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#1319982021-11-30
Why the Saola Is Endangered and What We Can Do
There are no saolas in captivity, and fewer than 100 may remain in the wild.
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#1279272021-04-06
Why has the African elephant been split into two species? – podcast
Recently, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assessed the African elephant as two separate species – the forest elephant and savannah elephant. The move has increased these animals’ ‘red list’ categorisation to endangered for savannah elephants and critically endangere ...
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#1202542019-03-07
Why extinct species seem to be returning from the dead
Like something out of a zombie movie, species that were once thought extinct seem to be rising from the dead. Between February 21 and March 4 2019, three notable rediscoveries were announced – the Fernandina Island Galápagos tortoise (Chelonoidis phantasticus), which was last seen in 1906; Walla ...
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#1244172020-02-27
Why coronavirus could help save China's endangered species
The novel coronavirus outbreak in China may end up saving one of the world's most trafficked animals after Beijing announced a total ban on the sale and consumption of the pangolin.
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#1198442019-02-07
Why We Should Care About Parasites — and Their Extinction
Parasite. To most people, the very word is cause for fear or disgust—which is a shame, because most parasites don't actually harm their hosts. In fact their very existence is a sign of a healthy ecosystem, as I discussed on a recent segment of the Green Divas podcast. We also talked about the va ...
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#1230662019-11-19
Why We Must Save the Elephants... or Else
Everyone loves elephants.” We hear it a lot, but do we love them enough to want to ensure their survival on this planet? Not as zoo inmates or residents of elephant sanctuaries, but as free-roaming keystone species in savannas and forests living in family groups?
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#1219762019-08-21
Why Spain has become a nightmare for the endangered turtledove
Thirteen autonomous regions are ignoring Brussels and allowing this symbol of eternal love to be hunted, despite the country’s implication in the species’ dwindling numbers
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#1263972020-12-21
Why Monarch Butterflies Aren’t Getting Endangered Species Status
Monarch butterflies will not be added to the federal endangered species list this year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced on Tuesday. The agency found that the butterfly qualifies for the status but, for now, the species is precluded from protections and will be reconsidered annually ...
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#1258942020-11-27
Why Mauritius is culling an endangered fruit bat that exists nowhere else
The endangered Mauritius fruit bat is once again the centre of a controversial cull at the hands of its government, much to the alarm of wildlife conservation organisations. Under pressure from both farmers and the public, the government of the Indian Ocean island recently announced a plan to cu ...
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#1255712020-11-05
Why Endangered Species Are Important
According to the World Wildlife Fund, more than 96,500 species in the world today are considered endangered in some way. This is a staggering number by any measure, and even more alarming when one considers how much is already being done to try and bring these amazing plants and animals away fro ...
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#1323592022-01-07
When endangered species recover, humans may need to make room for them – and it’s not always easy
Imagine discovering a sea lion in the middle of the woods, more than a mile inland from the beach. Or coming face to face with one of these curious creatures in a local swimming pool or on your front porch.
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#1259992020-12-03
What’s Killing Killer Whales? Pathology Reports on More Than 50 Killer Whales in the Northeast Pacific and Hawaii
Pathology reports on more than 50 killer whales stranded over nearly a decade in the northeast Pacific and Hawaii show that orcas face a variety of mortal threats — many stemming from human interactions.
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#1286492021-05-14
What we’re getting wrong about the threat to bees
Think honey bees are disappearing? Or that the more hives we have the better? This DW Planet A video challenges us to think again.
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#1252002020-04-21
What the lemurs taught me about enduring a pandemic
It is oddly fitting that I am launching my first book during a global pandemic. “Chasing Lemurs: My Journey into the Heart of Madagascar” is about a country at risk. It is about the delicate relationship between humans and animals. It is about resilience and perseverance.
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#1190522018-12-14
What happened next? Was the punk turtle that breathes through its genitals saved from extinction?
Australia’s Mary River turtle went viral after it was named on an endangered species list – and Cate Blanchett even voiced a puppet of it. But was that enough to save it?
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#1228312019-11-01
What does the future hold for SA's endangered species?
A massive 12% percent of South Africa's species are under threat.Those are the worrying findings of a national biodiversity assessment carried out by the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries.
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#1279122021-04-06
What can we learn from vanishing wildlife species: The case of the Pyrenean Ibex
Likely the first extinction event of the 2000s in Europe, the sad history of the Pyrenean Ibex (Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica) is a powerful example of the ever-increasing species loss worldwide due to causes related to human activity.
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#1238762020-01-22
What Makes An Endangered Species?
In this day and age, it is quite common to hear the term "endangered species". Why not? In the advent of human-caused climate change, there will always be news about animals that, if not completely driven to extinction, are reduced to a limited population.
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#1191772018-12-21
We’re losing monarchs fast—here’s why
The epic 3,000-mile monarch butterfly migration may become a thing of the past. Each fall, monarchs travel from their summer homes in the northern U.S. and Canada to winter habitats in California and Mexico. But the 2018 Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count found that the number of west-coast mona ...
Meeting
#2429News Headlines
#1216242019-07-18
We're pushing 28,000 species closer to extinction
Seven primate species, two families of rays and thousands more animals, plants and fungi have moved closer to extinction, according to a global analysis
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#1222522019-09-18
We're losing species at shocking rates – so why is conservation failing?
The number of mammals, insects, amphibians, fish and birds is in steep decline, the world’s forests are on fire and the abundance of life is diminishing at rates unprecedented in human history. The TV screens are full of images of gorgeous wildlife but one million plant and animal species are th ...
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#1319922021-11-30
We reconstructed birdsong soundscapes from over 200,000 places: and they’re getting quieter
Imagine going to hear your favourite orchestral piece played in a world-class venue – and only the woodwind and brass sections turning up.
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#1198812019-02-11
We Are Eating The Planet's Last 'Megafauna' to Extinction
Humans are in the process of herding the world's largest animals right over the brink of extinction, and the main driving force is our insatiable appetite for meat.It's a dire warning, and it comes from the first analysis to look at how humans have impacted the world's "megafauna".
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#1322012021-12-16
Waterbirds in eastern Australia declining despite breeding boost from wet years, survey finds
Latest edition of one of world’s largest and longest nature surveys counts 95,306 birds, third lowest tally in almost four decades of tracking
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#1194162019-01-16
Watch an endangered eagle take its first flight in rare video
With only an estimated 400 left in the wild, the race is on to save the Philippine eagle—one of the biggest and strongest raptors in the world.
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#1187192018-10-30
WWF report: Mass wildlife loss caused by human consumption
"Exploding human consumption" has caused a massive drop in the global wildlife population in recent decades, the WWF conservation group says. In a report, the charity says losses in vertebrate species - mammals, fish, birds, amphibians and reptiles - averaged 60% between 1970 and 2014. "Earth is ...
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#1248712020-03-25
Virus which causes COVID-19 threatens great ape conservation
Both great ape research and tourism have allowed people to learn about chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and orangutans, and to observe them from a close proximity. Great ape tourism also serves as an important source of revenue for governments and communities, and a significant proportion of this ...
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#1255602020-11-05
Video: Vets hail ‘victory’ as jaguar burned in Pantanal fires returns to wild
Ousado the jaguar could hardly walk. Fires had blown through his territory in the Pantanal region of Brazil, scorching the very ground the animal was running upon as he tried to escape. When a team of volunteer veterinarians eventually captured him in Encontro das Águas State Park, all four of h ...
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#1319552021-11-26
Vaquitas: What are the ‘smiling pandas’ of the sea and why are they going extinct?
Vaquitas are the world’s rarest marine mammal, and there’s a sad probability they’ll disappear in our lifetime, according to conservation groups.
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#1319282021-11-25
Vaquitas Could Soon Be Extinct. Mexico Will Largely Determine Their Fate.
Amid a worldwide biodiversity disaster, with an estimated million species threatened with extinction, the story of the vaquita reveals how even apparent options — on this case, placing a cease to unlawful fishing — require political will, enforcement and deep engagement with native communities t ...
Side Event
#1752COP 10
2010-10-26
Vanishing Tiger - Will the iconic species and Asian Biodiversity survive the Asia century?
This side event will explore the relationship between the strengthening position of Asian countries and the survival of its rich biodiversity, including the Tiger. The 21st Century is commonly regarded as the Asia Century. The Asian Development Bank estimates that about $750 billion per year wil ...
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#1186422018-10-23
VIDEO. Sauver les abeilles grâce à votre entreprise ? C’est possible.
"Redonner aux abeilles et aux ruches un nouveau territoire pour combler le manque de ruches en France et en Europe." Tel est l’objectif d’Apiterra, une entreprise française spécialisée dans l’agriculture urbaine qui propose aux entreprises et aux collectivités d’installer des ruches aux abords d ...
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#1246122020-03-10
Urban pollinators make beeline for native violet blooms
Bumblebees in towns and cities prefer violet coloured native flowers to other available blooms, a study has shown. The researchers behind the work say the needs of urban pollinators are often overlooked for other factors, such as aesthetics.
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#1215242019-07-10
Unprecedented display of concern and 'consolation' toward an unknown monkey offers hope for endangered macaques
A wild group of endangered Barbary macaques have been observed, for the first time, "consoling" and adopting an injured juvenile from a neighbouring group.
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#1305092021-09-22
Understanding squirrel personalities can help us better protect endangered species
Do animals have personalities? We don’t tend to think that they do, but new research brings more evidence that we’ve been too hasty to assume this.
Meeting Document
#996832014-06-16
UNEP/CBD/WGRI/5/INF/26
Supporting the Implementation of Aichi Target 12
Meeting Document
#52752003-07-31
UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/3/INF/27
General information on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
Meeting Document
#86092013-07-17
UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/10/INF/13
Indicators for assessing progress towards the 2010 target: Change in status of threatened species
Meeting Document
#10772002-02-28
UNEP/CBD/COP/3/INF/39
Memorandum of Cooperation Between the Secretariat and the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
Meeting Document
#1012422014-10-06
UNEP/CBD/COP/12/INF/43
National Red Lists: Global Coverage and Applications
News Headlines
#1321102021-12-09
U.K. conglomerate Jardines ‘caught red-handed’ clearing orangutan habitat in Sumatra
A U.K. conglomerate’s Indonesian subsidiary is deforesting the only known habitat of the critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan, despite promising to stop doing so, satellite imagery indicates.
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#1285372021-05-11
Types of Lions: 5 Lions That Are Endangered and Extinct
The signature mane, the predatory stealthy movement, the fierce roar-it appears fitting to discover that there is just one species of lion (Panthera leo). However, there are several subspecies, which are different in appearance and other specific traits.
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#1270982021-02-16
Two endangered golden-cheeked gibbons find new home at Sarajevo zoo
After arriving in Sarajevo from Slovenia, the pair — a male and a female — were placed under quarantine and are expected to make their public debut in mid-March.
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#1347272022-05-27
Two critically endangered red-ruffed lemurs born in captivity
Baby season this year launched out of this world with the birth of two new critically endangered red-ruffed lemurs on April 13, 2022. Meet Hubble and Kitt, the newest additions at the Duke Lemur Center.
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#1319362021-11-25
Two critically endangered California condors produce chicks by ‘virgin birth’
This is the first case of asexual reproduction ever discovered in birds when breeding males were available.
Meeting
#5652Twenty-third meeting of the Plants Committee (CITES)
22 - 27 July 2017, Geneva, Switzerland
Meeting
#2393Twenty-second meeting of the Animals Committee
7 - 13 July 2006, Lima, Peru
Meeting
#5650Twenty-ninth meeting of the Animals Committee (CITES)
18 - 22 July 2017, Geneva, Switzerland
Meeting
#5964Twenty-fifth meeting of the Plants Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
2 - 4 June 2021, Online, Switzerland