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03 Mar 2018 Press release
Wild Life, Wild Livelihoods: involving communities in sustainable wildlife management

New research shows that involving local people is critical to successful conservation. There has long been good evidence of the effectiveness of well-implemented community-based approaches, but there has been a widespread…

01 Mar 2018 Story
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Big cats feel the pinch

Big cats like lions and tigers cannot survive unless they have plenty of wild animals to eat. Those wild animals cannot survive in sufficiently large numbers unless their habitats remain intact. Humans have been encroaching…

01 Mar 2018 Story
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Predators under threat

People and big cats share an unusual relationship. We have long associated these “kings of the jungle” with courage and power. We name luxury cars and sports brands after them. And they are synonymous with high fashion. But…

28 Feb 2018 Story
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Saving the jaguar, Latin America’s iconic – and endangered – species

In Latin America, more land is covered by protected areas than in any other region of the world. That success, however, has not been enough to secure the future of the jaguar, the largest feline in the Americas. In the past…

28 Dec 2017 Story
Our most popular tweets of 2017

This list contains the top 8 UN Environment tweets with the most likes and retweets of 2017 on the social networking platform Twitter. Our most retweeted story is about the Pangolins: these solitary and primarily nocturnal…

26 Apr 2017 Story
Indigenous people and nature: a tradition of conservation

In the culture of the Maori people of New Zealand, humans are deeply connected with nature; the two are equal and interdependent, even kin. The idea is reflected in the Maori word ‘kaitiakitanga’, which means guarding and…

03 Mar 2017 Press release
Global airline and celebrities join UN campaign to help end wildlife crime on World Wildlife Day

3 March 2017 – One of Africa’s largest airlines and five celebrities from around the globe have joined forces with UN Environment on World Wildlife Day to help put an end to the illicit international trade in wildlife…

02 Mar 2017 Story
This World Wildlife Day, let’s celebrate the power of youth voices!

World Wildlife Day on 3 March 2017 is a chance for young people to make their voices heard on the kind of world they want, and need, to inherit from their parents. Humans are forever learning about nature and from nature.…

28 Mar 2016 Story
UNEP Teams up with Xinhua to End Illegal Trade in Wildlife

President of Chinese state news agency adopts wounded baby elephant to highlight tragedy of illegal trade in wildlife If Kenyan wildlife rangers had failed to find Mwashoti then the 12-month-old elephant would now be dead…

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