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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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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