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Nairobi, 17 August 2018 –Today delegates from 53 African countries and China took the next step towards greater environmental progress under the framework of South-South Cooperation with the inauguration of the interim…

The eastern highlands of the Democratic Republic of the Congo make up the country’s highest and most rugged region. It is home to a series of mountains 80 to 560 km wide, extending from the Rwenzori Mountain in northeastern…

One year ago, on 16 August 2017, the Minamata Convention on Mercury – a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from anthropogenic emissions and releases of mercury and mercury compounds – came into force…

International Orangutan Day on 19 August coincides with the start of the International Primatological Society Congress in Nairobi, Kenya, and is a much-needed reminder that orangutans’ survival hangs in the balance. There…

Forests and agriculture hold more than 30 per cent of the solution to the climate crisis but receive less than 3 per cent of climate finance. While forests with their capacity to absorb and store greenhouse gases are key in the fight against climate…

The drafting meeting of the Independent Group of Scientists in charge of drafting the Global Sustainable Development Report was held from 8 July to 12 July, 2018 at the UN headquarters Building in New York. The Independent Group of Scientists was…

This regional conference will focus on the coordination and promotion of international, national and private sector support for forest and landscape restoration, while paving the way forward for forest and landscape restoration implementation. As a…

Things are looking up in a swath of forest in southern Germany, thanks to innovative funding from the European Union for a project that aims to help policymakers better understand how the forest’s ecosystems work. The…

The summer of 2018 has seen near-record heatwaves and a series of fast-spreading wildfires which have caused numerous deaths, destruction of property and the burning millions of acres of forest. Greece, the United States,…