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Global Biodiversity Framework Protects 30% of Planet by 2030
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 [...]
IUCN
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Ocean Species Suffer as Nations at COP15 Confront Extinctions
MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada, December 9, 2022 (ENS) – Today’s update to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species exposes the many threats wiping out marine species – illegal and unsustainable [...]
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Tiger Numbers Rise, But Monarch Butterfly Numbers Crash
GLAND, Switzerland, September 1, 2022 (ENS) – The migratory monarch butterfly, known for its unique annual journey of up to 4,000 kilometers (2,485 miles) across the Americas, has entered the [...]
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Exploring Whale Superhighways With a Global Team of Scientists
GLAND, Switzerland, February 20, 2022 (ENS) – An in-depth new map and report that tracks whale migrations around the globe, highlights where the whales go in the high seas and [...]
AmeriScan
NEW YORK: Trafficker in Protected African Cats Gets 18 Months
BUFFALO, New York, October 23, 2021 (ENS) – A conviction for trafficking African wild cats has landed a New York man in prison for 18 months for violating two federal [...]
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Overfishing Could Wipe Out One-Third of All Sharks and Rays
BURNABY, British Columbia, Canada, September 25, 2021 (ENS) – More than one-third of all sharks and rays in the world’s oceans are now at risk of extinction because of overfishing, [...]
Land Use/Forests
IUCN to Coordinate Sustainability of Nature-based Solutions
MARSEILLE, France, September 9, 2021 (ENS) – The IUCN World Conservation Congress amplified its environmental decision-making on Wednesday by introducing a plan to develop a collaborative certification system for Nature-based [...]
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Oregon Seabird Wins Endangered Status Protection from Logging, Climate
SALEM, Oregon, July 22, 2021 (ENS) – A rare seabird that feeds offshore but nests in mossy, coastal old-growth forests has just been listed as Endangered in Oregon. With this [...]
At Risk
Climate Puts Great Barrier Reef World Heritage ‘In Danger’
GLAND, Switzerland, June 24, 2021 (ENS) – The International Union for the Conservation of Nature, IUCN, the official advisor on nature to UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee, has recommended that the [...]
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Innovative STAR Tool Reduces Species Extinction Risk
GLAND, Switzerland, April 22, 2021 (ENS) – The new Species Threat Abatement and Restoration, STAR, metric developed by conservationists for the first time allows business, governments and civil society to [...]
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African Elephants Classed as Two Species, Both Endangered
GLAND, Switzerland, March 26, 2021 (ENS) – Poaching for ivory and loss of habitat over the past five decades have taken a grim toll on African elephants. The African forest [...]