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Campaigners flay proposed Norway-backed Congo forest logging

The Norwegian government is said to be considering whether to finance industrial logging in the rainforests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where...

World Giraffe Day: Saving the Masai giraffe in East Africa

The Giraffe Conservation Foundation (GCF) dedicated the year's World Giraffe Day (observed on Wednesday, June 21, 2017) to saving Masai giraffe in Kenya and Tanzania. Giraffe...

World Day to Combat Desertification: Conserving healthy soils for resilient drylands

On World Day to Combat Desertification observed globally on Saturday, June 17, 2017 the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) explores how conserving soil biodiversity...

Gabon creates 20 marine protected areas

President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon announced on Monday, June 5, 2017 in a speech delivered at the United Nations headquarters that his government...

Global marine protected area target to be achieved by 2020 – CBD

With recent commitments made by governments around the globe, the world is on track to protect over 10% of the globe’s marine areas by...

World Environment Day: What vultures’ decline portends for health, economy – NCF

Director General, Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), Adeniyi Karunwi, is bothered by the rate at which vultures are declining. In this treatise, he emphasises that...

How Nigeria strives to achieve biodiversity conservation targets, by CBD

Government is ensuring the participation of Nigerians in wildlife enforcement, while limiting conservation to specific areas that does not conflict with the interests of...

Flagship UN ocean summit to mobilise action to reverse marine degradation

The United Nations has said that it will bring together Heads of States, Heads of Governments and other high-level delegates, representatives from civil society organisations,...

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Accelerating climate technologies for buildings, infrastructure

During the June 2025, UN Climate Meetings in Bonn, the Technology Mechanism under the UNFCCC hosted a side event that brought...
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How exporting used clothing drives circularity, boosts local economies – Study

A detailed new study by IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, commissioned by Humana Lithuania, follows the journey of used textiles...

AMCEN: Civil society urges African govts to reject geoengineering

Ahead of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) holding from July 14 to 18, 2025, African civil...

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