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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IMO

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

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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

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Kobe

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

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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…

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As COP17 Meets, World’s Rarest Great Ape Faces a Make-or-Break Test in Indonesia

Amanda Hurowitz, Great Apes programme lead at Mighty Earth, said the Tapanuli orangutan species has a chance of survival if action is fast

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Seamounts Under Threat: Can Governments Turn Ocean Promises into Protection?

As UN negotiations approach, growing scientific concern over the damage caused by bottom trawling is fuelling calls for governments to phase out the practice on…

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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…

As COP17 Meets, World’s Rarest Great Ape Faces a Make-or-Break Test in Indonesia
As COP17 Meets, World’s Rarest Great Ape Faces a Make-or-Break Test in Indonesia

Amanda Hurowitz, Great Apes programme lead at Mighty Earth, said the Tapanuli orangutan species has a chance of survival if action is fast

Seamounts Under Threat: Can Governments Turn Ocean Promises into Protection?
Seamounts Under Threat: Can Governments Turn Ocean Promises into Protection?

As UN negotiations approach, growing scientific concern over the damage caused by bottom trawling is fuelling calls for governments to phase out the practice on high-seas seamounts by the end of 2027. Beneath the ocean’s surface lie underwater mountains…

One in Five Tropical Biodiversity Sites Overlapped by Mining Concessions, COP17 Report Finds
One in Five Tropical Biodiversity Sites Overlapped by Mining Concessions, COP17 Report Finds

As mining concessions overlap with one in five identified Key Biodiversity Areas in tropical forest regions, vital is the ecological value

New Guide Links Animal Welfare to Biodiversity and Human Health
New Guide Links Animal Welfare to Biodiversity and Human Health

Launched at COP17 in Armenia, the Animals for Biodiversity and Health guide outlines practical measures governments can adopt to protect wildlife, strengthen ecosystems and address risks to animal and human health. Governments have been urged to integrate animal health…

COP17 Opens in Armenia with Global Biodiversity Progress Under Scrutiny
COP17 Opens in Armenia with Global Biodiversity Progress Under Scrutiny

COP17 President Hambardzum Matevosyan echoed the call for collective responsibility, urging mutual respect and open dialogue

The humans – Asa the tree
The humans – Asa the tree

The humans – Asa the tree is a poem by our poetic writer Maria Boke, one of the first ever poems that will be published

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