Nearing the conclusion of a sometimes fractious two-week meeting, nations of the world agreed on a historic package of measures deemed critical to addressing the dangerous loss of biodiversity and restoring natural ecosystems. Convened under UN auspices, chaired by China, and hosted by Canada, the 15th Conference of Parties to the UN Convention on Biological… Continue reading UN Biodiversity Convention adopted the landmark Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
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COP15: NGOs warn plan to protect 30% of earth by 2030 will ‘devastate Indigenous lives”
The organizations call for any conservation targets included as part of a new Global Biodiversity Framework to “give priority to the recognition and protection of collective and customary land tenure systems of Indigenous Peoples Leading NGOs including Survival International, Amnesty International, Minority Rights Group International and Rainforest Foundation have released a joint statement in the run-up to… Continue reading COP15: NGOs warn plan to protect 30% of earth by 2030 will ‘devastate Indigenous lives”
Tuna species commercially harvested is on recovery, while Komodo Dragon is endangered: IUCN Redlist
IUCN actively supports the development of an ambitious Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ and Red List Index will be used to track progress towards species conservation targets. Four commercially-fished tuna species are on the path to recovery thanks to the enforcement of regional fishing quotas over the last decade,… Continue reading Tuna species commercially harvested is on recovery, while Komodo Dragon is endangered: IUCN Redlist
“Conservation as usual” comes under fire from UN expert ahead of world conservation summit
UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment calls for “a transformative approach,” to conservation that puts human rights and indigenous peoples at the heart of conservation. As conservationists and global leaders prepare to meet in Marseille, France, for the IUCN’s World Conservation Congress from September 3-11, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights… Continue reading “Conservation as usual” comes under fire from UN expert ahead of world conservation summit