Tag: biodiversity
Switch off and Be Part of Earth Hour
On March 25 at 8:30 pm, join millions of others across the world and switch off the lights in support of the planet during Earth Hour.
Eighty Percent Biodiversity Sites Have Human Presence
At least 80 per cent of internationally important biodiversity sites contain infrastructure, of which more than 75 per cent contain roads, according to a new study.
Global Agreement for Biodiversity Needed
Stressing the interconnection between nature of the climate and biodiversity crises, the champions of Paris Agreement has urged world leaders to step...
Main-Streaming Biodiversity Helps Forest Protection
With around 10 million hectares lost to deforestation each year, mainly for agricultural expansion, main-streaming biodiversity in production forests is of paramount...
Kunming Declaration; Countries For Biodiversity on Right Path
More than 100 countries on October 13 pledged their committed to develop, adopt and implement an effective post-2020 global framework aimed to put biodiversity on a path to recovery by 2030 at...
Biodiversity Framework; Urgent Policy Action Needed for Conservation
In a bid to preserve and protect nature and its essential services to people, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat released the...
Tackle Biodiversity Loss, Climate Change Together for A Better Tomorrow
Biodiversity loss and climate change, both driven by human activities will never be successfully resolved unless both are tackled together, according to a group...
Humanity waging war on Nature: UN chief Guterres
Accusing humanity of “waging war on nature”, UN chief, António Guterres said that deforestation, climate change and conversion of wilderness for human food production...
World Leaders reaffirm their commitment to reverse biodiversity
Leaders from across the world pledged their commitment to reverse biodiversity loss by 2030, sending a united signal to step up global ambition and...
Transformative changes needed to safeguard nature: UN
Despite encouraging progress in several areas, the natural world is suffering badly and getting worse, and is in urgent need for transformative changes to...