Indigenous elders lose climate case as judge says protecting islands is a political, not legal, responsibility ...

African Ministers of Environment came together with a vision: that our continent’s development must go hand in hand with protecting our natural heritage. Today, as we gather for AMCEN’s 20th Ordinary ...

After opening a showroom in Madrid in November, Scala unveils a new showroom space in London. Harry Horn explains the growing ...

California has protected over one million acres of land and coastal waters since mid-2024, an area roughly equal to that of ...

Companies engaged in these activities refer to the production or use of forest-risk commodities such as palm oil, soy, beef, ...

She will continue as COP16 president until after the conclusion of the Rome talks, according to a spokesperson for the secretariat of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. With budgets under ...

The drying out and degradation of Earth's land is an "existential crisis" that could affect 5 billion people by the end of the century, according to a UN report released this week. Faced with depleted ...

Can the UN COP16 summit help stop Earth's land drying out? Holly Young 12/12/2024 Healthy soil is vital for water and food supply. But much fertile land is heavily degraded and turning to desert.

Just over 75 percent of the world's land has been left "permanently drier" over the previous three decades, a UN-backed report coinciding with COP16 talks on desertification in Saudi Arabia said ...

COP16 has highlighted the urgent link between desertification, land degradation and drought — which are worsening forced migration and threatening global stability.

Nearly 40% of global grasslands are degraded, and their restoration and protection is essential, says WWF’s Leonie Meier.

The recent COP16 biodiversity conference in Colombia was a chance to check on targets aimed at rescuing the world’s threatened plants and animals. There were some successes but, ultimately, it did not ...