Published by Ocean Conservancy An interest in the natural world can spring from unlikely places. For Eddie Love, a recent college graduate and current RAY Fellow at Ocean Conservancy, a love for the fastest land animal in the world inspired his decision to launch a career in conservation. “I had an affinity for cheetahs at a […]
Published by the Environmental News Service JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, September 19, 2016 (ENS) – Illegal trade in endangered species, including internet commerce, is enormous – by any estimate. Far-reaching decisions on managing the world’s wildlife are about to be made here in Johannesburg, where 182 countries plus the EU will gather Saturday for 12 days […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Moving Toward Strong Global Climate Action on HFCs Co-authored by Bhaskar Deol Countdown to Kigali is a round-up of recent news, blogs and other stories as world leaders head to Kigali, Rwanda to achieve a global agreement on phasing down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), potent heat trapping greenhouse gases, under […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Humans destroyed a tenth of the world’s wilderness in just 25 years – A new study says human activity degraded an area of pristine ecosystems twice the size of Alaska between 1993 and […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy A conversation between Ocean Conservancy’s CEO Andreas Merkl and Nainoa Thompson, president of the Polynesian Voyaging Society and navigator of the iconic Hōkūle‘a, as Hawaiʻi hosts the IUCN World Conservation Congress. With a shared passion for our ocean, Merkl (@AndreasMerkl) and Thompson spoke about experiencing unparalleled beauty on the water, the plague […]
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme Speech by Ibrahim Thiaw, deputy chief of UN Environment at the “Defence and Climate Change” international conference in Skhirat, Morocco. Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27085&ArticleID=36260&l=en
Published by the Environmental News Service HONOLULU, Hawaii, September 5, 2016 (ENS) – Wildlife conservationists meeting in Honolulu for the IUCN’s World Conservation Congress are shocked and saddened by the release of the Great Elephant Census showing that numbers of African savanna elephants have declined by 30 percent between 2007 and 2014. Read the full […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund This week, conservation takes center stage as 6,000 global experts dive deep into the issues that will define the physical future of our planet. And with the all the far-reaching impacts of these decisions affecting the long-term sustainability of our planet, it’s a gathering that cannot come soon enough. The […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This is the first blog in a special three-part series on green finance in China Xinhua On September 4-5, this year’s G20 Summit will be held in Hangzhou, China. Green finance will be one of the major topics of discussion at this meeting, marking the first time that […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A vaquita porpoise entanged in a gillnet set for totoaba Omar Vidal, NOAA Fisheries West Coast/Flickr We tend to look at what’s threatening endangered species on an individual basis. The ivory trade is killing elephants. Illegal gold mining poisons wild camels. The addax’s worst enemy is trophy hunting. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The Group of Twenty (G20) is viewed as one of key forums for the world’s largest economies to set forth joint actions on a range of issues, so the upcoming G20 Summit in China is an important moment for international efforts to address climate change. After all, key […]
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme – Pathogen and organic pollution rises in more than 50% of river stretches in Africa, Asia and Latin America – Asia hit hardest by rise in severe pathogen pollution with up to a half of all river stretches affected – Up to 323 million people on three continents […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In just a few days, I will be leading an NRDC delegation of lawyers, scientists, and policy experts to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) World Conservation Congress, which will be held in the U.S. (Honolulu, Hawaii) for the first time in its 60-year history. […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Since its introduction to Guam in the late 1940s, the brown tree snake has done significant damage to the island’s economy and essentially destroyed its native ecology (especially bird populations). USDA Global trade is the number one avenue for stowaway pests. Along with goods, the United States alone […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Mount Rainier National Park iStock The 84 million acres’ worth of parks and monuments the National Park Service has set aside in the public trust over the past century is a source of national pride and cause for celebration. But while we look back on 100 years of […]
Published by the Department of the Interior Little Rock Central High School is recognized for its pivotal role in the desegregation of public schools in the United States after nine African-American students sought an education at the all-white Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/mediaadvisories/interior-secretary-jewell-transportation-secretary-foxx-tour-little-rock-central
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund As it marks 100 years, we’re celebrating park service’s progress while preparing for a long road ahead. Yosemite National Park iStock In the summer of 1916, a raging fight for the soul of the nation had pitted rampant capitalism against responsible conservation across some of the last unspoiled […]
Published by the Environmental News Service LEIDEN, The Netherlands, August 11, 2016 (ENS) – Lions in West and Central Africa form a unique group, only distantly related to lions in East and Southern Africa, biologists at Leiden University have confirmed. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/08/12/lions-in-west-and-central-africa-genetically-unique/
Published by the World Wildlife Fund This World Elephant Day, it’s important to celebrate the positive momentum being taken to save this iconic species. Poaching trends in Africa are down from the peak of 2011, and governments, NGOs and individuals around the globe have made significant strides in 2016 to fight the ivory trade that fuels […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund “Elengi mingi,” says Ngwabango in her native Lingala as she pushes a heaping plate of black caterpillars smothered in groundnut sauce in my direction. It means “very tasty.” I add some pili pili, local hot sauce, to the caterpillars and take a bite. I immediately know why this dish is […]