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An open letter signed by environmentalists, scientists and human rights advocates worldwide called for the clear inclusion of human rights in the emerging global biodiversity goal to conserve 30% of land and ocean by 2030 (30×30)

Human rights, such as those of small-scale fishers, must be included in the global conservation goal to protect 30% of the world’s lands and oceans by 2030, say environmentalists, otherwise this proposed conservation target will fail and the livelihood of Indigenous people and local communities (IPLCs) around the world will be jeopardized. This is the […]

Stakeholders have expressed concerns over the increasing threat to biodiversity in Africa and other parts of the world. This was even

With negotiations underway in Geneva for the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, Indigenous land rights have finally taken center stage. The human rights group Avaaz released a 30-page document calling for the full recognition of the rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) over their lands, waters, and territories within the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework […]

U.N. member states failed on March 18 to finalize a legally binding tool to sustainably manage the largest ungoverned place on the planet: the high seas. The lack of agreement came after almost two weeks of talks in New York, three previous conferences, and more than a decade of discussion. Almost 27,000 unique species, including […]

From 14 to 29 March, the EU will participate in resumed global biodiversity meetings to advance on the development of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework – a new global accord to halt and reverse the loss of the planet's plants, animals and e

At the biodiversity talks in Geneva, A Pan-African Conservation Trust presents an opportunity to address the significant funding shortfalls facing Africa's protected and conserved areas.

UNESCO World Heritage Centre

GENEVA—Nearly all the world’s countries kicked off a UN-backed meeting this past week aimed at preventing the loss of biodiversity—seen as critical to avoiding the extinction of many vulnerable species, the emergence of pathogens like the coronavirus, and the damage to both lives and livelihoods of people around the world,…

Many Filipinos, like their Indonesian and Malaysian counterparts, are urging their respective governments to champion the United Nation protection target as a solution to the world’s biodiversity crisis.  In a three-day poll commissioned by  Atri Advisory in February in biodiverse-rich countries of the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia showed an overpowering…