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Director General of WWF International, Jim Leape speaking at a High-Level Panel alongside German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, President Ali Bongo of Gabon, Secretary-General of CITES John Scanlon and Deputy Secretary General of the UN Jan Eliasson

One of the most pristine, ambitious and globally-important protected areas in the world received a vital boost of financial support, with the investment of $5 million toward an endowment to support its long term viability and management.

Wider use of available best practices and technologies could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the livestock sector by as much as 30 per cent, according to a new study released by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Winston Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Antigua and Barbuda.

The death toll continues to rise from Tuesday's strong earthquake in southwestern Pakistan as officials now say 348 people were killed in Pakistan's Baluchistan province after thousands of mud homes collapsed in the mountainous Awaran district.

In response to two lawsuits, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has again proposed protected critical habitat for the Canada lynx. The proposed 26.6 million acres spread across six states expands a 2009 designation, including additional areas in northeastern Maine and northwestern Wyoming.

According to media reports, Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared that the 30 Greenpeace International activists detained by Russian authorities after an Arctic drilling protest are ‘obviously not pirates’, but has suggested that they may have broken international laws. He made these remarks at an Arctic forum in Salekhard.

Pakistan earthquake, September 24, 2013

The edge of the ever shrinking Arctic ice cap.

Independent monitoring of the implementation of its plans would help APP overcome the legacy of mistrust from not implementing full sustainability promises by 2004, 2007, 2009 and 2011