IAEA Director General Thanks Australia and New Zealand for Helping to Make Nuclear Technology Available for Development
IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano highlighted the benefits of nuclear science and technology for development during a week-long visit to Australia and New Zealand and thanked both countries for their support for the Agency.
Using Nuclear Techniques to Monitor the Health of Coral Reefs
Pollution and climate change pose a serious threat to coastal and marine environments. Coral reefs, the diverse underwater ecosystems that provide valuable habitat and serve as a spawning ground for a large variety of species, are particularly vulnerable to changes in the marine ecosystem.
Sustainable Science: Yesterday’s Trainees Become Today’s Experts
The mangrove forests, seagrass beds and thousand-year-old coral reefs of Cuba play host to rare, vulnerable species and commercial fish alike.
IAEA Event at European Development Days to Focus on Role of Nuclear Science for Sustainable Development
Nuclear techniques can help countries achieve several of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) or to track their progress towards the achievement of these targets.
World Oceans Day: IAEA Helps Reduce Plastic Pollution
The ocean and its wildlife are strangled in plastic. About 10% of the 100 million tonnes of plastic that the world produces every year ends up in the ocean. This debris poses a threat to animals, which ingest it or get entangled in it, and also to people who eat the fish contaminated by the chemicals that the debris releases.