Environment

One-year countdown to world’s leading biodiversity event begins

“The year 2020 presents a singular opportunity to reverse the alarming decline of nature we are witnessing,” says Dr Grethel Aguilar, IUCN Acting Director General. “Preserving Earth’s biodiversity is crucial if we are to achieve the ambitious goals of...

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Court Upholds Protections for Rare California Gnatcatcher

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A California gnatcatcher (Polioptila...

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The looming extinction of the vaquita puts Gulf of California on World Heritage danger list

The World Heritage Committee on Jul.03 followed IUCN’s advice to list Mexico’s Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California as a World Heritage site in danger. The site’s population of vaquitas – the world’s smallest and most endangered...

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24 billion tons of fertile land lost every year, warns UN chief on World Day to Combat Desertification

In a video message released in advance of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, marked on Monday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned that the world loses 24 billion tons of fertile land every year, and that the degradation in...

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