Indigenous land rights have taken center stage at negotiations currently underway in Geneva for the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity.
Healthy forests are “essential” for people and the planet, the UN chief said in his message marking the International Day of Forests...Commemorated annually on 21 March, the international day reminds everyone that the sustainable management of forests and their resources, are key t
U.N. member states met this month in New York to hash out a treaty governing the sustainable management of the high seas, resource-rich international waters that span about two-thirds of the ocean...
Asia and the Pacific region are not on track to achieve any of the 17 United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the prospect of achieving those goals has now been extended to 2065 — 35 years after the original deadline of 2030 — as Covid-19 enhanced the challenge
The solutions to restore the health of the ocean – which provides us with oxygen, food and livelihoods – are out there, and in 100 days they will be in the spotlight in Lisbon, Portugal, at the second UN Ocean Conference...The UN Ocean Conference which will take place from 25 June to 1
With the growth of the ‘blue economy’, the UN must act decisively to protect our shared seas – or industry will decide their fate for us...The ocean is often seen as the last wild frontier: a vast and empty blue wilderness where waves, whales and albatrosses rule. This is no longer true.
The world’s countries are currently negotiating a new agreement to protect marine life and govern impacts of activities in the high seas.
Global efforts to cut plastic and agricultural pollution, protect a third of wild spaces, and ultimately live "in harmony with nature" will dominate UN biodiversity negotiations starting Monday, held in person after a two-year pandemic delay.
In the Torres Strait, between Australia and Papua New Guinea, lies Bramble Cay—a small, low-lying sandy island once home to a chubby-cheeked, brown rat found nowhere else in the world called the Bramble Cay melomys.
The Minister for Agriculture Dr Mahendra Reddy says Fiji is working tirelessly to protect, manage and restore its ecosystems by actively promoting and incorporating Nature-Based Solutions in its ever-increasing disaster management models.
