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At meetings to be held from March 14 in Geneva, officials are set to discuss whether access- and benefit-sharing limitations should apply to digital sequence information.

Three meetings critical to developing an ambitious and transformative post-2020 global biodiversity framework necessary to accelerate the transformations needed to safeguard the health of the planet will be held in Geneva between March ...

Led by former US Senator Russ Feingold and comprised of eight former heads of state, two former Prime Ministers, six former ministers, and four environmental and indigenous and local experts, the Campaign for Natures Global Steering Committee ...

Conservation needs to adopt a human-rights based approach to deal effectively and equitably with the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, according to a new report co-authored by more than 20 Indigenous and community organizations across Asia. The report, published by the NGO Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) in February, says that without […]

But others argue that the conservation plan will amount to the ‘biggest land grab in history’

Forty-one (41) researchers from 17 countries have come together to offer a compromise on a controversial topic under the United Nations (UN) Convention on Biological Diversity in a new paper in Nature Communications. The scientists published their thoughts on the ongoing UN policy discussions about sharing of digital sequence of information to support conservation efforts.

The Minister of State for Environment, Sharon Ikeazor, has informed the United Nations Environment Assembly that Nigeria adopted innovative strategies for

Leading environment groups agreed that the US, the countries of the European Union, the UK, Japan, Canada and other wealthy countries should support a target of at least $60 billion annually of international finance for biodiversity in ...

The UN Environment Assembly opened its annual meeting February 28, 2022 in Nairobi. Youth took part in talks. Global treaty to control plastic tops the agenda.

Ambitious restoration of mangroves and seagrasses could lead to substantial recovery of these ecosystems New research has found.