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This 11 December is International Mountain Day. Almost one billion people live in mountain areas, and over half of our population depends on mountains for water, food and clean energy. Yet mountains are under threat from…
International Mountain Day on 11 December reminds us of the importance of mountains (peaks and uplands) as providers of valuable plant and animal species, as homes for indigenous peoples, and as sources of fresh water.…
Our four-wheel drive slides to a halt, throwing up clouds of dust as we pile out into the rising heat of the day, Zoemana and his fellow rangers taking off at full-speed towards a column of smoke in the distance. We…
Durban, 8 December 2018 - After five days of intense but always constructive discussions, the 7th session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA)…
World Soil Day on 5 December reminds us why healthy soil is vital, how pollution affects it and what can be done. Did you know that a handful of soil can contain millions of bacteria and fungi as well as tiny insects and…
On 30 October 2018, Indonesia and the Republic of Congo signed the first ever agreement on the protection and management of peatlands between an African and an Asian country. The five-year memorandum of understanding says,…
Doñana National Park in southwestern Spain contains one of the largest wetlands in Western Europe. Lying within the estuary of the Guadalquivir River, the park covers over 110,000 hectares and includes dunes, marshes,…
How community action is helping vulnerable marine mammals stage a comeback in Madagascar. Life is slow in Andranomavo. Here, surrounded by mudflats and mangroves, time is governed by the tides and the seasons. When to go…
More than 20 million km2 of the earth’s land surface and nearly 27 million km2 of marine areas are designated as ‘Protected Areas’ These figures indicate that the world is on track to meet important conservation targets.…
16 November 2018 – Ahead of the upcoming United Nations Biodiversity Summit to be held in Egypt, 17-29 November, a major assessment by the international Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) – the global conservation…
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Every dollar spent restoring degraded forests can result in $30 in economic benefits.
