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Many conservationists undertake environmentally harmful activities in their private lives such as flying and eating meat, while calling for people as a whole to reduce such behaviors.

The Ramsar Convention Secretariat is pleased to launch the call for nominations for the seventh edition of the Ramsar Wetland Conservation Awards.

In leaked memo, Trump interior secretary recommends 10 protected areas be modified to allow for "traditional uses" such as mining, logging and hunting...Click on the link below to read the full story.

The Equator Prize 2017 awards are honoring 15 communities that have demonstrated how to pursue effective, diverse and inspiring nature-based development solutions that work for people, prosperity and our planet.Click the link below to read the full opening remarks.

Between 1900 and 2010, the global volume of natural resources used in buildings and transport infrastructure increased 23-fold.

Gender, The Environment and Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific examines the intersections between gender and the environment at the household, work, community and policy levels, particularly in the spheres of food security and agriculture, energy, water, fisheries and forestry, with

The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) will be holding its Twenty Eighth Meeting of Officials in Apia next week.

Public consultation on Australian marine parks, including the Two Rocks Marine Park, will close next week.

Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, flash fires, droughts: all of them tell us one thing " we need to stand up to the fossil fuel industry and fast.Click on the link below to read the full story.

Scientists and policymakers say it"s not enough to create huge marine protected areas " ocean reserves must effectively limit fishing and other human activities to avoid becoming "paper parks."Click on the link below to read the full story.