Biodiversity

How sustainable honey helps a community and precious forest in Sumatra

UNADAP | United Nations

Dec 1, 20223 min read

How sustainable honey helps a community and precious forest in Sumatra

Around 10pm one night in October 2017, in the rain forests of central Sumatra, Feri grabs a hammer, loops it over his shoulder, and...

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UNADAP | United Nations

Dec 1, 20225 min read

India's stance on SDG 15: Life on Land

The Challenge Our fate as a species depends on the state of our most important habitat – land. Our future is linked to the survival of...

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India's stance on SDG 14: Life Below Water

UNADAP | United Nations

Dec 1, 20224 min read

India's stance on SDG 14: Life Below Water

The Challenge We are a land dwelling species, but we depend more on our oceans than we can imagine. Oceans cover close to three quarters...

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Synthetic rhino horns are supposed to disrupt poaching. Will they work?

UNADAP | United Nations

Dec 1, 20226 min read

Synthetic rhino horns are supposed to disrupt poaching. Will they work?

Are synthetic rhino horns an ingenious conservation tool–or a misplaced idea that will make things worse? When 1,028 rhinos were poached...

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Remaining within 1.5°C climate target is critical for survival of World Heritage-listed coral reefs

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Dec 1, 20222 min read

Remaining within 1.5°C climate target is critical for survival of World Heritage-listed coral reefs

The UNESCO World Heritage Centre released an update to its 2017 first global scientific assessment of the impact of climate change on...

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Spix’s Macaw heads list of first bird extinctions confirmed this decade

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Dec 1, 20222 min read

Spix’s Macaw heads list of first bird extinctions confirmed this decade

Eight bird species, including two species of macaw, look set to have their extinctions confirmed following a robust new assessment of...

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Kwita Izina: baby gorillas’ naming ceremony celebrates our close connection to endangered Great Apes

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Dec 1, 20222 min read

Kwita Izina: baby gorillas’ naming ceremony celebrates our close connection to endangered Great Apes

Each year, a naming ceremony is held for newly born baby gorillas in the Volcanoes Biosphere Reserve in Rwanda: Kwita Izina. Closely...

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UNADAP | United Nations

Dec 1, 20223 min read

10 Interesting facts about koalas

Surely koalas are one of Australia’s most famous animals. It’s not hard to see why because these aww-inducing marsupials can make even...

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Toxic algal bloom continues to suffocate Florida’s Gulf Coast

UNADAP | United Nations

Dec 1, 20224 min read

Toxic algal bloom continues to suffocate Florida’s Gulf Coast

Florida in the United States of America recently declared a state of emergency as a red tide of toxic algae bloomed along its western...

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UNADAP | United Nations

Dec 1, 20223 min read

7 Ways you can help save the ocean

Every living thing depends on the ocean. Covering more than 70% of our planet’s surface, it contains the largest diversity of life on...

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Using new tech to help find illegal seafood trade

UNADAP | United Nations

Dec 1, 20221 min read

Using new tech to help find illegal seafood trade

Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUU) costs the global economy up to $36.4 billion a year. While authorities work to keep...

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Migrating sharks being tagged using submarines to "understand and protect the species"

UNADAP | United Nations

Dec 1, 20221 min read

Migrating sharks being tagged using submarines to "understand and protect the species"

One clear morning in February, off Costa Rica’s Cocos Island, a small, boxy submarine was lowered into the water. The vessel quietly...

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World Heritage Site threatened by ‘heedless industrialisation’

UNADAP | United Nations

Dec 1, 20222 min read

World Heritage Site threatened by ‘heedless industrialisation’

The Sundarbans forest, a which is the largest contiguous mangrove forest in the world and home to several endangered species, is being...

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Southeast Asia's appetite for pet otters supplied online | IUCN

UNADAP | United Nations

Dec 1, 20223 min read

Southeast Asia's appetite for pet otters supplied online | IUCN

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia —The online pet trade has emerged as a pressing threat to otters in Southeast Asia with a new TRAFFIC-IUCN Otter...

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DIAMONDS OF THE ANDES | Conserving Genetic Resources of Suri alpaca in Peru

UNADAP | United Nations

Dec 1, 20224 min read

DIAMONDS OF THE ANDES | Conserving Genetic Resources of Suri alpaca in Peru

Indigenous people in a remote mountain town in the Andes in Peru are being helped to boost their incomes by preserving a valuable but...

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Second largest reef on Earth off ‘danger list’, following IUCN’s advice

UNADAP | United Nations

Dec 1, 20223 min read

Second largest reef on Earth off ‘danger list’, following IUCN’s advice

Manama, Bahrain, (IUCN) – The Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System – the world’s second largest coral reef system after the Great Barrier...

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UNESCO DESIGNATES 24 NEW BIOSPHERE RESERVES TO SUPPORT SDG

UNADAP | United Nations

Dec 1, 20222 min read

UNESCO DESIGNATES 24 NEW BIOSPHERE RESERVES TO SUPPORT SDG

Protecting mangroves, tropical rainforests and other biodiversity hotspots, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural...

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