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Abstract Context China initiated its national parks in 2016 for safeguarding biodiversity and ecosystem integrity. The newly established Northeast Tiger…
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🚨 BREAKING: A rare primate – once feared lost – is caught on video! 🐒
For decades, the Niger Delta red colobus monkey was disappearing due to oil spills and deforestation. But thanks to community-led conservation efforts, its population is now growing and has finally been caught on video for the first time!
Camera traps installed in December 2024 in a community conservation area in the Niger Delta have captured the first videos of elusive and critically endangered red colobus monkeys. The news comes afte...
🌿 Biodiversity conservation. Land restoration. Resilience.
None of these goals is possible without recognizing #RuralWomen as leaders in environmental action. And without #LandRights, they’re sidelined in efforts to restore #biodiversity, achieve #LandDegradationNeutrality and build a more resilient world.
🎥 Watch how the Women’s Land Rights Initiative is putting justice at the centre of environmental action: ... See MoreSee Less
Join governments, experts, and stakeholders as they discuss reversing deforestation, increasing protected forests & sustainable forest products, and strengthening governance frameworks — all critical to achieving the #SDGs.
Tune in to follow today’s session and be part of the global conversation on forests and sustainable development. 🌍🌳
It was a veritable lost world. A scientific expedition to Peru has yielded a treasure trove of 27 new species, including an amphibious mouse, a “blob-headed” fish, and other zoological …
📢IPBES, UNESCO and the Network of the Centres of Distinction on Indigenous and Local Knowledge are organizing a powerful webinar exploring how Indigenous Peoples and local communities are central to understanding the links between biodiversity, water, food, health and climate change.
🌱 Discover how Indigenous knowledge enriches the #IPBES #NexusAssessment and helps drive sustainable, inclusive solutions.
🗓️ 15 May | ⏰ 2–4 p.m. (Paris) | 8–10 p.m. (Manila) | 7–9 a.m. (Bogotá) 🎧 In English, French & Spanish
📢 Call for action! IPBES is inviting governments, organizations & individuals to support the uptake and use of its latest assessments on biodiversity, water, food, health & transformative change. 🌿🌏
How can you contribute? ✔ Organize workshops to translate findings into policy & practice ✔ Develop training materials for formal & informal education ✔ Create fact sheets and tools to support policy implementation
Contributions submitted by December 2025 will be reported at the IPBES 12 Plenary!
🔍 How can one action deliver outcomes across biodiversity, climate, food, health and water?
In this insightful video from the BES-Net Trialogue, co-hosted by UNDP Namibia Prof. Pamela McElwee breaks down the Nexus Approach, with real examples that contribute to both the #KMGBFand the #SDGs.
Her message is clear – integrated responses are no longer optional: they’re essential. 🎥 Watch the clip and explore how we can scale joined-up solutions. ... See MoreSee Less
