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Global Biodiversity Framework Protects 30% of Planet by 2030

December 21, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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Ocean Species Suffer as Nations at COP15 Confront Extinctions

December 9, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on 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

September 2, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on 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

February 20, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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NEW YORK: Trafficker in Protected African Cats Gets 18 Months

October 23, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on 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

September 25, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on 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, [...]

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IUCN to Coordinate Sustainability of Nature-based Solutions

September 9, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on 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

July 22, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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Climate Puts Great Barrier Reef World Heritage ‘In Danger’

June 24, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on 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

April 22, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on 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

March 26, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on 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 [...]

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