It’s time we all recognise the human right to a healthy environment
Speaking ahead of World Environment Day on 5 June, the head of UN Environment* and the Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment**...
Flamingo way of walking stimulate organic matter filtering in saline wetlands
An international group of researchers led by the University of Granada (UGR) has found that the greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) facilitates microbial 'filtering' of...
Insects face calamitous habitat loss
Unless nations act fast, habitat loss could rob half of all insects of over half their habitat. Other creatures, too, could suffer in a...
A Growing Alarm for the World’s Migratory Species
New UN report shows global decline worsening as governments prepare for critical wildlife summit
Across continents and oceans, billions of wild animals move each year...
#BigCats: #PredatorsUnderThreat announced as the slogan
The countdown to next year’s World Wildlife Day (WWD) kicks off today, 100 days before 3 March 2018. This special day in the UN...
The elephant in the room: Addressing Corruption Linked to Wildlife, Forest and Fisheries Crime
CITES Secretary-General's remarks at the side event on Addressing Corruption Linked to Wildlife, Forest and Fisheries Crime, Vienna, Austria.7th session of the Conference of...