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UN biodiversity summit hears appeals for action, money to save nature
Oct 21, 2024 (AFP)
With about a million known species worldwide estimated to be at risk of extinction, Colombian Environment Minister and COP16 president Susana Muhamad warned del...
UN biodiversity summit opens with call for 'significant' funding
Oct 21, 2024 (AFP)
On the eve of the official start of the conference, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged "significant investment" in the Global Biodiversity Framework Fu...
UN chief seeks 'significant' funding at summit to save nature
Oct 20, 2024 (AFP)
The meeting, which officially opens Monday, had a ceremonial kickoff with Cali on high alert after threats from a guerrilla group. Guterres made a video address...
UN biodiversity conference: what's at stake?
Oct 20, 2024 (AFP)
The COP16, held in the city of Cali through November 1, is the first meeting of the international community since the adoption two years ago of an unprecedented...
UN biodiversity summit opens under guerrilla threat in Colombia
Oct 20, 2024 (AFP)
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will make a video address to guests gathered for the event attended by Colombian President Gustavo Petro, who on Friday sa...
Jane Goodall warns on 'false promises' at UN biodiversity meet
Oct 19, 2024 (AFP)
As officials from around 200 countries meet in the Colombian city of Cali for the COP16 meeting starting Monday, the indefatigable zoologist said there was litt...
Countries under pressure to fork out for nature at UN conference
Oct 18, 2024 (AFP)
The high-stakes UN biodiversity gathering is set to start Monday under the protection of some 11,000 Colombian police and soldiers, aided by UN and US security ...
China aquarium's 'fake' whale shark flops with angry visitors
Oct 16, 2024 (AFP)
Xiaomeisha Ocean World in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, opened on October 1 but was quickly slammed for its high prices, long queues, and poor conditions for it...
Hissed off: San Juan cat removal plan prompts outcry, lawsuit
Oct 16, 2024 (AFP)
Years after the US National Park Service (NPS) announced it planned to remove the cats, a colony of about 150 continue to roam around the El Morro Castle, a mil...
Climate change solutions not always good for biodiversity
Oct 16, 2024 (AFP)
"Sometimes by trying to find a solution to a problem, we risk creating damage elsewhere," Anne Larigauderie at the Intergovernmental Scientific and Political Pl...
Farmer ants evolved to host bacteria on their bodies for fungal protection
Oct 16, 2024 (SPX)
Researchers led by Jacobus J. Boomsma sequenced 194 ant samples from 11 different attine species in Panama to study the coevolution of ants and their cuticular ...
Few countries have drawn up nature protection plans: UN
Oct 16, 2024 (AFP)
The 196 country members of the UN's Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) had adopted a framework in 2022 with 23 targets to "halt and reverse" the loss of n...
Lab-grown frogs: a Colombian's response to wildlife trafficking
Oct 16, 2024 (AFP)
A critically-endangered harlequin poison-dart frog (oophaga histrionica) is among the 14 species bred for sale at the Tesoros de Colombia (Treasures of Colombia...
Cars, chlamydia threaten Australian koalas
Oct 15, 2024 (AFP)
Weighing about the same as a mango, she was found by the side of a Sydney road where her mother was hit by a car and died. It is a familiar tale for wildlife ca...
Can biodiversity credits unlock billions for nature?
Oct 15, 2024 (AFP)
Paying to safeguard tropical rainforests or compensate for habitat destruction is an area of growing interest, and trading credits in conservation will feature ...
Giant pandas flown to US from China aboard 'Panda Express'
Oct 15, 2024 (AFP)
Bao Li, a male panda, and Qing Bao, a female, were flown from Chengdu to Dulles airport in Virginia aboard a FedEx Boeing 777F cargo plane dubbed the "Panda Exp...
'Pandas are coming': Two new bears depart China for US capital
Oct 14, 2024 (AFP)
Bao Li, a male panda, and female Qing Bao, both three years old, were headed to the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington under a decade-long breeding and rese...
Colombia guerilla group urges delegations not to attend COP16 in Cali
Oct 13, 2024 (AFP)
"Faced with the war with which (the authorities) responded to our desire for peace for COP16, we invite delegates from the national and international community ...
Wildlife populations plunge 73% since 1970: WWF
Oct 09, 2024 (AFP)
Featuring data from 35,000 populations of more than 5,000 species of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish, the WWF Living Planet Index shows accelerati...
UN biodiversity summit in Colombia aims to turn words into action
Oct 07, 2024 (AFP)
Representatives from some 200 countries are expected at the Oct. 21 to Nov. 1 COP16 biodiversity conference in the Colombian city of Cali. The last Conference o...
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