Wild species support half of world’s population, report finds
Sustainability is key to survival of billions of people, says UN study, which notes income from wild species incentivises conservation • Patrick Vallance: ‘We need...
Category : Conservation
‘Talk with us, not for us’: fishing communities accuse UN of ignoring their voices
Developing countries’ delegates at UN conference seek recognition of small fisheries’ role in protecting oceans and fighting hunger Small-scale fishermen and women from coastal nations...
Cop15: lack of political leadership leaves crucial nature summit ‘in peril’, warn NGOs
Nairobi biodiversity talks end in stalemate, prompting open letter to world leaders calling for action before Montreal conference UN biodiversity negotiations have reached crisis point...
‘Relentless’ destruction of rainforest continuing despite Cop26 pledge
Tropics lost 11.1m hectares of tree cover in 2021, including forest critical to limiting global heating and biodiversity loss, finds World Resources Institute Pristine rainforests...
Tanzania’s Maasai appeal to west to stop eviction for conservation plans
Thousands of Indigenous people sign letter to UK, US and EU protesting at appropriation of land for tourist safaris and hunting Thousands of Maasai pastoralists...
‘Lawless logging’ in DRC raises concerns over $500m forests deal signed by Boris Johnson
Critics say cash from UK, Norway, France and Germany could be wasted as damning report reveals illegalities, corruption and environmental crimes Environmental groups have raised...
Wildflower believed to be extinct for 40 years spotted in Ecuador
Gasteranthus extinctus had been presumed extinct after extensive deforestation A South American wildflower long believed to be extinct has been rediscovered. Gasteranthus extinctus was found...
Salt spat highlights Canadian national park’s troubling history
Park agency’s order to stop harvesting salts for commercial gain has angered Indigenous community For years, Melissa Daniels has been travelling to the vast wilds...
Six new wētā species found in New Zealand, as their habitat slowly disappears
Global heating speeding up their decline as terrain of newly discovered alpine species disappears Six new alpine species of New Zealand’s most unusual and beloved...
What really happened at Geneva’s crucial biodiversity negotiations?
Talks ahead of the key Cop15 summit on halting mass extinction of life were slow – and much has been asked of the developing world...
