Op-ed

It has long been said that we know more about the Moon than we do about the oceans. After all, 12 people have walked on the surface of the Moon, but only three have been to the deepest part of the sea... By Bradnee Chambers, the Executive Secretary of the UNEP Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (UNEP/CMS).

Sharks have long been portrayed as man-eaters, a menace to any swimmer brave (or foolish) enough to share the water with them. But this perception could not be further from reality.

Von Dr. Bradnee Chambers. Der Autor leitet das Sekretariat des Übereinkommens zur Erhaltung der wandernden wild lebenden Tierarten (UNEP/CMS) der Vereinten Nationen in Bonn. Wenn Sie ein Vogelbeobachter sind, dann ist einer der wichtigsten Tage in Ihrem Kalender der Weltzugvogeltag am 10. Mai. An diesem Wochenende versammeln sich Vogelbeobachter aus der ganzen Welt, um Vögel und ihre erstaunlich weiten Reisen zu feiern.