Wildlife

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

UNADAP | United Nations

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

UNADAP | United Nations

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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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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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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What is ivory and why does it belong on elephants?

UNADAP | United Nations

Dec 1, 20222 min read

What is ivory and why does it belong on elephants?

We’ve all seen photographs of majestic elephants sporting long, off-white tusks on either side of their trunks. This ivory is both...

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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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Tiger Farms: A Threat to Conservation of Wild Tigers

UNADAP | United Nations

Dec 1, 20223 min read

Tiger Farms: A Threat to Conservation of Wild Tigers

On Global Tiger Day, the undersigned organizations affirm their commitment to the protection and preservation of wild tigers, are...

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Leopards, pythons and zebras turned into potions, boots and lamps

UNADAP | United Nations

Dec 1, 20224 min read

Leopards, pythons and zebras turned into potions, boots and lamps

This nondescript warehouse on the outskirts of Denver offers a creepy, deeply macabre view into both the human psyche and the...

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