Conservation & Environment News - Week 12/02/08 - 18/02/08

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Britain's climate bill target to be reviewed by year end - Reuters 18/02/08

Britain's goal of cutting emissions of climate warming carbon dioxide by 60 percent by 2050 will be reviewed by the end of the year and may be raised, Environment Secretary Hilary Benn said on Monday.

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Warming risks Antarctic sea life - BBC News 16/02/08

Unique marine life in Antarctica will be at risk from an invasion of sharks, crabs and other predators if global warming continues, scientists warn.

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Eco-audit brings warning for city BBC News 14/02/08

An audit of London has warned the city is putting increasing and unsustainable strain on the environment.

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Map shows toll on world's oceans - BBC News 14/02/08

Only about 4% of the world's oceans remain undamaged by human activity, according to the first detailed global map of human impacts on the seas.

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Hammerhead in need of protection - BBC News 18/02/08

Over-fishing and demand for shark fins, an expensive delicacy, have pushed one of the world's iconic animals towards the brink of extinction, say experts.

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Sea research for climate change - BBC News 12/02/08

Oceanographers are to measure how seas absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in order to understand and predict climate change.

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Climatic Atlas praised - RSPB Online 15/02/08

At an event at the European Commission in Brussels last night, Commissioner for the Environment Mr Stavros Dimas, congratulated BirdLife International – including the RSPB – for the ‘major advancement in the understanding of the expected impacts of climate change’, following the publication of ‘A Climatic Atlas of European Breeding Birds’ in January.