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Invasive alien species and climate change
Invasive alien species (IAS) are animals, plants or other organisms that are introduced into places outside their natural range, negatively impacting native biodiversity, ecosystem services or human ...
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IUCN and Holcim release report on Catalysing Biodiversity on Buildings
The new report proposes a technical framework and recommendations for cities to integrate nature into their building ...
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Sustainable use of wild species
Sustainable use is a critical tool for supporting both conservation and livelihoods, yet its role in achieving development goals is often overlooked. All people depend on nature for nutrition, health, ...
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Reuse and Refill Solutions: Opportunities to end Plastic Pollution (EPPIC information webinar slide presentation)
Welcome to the first in a series of webinars by the End Plastic Pollution International Collaborative (EPPIC), held 22 March, 2024. Andrew Clark, Chief for Chemicals, United States Department of State ...
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Catalysing biodiversity on buildings
The capacity of cities as landscapes to support biodiversity is accepted as one of the critical steps necessary to halt global biodiversity loss and also address the other two aspects of the triple ...
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Coral reefs and climate change
Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions have caused an increase in global surface temperature of approximately 1°C since pre-industrial times. This has led to unprecedented mass coral bleaching events ...
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ADAPT 2.0: Building on Success for Climate and Biodiversity in the Western Balkans
The Western Balkans is facing increasingly severe climate change impacts, including rising temperatures, extreme weather events, floods, droughts, and forest fires. These climate challenges not only ...
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Un projet GBFF de plusieurs millions de dollars pour la conservation des espèces menacées de Madagascar
Le Fonds pour le cadre mondial de la biodiversité (GBFF) du Fonds pour l’environnement mondial (FEM) a approuvé le financement du projet BioTAct, afin d’aider Madagascar – l’un des hotspots de ...
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Multimillion-dollar GBFF project to target conservation of Madagascar’s threatened species
Gland, Switzerland, 16 January (IUCN) – Madagascar will receive US$8.56 million in funding for an ambitious five-year conservation project aimed at saving the Island’s threatened species, it has been ...
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Indo-Burma Ramsar Regional Initiative (IBRRI)
The Indo-Burma Ramsar Regional Initiative (IBRRI) was jointly developed by the Ramsar National Focal Points of the five countries (Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam), and IUCN’s Asia ...
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Identifying Species Conservation Priorities in Africa
The pre-forum workshop on identifying species conservation priorities in Africa was held on the 25th of June 2024 at the Ole Sereni Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. It was held as a precursor event to the ...
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General guidelines for surveillance of diseases, pathogens and toxic agents in free-ranging wildlife : first edition
This document provides broad guidance on surveillance of infectious and non-infectious wildlife diseases, pathogens and toxic agents to assist in the implementation of a national surveillance ...