What is the UN Environment Assembly and why does it matter? — Global Issues
Set up as a sort of ‘world parliament on the environment’, UNEA aims to define priorities for environmental policies and
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Set up as a sort of ‘world parliament on the environment’, UNEA aims to define priorities for environmental policies and
Migratory species that travel long distances in the ocean, including sharks, turtles and dolphins, face an unprecedented number of threats resulting from human actions. At the latest assembly of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), representatives of governments made a series of decisions aimed at protecting migratory marine species, […]
In later 2023, the international community concluded negotiations for a new ocean governance treaty, formally called the “Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction.” Throughout the negotiations, the treaty was referred to as the […]
How do you count manatees? Ideally, standing by a river while playing with the aquatic mammals. However, in a world where manatee populations face increasing threats, a faster and more accurate method is imperative. Enter artificial intelligence. A model developed by scientists at Florida Atlantic University uses a deep-learning-based method to count manatees in images […]
If there’s one field of research that speaks to humanity’s relationship with the natural world, it’s the interface between wildlife and health. Human alteration of the planet through deforestation, climate change, our globalized food system, and the legal and illegal wildlife trade has brought people, livestock and wildlife into unprecedented proximity, risking disease emergence and […]