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UN biodiversity talks resume in Rome after failure to agree last year

The UN Biodiversity Conference opened on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, in a renewed attempt to reach an agreement, four months after delegates failed to...
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COP16: Finance crucial towards actualising global biodiversity targets – Campaigners

With political will, Global North countries could deliver on $20 billion per year by 2025 and at least $30 billion per year by 2030...
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COP16: Crisis facing nature takes centre stage at UN summit

A major United Nations conference on biological diversity opened on Monday, October 21, 2024, in Cali, Colombia, where 196 nations will discuss how to...
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Great Green Wall project recognised among 10 pioneering initiatives restoring natural world

The United Nations has recognised the Great Green Wall and nine other ground-breaking efforts from around the globe for their role in restoring the...
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Human-elephant conflict a threat to elephant’s survival, say African range states

African countries belonging to the Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI) have met on the side-lines of the UN Biodiversity Conference in Montreal and adopted a...
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CBD COP15: Humanity has become a weapon of mass extinction – Guterres

In his remarks at the UN Biodiversity Conference – COP15 – in Montreal, UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, lamented that, with man’s bottomless appetite for...
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In run up to CBD COP15, biodiversity scientists suggest ‘10 Must Dos’

By 2030, 30 per cent of the planet's land and sea areas should be protected. All subsidies leading to the degradation of nature should...
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‘Building a Shared Future for all Life’ is slogan for Biodiversity Day 2022

With the aim of highlighting the importance of biodiversity for many sustainable development issues, the 2022 slogan for the International Day for Biological Diversity,...
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Katsina children raise alarm over climate-linked school hazards

Children from the Child Rights Advocacy Club in Mashi Local Government Area of Katsina State have raised serious concerns...
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ACReSAL surpasses midpoint targets, eyes expansion as Lagos review opens

At the opening of a three-day strategic review in Lagos, Nigeria’s flagship climate resilience initiative, the Agro-Climatic Resilience in...
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Inger Andersen: Gearing up for a year of multilateral action

Speech delivered by Inger Andersen, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), at the 173rd meeting of the Committee...

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Katsina children raise alarm over climate-linked school hazards

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ACReSAL surpasses midpoint targets, eyes expansion as Lagos review opens

At the opening of a three-day strategic review in...