NEW YORK, New York, September 20, 2025 (ENS) – The High Seas Treaty has reached the 60 state ratifications needed to trigger its entry into force. Four governments this week ratified the legally-binding treaty at the United Nations – Sri Lanka, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sierra Leone and Morocco. […]
CALI, Colombia, October 25, 2024 (ENS) – The world’s most important event to conserve biodiversity, the United Nations biodiversity summit known as COP16, officially opened in Colombia on Monday, and […]
MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada, December 20, 2022 (ENS) – The first global agreement to protect at least 30 percent of global lands and waters by 2030 was reached Monday by 196 world governments, all but the United States. […]
LYON, France, December 7, 2022 (ENS) – A wildlife and timber trading law enforcement crackdown by the international police force Interpol and the World Customs Organization has yielded more than 900 arrests and the disruption of wildlife and timber crime networks globally. Police and Customs officials have made have 2,200 seizures and identified 141 companies they suspect of engaging in illegal sales. […]
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