Small Cetaceans News Today

While recent statistics from other countries are in the public domain, the UK’s delay in publishing data has increased speculation that the government might be hiding another sharp increase in cetacean strandings, and it’s fuelling further suspicions of a link between wind farms and the demise of marine life.

On 27 December 2022, the UN Secretary-General announced the appointment of Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema of the United Republic of Tanzania as Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director of UNEP. She will assume her responsibilities on 15 February 2023. Since June 2020, Ms. Mrema has been the Executive Secretary of the Secretariat for the Convention on Biological Diversity, having previously served in acting capacity in the role since December 2019. Prior to that, Ms. Mrema served in ...

As UNEP commemorates its 50th anniversary, ASCOBANS – the Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North-East Atlantic Irish and North Seas – an important specialized environmental treaty that we are so proud is part of the UNEP family – marks 30 years of its existence.