Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme 15 to 23 July 2016 at the Vienna International Centre (VIC); Vienna, Austria Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27079&ArticleID=36230&l=en
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27079&ArticleID=36229&l=en
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27079&ArticleID=36228&l=en
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Three Persian leopards were released into Russia’s Caucasus (Kavkazsky) State Nature Biosphere Reserve today. The event is a remarkable step in restoring leopard populations to the Caucasus. Until the middle of the 20th century, Persian leopards were common in the Caucasus. But by 1950, their population had dramatically decreased, and […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Just beyond the remote mountain village of Yangma in the high Himalayas of eastern Nepal, Nepali conservationists fitted a female snow leopard with a GPS collar. The collar will allow scientists to track this snow leopard’s movements daily for the next year, which will help us learn more about these […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund WWF conservation experts were thrilled to spot a mother Irrawaddy dolphin with her newly born baby on the banks of the Mekong River in Cambodia. Just last month, the dolphin family was found in Kampi pool, which is home to around 20 of the last remaining 80 Irrawaddy river dolphins […]
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27076&ArticleID=36225&l=en
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme The unprecedented project will generate cash returns of at least $77.5 million Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27079&ArticleID=36227&l=en
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme High-level session closes productive Africa Carbon Forum 2016 Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27076&ArticleID=36226&l=en
Published by the World Wildlife Fund We’re all quick to recognize the beauty of elephants roaming through Africa and Asia, the tigers traversing Southeast Asia and the far reaches of Russia and China, and the charismatic gorillas of the Congo basin. But the United States also hosts an abundance of beautiful, iconic animals that make our […]
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Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme The Green Star Awards emphasize the nexus between the environment and the need to safeguard communities from the environmental impacts of emergencies. Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27076&ArticleID=36223&l=en
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme Solheim pledges to tackle major environmental issues such as ocean and air pollution, climate change, and nexus between conflict, migration and the environment Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27076&ArticleID=36222&l=en
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme Speech made at the United Nations/Kenya Conference on Space Technology and Applications for Wildlife Management and Protecting Biodiversity Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27078&ArticleID=36221&l=en
Published by the World Wildlife Fund In a room in a convention center in Anchorage, several people—including top polar bear researchers, engineers, and Alaskan native people—are clustered around tables playing with modelling clay, pipe cleaners and other bits and pieces. Or that is what it looks like. What they are in fact doing is taking the […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund WWF is excited to recognize Boulder, Colorado as this year’s US Earth Hour Capital for its leadership in addressing climate change. The title is awarded as part of our Earth Hour City Challenge initiative which highlights and supports local action on climate, including transitioning to 100 percent renewable energy, preparing […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Elephants have been hit hard by a global poaching epidemic that’s emptying the planet of an array of wildlife. As many as 30,000 elephants are killed for their ivory each year. This senseless slaughter feeds a lucrative, global black market for ivory, which endangers the survival of entire elephant populations […]
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme On World Day to Combat Desertification Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27076&ArticleID=36219&l=en
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme New UNEP study identifies opportunities for green economy transformation Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27076&ArticleID=36220&l=en
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Rampant ivory poaching has reduced the elephant population in Tanzania’s oldest and largest protected area by 90 percent in fewer than 40 years. Nearly 110,000 elephants used to roam the savannas, wetlands, and forests of Selous Game Reserve—a World Heritage Site—in the mid-1970s. Now only 15,000 remain as criminals continue […]