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Addressing increasing vulnerability is a key priority for the Asia and Pacific region, according to the UN Environment Programme's (UNEP) 'Sixth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6): R

The UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) has issued its 2015 Annual Report, which highlights how the Centre enables policymakers to put biodiversity “at the heart of decision m

Today is the USA's 6th anniversary of the National Ocean Policy, created by 

There are currently two very different views on the effectiveness of zones where fishing is either banned outright or tightly restricted. Many conservationists see the establishment of these marine protected areas (MPAs) as the only way to protect biodiversity.

In years gone past this greatest of all the tuna grew on verdant ocean pastures to become the Giant Bluefin often weighing more than 500kg.

Teaching Framework & Lesson Plans: Biodiversity in Niue

An education resource kit for primary school (years 5‐6; ages 9‐10 year olds)

In support of: Niue Forest Conservation and Protected Area Management

The rapid degradation of biological diversity was a significant catalyst behind the mobilization of governments and international organizations to institutionalize the governance of nature.

An international study, published today in the journal Science, suggests that the degree of lost biodiversity across more than half the world's surface is substantial enough to question the ability of many eco

The world needs “to act now to avoid living in a sea of plastic by mid-century,” stresses a publication by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and GRID-Arendal.