Page 4 - World Database News Today

Conservation measures governed by local communities can help the world meet targets on protected areas, according to a new research

JEDDAH: The King Salman bin Abdulaziz Royal Reserve Development Authority has been added to the World Database on Protected Areas. It is the first Saudi reserve to be registered on the global website, the official source for data on protected lands with government agencies and international organizations.

Eleanor Sterling, one of the study’s co-authors and the director of the Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology, said there’s “no place where there's sufficient personnel to run these large areas.”

New dataset, RepRisk Geospatial, identifies proximity of extractive sector projects to Key Biodiversity Areas and protected areas ESG data science firm RepRisk and the Integrated Biodiversity Assessment

Asian elephants spent more time outside of areas specifically reserved for their protection suggesting a rethink is needed for conservation efforts.

KOTA KINABALU: An international team of researchers found elephants spend more than half of their time outside of protected areas, preferring slightly disturbed forests and areas of regrowth.

According to recent research, which provides the most thorough investigation of Asian elephant mobility and habitat preference to the date, elephants prefer environments outside of protected areas rather than inside them

/PRNewswire/ -- Ahead of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in November, and the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity...

/PRNewswire/ -- Ahead of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in November, and the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity...

Bike, health, happiness: children’s bike scheme calls for donations