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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...
UNADAP | United Nations
Dec 1, 20225 min read
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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...
UNADAP | United Nations
Dec 1, 20224 min read
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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...
UNADAP | United Nations
Dec 1, 20226 min read
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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...
UNADAP | United Nations
Dec 1, 20222 min read
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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...
UNADAP | United Nations
Dec 1, 20222 min read
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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...
UNADAP | United Nations
Dec 1, 20223 min read
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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...
UNADAP | United Nations
Dec 1, 20224 min read
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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...
UNADAP | United Nations
Dec 1, 20221 min read
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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...
UNADAP | United Nations
Dec 1, 20223 min read
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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...
UNADAP | United Nations
Dec 1, 20222 min read
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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...
UNADAP | United Nations
Dec 1, 20224 min read
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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...
UNADAP | United Nations
Dec 1, 20223 min read
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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...
UNADAP | United Nations
Dec 1, 20224 min read
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