.

• The assembly acknowledged that desertification and drought were global problems because they affected all regions of the world.

• Das UN-Welttag zur Bekämpfung von Wüstenbildung und Dürre wird jährlich am 17. Juni beobachtet, um die dringende Notwendigkeit, den Prozess der Wüstenbildung einzudämmen markieren.

World Day to Combat Desertification AdWorld Day to Combat Desertification Ad

New German Policy in Light of GlobalizationNew German Policy in Light of Globalization• In the recent years Germany has raised its profile as a key player

in the international environmental policy.

• The declared aim of German environmental policy is the enabling of a significant headway in environmental protection in Brussels.

• The focused two lanes strategy consists of encouraging of sustainable production in the EU and worldwide.

• While using the EU Council Presidency in 2007 for lending an impetus at the international level Germany announced the policy priorities in climate protection and sustainable energy policy.

• In the last five decades mankind was transforming its natural surrounding more dramatically than in the whole preceding history.

National Park in Brandenburg, Germany National Park in Brandenburg, Germany

Dies ist ein Bild von einer der umweltpolitischen Erfolgsgeschichten, ein Nationalpark inBrandenburg, Deutschland.

FragenFragen• 1.) How much does Desertification cost the UN every year?

A.) $42 Billion

B.) Where’s Waldo?

C.) $52 Million

• 2.) When does World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought take place?

A.) June 17

B.) July 17

C.) Sometime

AnswersAnswers

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Websites Used:Websites Used:

• http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/un/world-day-to-combat-desertification

• http://akson.sgh.waw.pl/~trusek/gee/papers/paper-Bielig.pdf

• http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/13992/0

• http://www.europeanraptors.org/raptors/white_tailed_eagle.html