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New research finds that dogs being walked in nature reserves contribute a significant amount of nutrients to the environment through their feces and urine, which researchers warn could negatively impact local biodiversity.

Through funding received from the European Union and the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States, Tenkile Conservation Alliance (TCA) through the BIOPAMA grant facility has been able to provide access to modern field equipment to over fifty village communities in Papua New Guinea’s

Area-based conservation targets aimed at stopping and reversing global biodiversity loss are set to form an integral part of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework discussions later this year.

Nineteen rangers are ready to strengthen the Kokoda Track management after completing five months of training. Track Authority chief executive officer Julius Wargirai said the ranger capacity development project included basic training in conservation and ecosystem management skills. 

The work of the late ethnobotanist Dr. Arthur Whistler who had spent years studying Samoan plant species will soon be published in "The Flora of Samoa" later this year. Dr.

Funding for nature conservation must triple worldwide by the end of this decade if climate goals are to be met.

The Paris Agreement limited global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, which still has devastating impacts for coral reefs – remaining on track for coral degeneration.

Coral reefs are hotspots of biodiversity and are amazingly productive, with a vast number of organisms interacting simultaneously. Hundreds of molecules that are made by important members of the coral reef community were recently discovered by a team of scientists.

Access fees will soon be introduced for fisherfolk looking to fish in particular i-qoliqoli areas.

Bats use sound to hunt a dizzying array of prey. Some zero in on flowers to sip nectar, whereas others find cattle and suck their blood. Many nab insects midflight. One species of bat senses small fish beneath the water and snatches them as osprey do.