From Buffalo to Orangutans, Indigenous Leaders Challenge the Business of Wildlife Offsets

As the world searches for ways to finance biodiversity conservation, Indigenous leaders and environmental campaigners are questioning

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Biodiversity Commitments Face a Defining Test as Yerevan Talks Enter Final Week

With more than $1.8 billion in announced mobilisation, countries are under pressure to turn global biodiversity targets into funded action

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Can Kenya’s Gum Arabic Trade Help Protect Its Drylands?

By linking income from gum Arabic harvesting to the protection of acacia woodlands, the Kenyan company is building a business model that puts dryland communities…

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Caribbean Nations Turn to Regional Cooperation to Advance Ocean’s 30×30 Target

For the Caribbean nations, the challenge is translating national efforts and regional commitments into protection across the wider seascape

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COP17 Puts Ocean Protection in Focus, but Delivery Remains Uncertain

With the 2030 deadline approaching, the test is no longer simply whether the ocean receives greater attention at global meetings.

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A Bard, the Blues and the Stories of Our Land

Well, I’m going to put my pen to paper, swallow my pride, and play the blues on the streets today. ‘Why?’ You must be wondering,…

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KSh454 Million DNA Sequencer to Expand Kenya’s Genomic Research Capacity

A Kenyan genomics laboratory has acquired an advanced DNA sequencing system valued at about KSh454 million after securing financing from Equity Bank, showing how alternative…

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Beyond Biodiversity Finance, A Justice Gap Governments Must Confront

As communities protecting nature face insecure land rights and limited access to benefits, the justice gap isn't on funding shortfalls alone.

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Wangari Maathai was well-known as a political, social, and environmental activist. In 1977 she started a grass-roots movement aimed at countering the deforestation that was threatening the means of subsistence of the agricultural population.

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From Buffalo to Orangutans, Indigenous Leaders Challenge the Business of Wildlife Offsets
From Buffalo to Orangutans, Indigenous Leaders Challenge the Business of Wildlife Offsets

As the world searches for ways to finance biodiversity conservation, Indigenous leaders and environmental campaigners are questioning

Biodiversity Commitments Face a Defining Test as Yerevan Talks Enter Final Week
Biodiversity Commitments Face a Defining Test as Yerevan Talks Enter Final Week

With more than $1.8 billion in announced mobilisation, countries are under pressure to turn global biodiversity targets into funded action

Can Kenya’s Gum Arabic Trade Help Protect Its Drylands?
Can Kenya’s Gum Arabic Trade Help Protect Its Drylands?

By linking income from gum Arabic harvesting to the protection of acacia woodlands, the Kenyan company is building a business model that puts dryland communities at the center of conservation. Across Kenya’s drylands, acacia trees are more than a…

Caribbean Nations Turn to Regional Cooperation to Advance Ocean’s 30×30 Target
Caribbean Nations Turn to Regional Cooperation to Advance Ocean’s 30×30 Target

For the Caribbean nations, the challenge is translating national efforts and regional commitments into protection across the wider seascape

COP17 Puts Ocean Protection in Focus, but Delivery Remains Uncertain
COP17 Puts Ocean Protection in Focus, but Delivery Remains Uncertain

With the 2030 deadline approaching, the test is no longer simply whether the ocean receives greater attention at global meetings.

A Bard, the Blues and the Stories of Our Land
A Bard, the Blues and the Stories of Our Land

Well, I’m going to put my pen to paper, swallow my pride, and play the blues on the streets today. ‘Why?’ You must be wondering, my dear reader. I have to tell my story; that’s why! How else should…

KSh454 Million DNA Sequencer to Expand Kenya’s Genomic Research Capacity
KSh454 Million DNA Sequencer to Expand Kenya’s Genomic Research Capacity

A Kenyan genomics laboratory has acquired an advanced DNA sequencing system valued at about KSh454 million after securing financing from Equity Bank, showing how alternative lending can help specialized healthcare businesses overcome the high cost of medical technology. Dr…

Beyond Biodiversity Finance, A Justice Gap Governments Must Confront
Beyond Biodiversity Finance, A Justice Gap Governments Must Confront

As communities protecting nature face insecure land rights and limited access to benefits, the justice gap isn’t on funding shortfalls alone.

Who Gets to Shape Shipping’s Climate Transition? Japan’s IMO Proposal Raises Concerns for Africa
Who Gets to Shape Shipping’s Climate Transition? Japan’s IMO Proposal Raises Concerns for Africa

A new analysis warns that Japan’s proposal to amend the IMO Net-Zero Framework (NZF) weakens the agreement’s emissions-reduction ambitions

Faith Leaders and Civil Society Call for Stronger Partnerships to Restore Nature
Faith Leaders and Civil Society Call for Stronger Partnerships to Restore Nature

The report says faith institutions, youth, women and conservation actors can collectively turn global biodiversity commitments into action

Inside Kobe’s Grassroots Effort to Train the Next Generation of Biodiversity Leaders
Inside Kobe’s Grassroots Effort to Train the Next Generation of Biodiversity Leaders

Five students from Kobe were brought to COP17 as a generation who will live longest with the consequences of biodiversity loss for lessons

The Road Back to 1.5°C: UNEP Sets Out the Emissions Cuts Needed
The Road Back to 1.5°C: UNEP Sets Out the Emissions Cuts Needed

The world is on course to overshoot the 1.5°C warming threshold, but a new UNEP report says deep emissions cuts and accelerated climate action could still bring temperatures back down by the end of the century. The world faces…

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