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#1229952019-11-15
Rapid expansion of protected areas around the world failing to reduce human pressures on land
As the world races to meet the goal of protecting 17 percent of Earth’s land surface, a new study looks at how effective protected areas are at reducing human pressures — and finds that there is considerable room for improvement.
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#1229682019-11-13
ASEAN boosts conservation effort at unprotected sites
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is boosting efforts to protect the environment at sacred sites, military bases and other specially managed areas. Measures will be taken to govern and manage the areas to achieve positive and sustained long-term results for the conservation of b ...
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#1228022019-10-30
One of a kind study provides roadmap for protecting oceans in keeping with UN goal
The United Nations had set a goal that 10 percent of the oceans were to be made Marine Protected Areas (MPA) by 2020. MPAs are protected areas of seas, oceans and lakes that can be used as wildlife refuges or research facilities. These areas restrict human activity and promote conservation.
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#1227832019-10-29
UNDP supports Seychelles to put together 'Blue' financial plan
Ultimately, up to 400,000 km2, around 40 percent of its marine environment, will be protected and marine resources will be managed in a sustainable way for the benefit of the people of Seychelles.
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#1226692019-10-15
Thaidene Nëné heralds a new era of parks
In Canada’s newest national park — Thaidene Nëné National Park Reserve — the Łutsel K’e Dene will hunt and fish, work as guardians of the territory and show off their land to tourists.
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#1226292019-10-11
Last wolves in Africa: the fragile wildlife of Ethiopia's ravaged parks
Wildfires and an encroaching population are threatening grasslands that host some of the world’s rarest species
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#1225642019-10-08
Provide incentives for conservation outside protected areas
The policy of the Environment and Forestry Ministry to encourage regional governments to ensure non-state forest areas (APL) to have good forest cover and high biodiversity values as essential ecosystem areas (KEE) has received warm response from conservation NGOs.
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#1224402019-09-30
Marine protected areas key to sustainable fishing in PH
The effective management of marine protected areas (MPA) in coastal communities across the Philippines would help achieve sustainable fishing that could ensure the livelihood of small fisherfolk, as well as food security, an expert said.
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#1224062019-09-27
Trudeau promises 25 per cent protection of land, oceans by 2025
The Liberals’ week of climate announcements continued on Thursday, as leader Justin Trudeau committed to a new environmental target — protecting 25 per cent of Canada’s land and oceans by 2025.
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#1223772019-09-26
Less than 3 percent of the ocean is 'highly protected'
Countries earn a lot of media buzz for announcing bold plans to section off thousands of square miles of ocean for protection. That’s because scientists say these Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are effective tools to protect the marine plants and animals facing threats from ocean acidification, h ...
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#29062019-09-12
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2019-09-25
Thematic Workshop on Area-based Conservation Measures for the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, 1-3 December 2019 – Montreal, Canada
Reference: SCBD/SSSF/AS/SBG/ESE/88217 (2019-077)
To: CBD National Focal Points; PoWPA Focal Points;, SBSTTA Focal Points; Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities; Relevant Organizations; Bi-lateral and Multilateral Funding Agencies.
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#1221042019-09-04
Transforming African conservation from old social cause into next-gen growth market
Africa’s conservation challenges are daunting.
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#1220292019-08-28
Satellite-based estimates of reduced deforestation in protected areas needed
In the context of progressing towards new targets for a post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, the debate remains on whether the emphasis should be on protected area coverage or protected area effectiveness.
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#1220402019-08-28
Tanzania's biosphere reserves key to environmental conservation: official
DAR ES SALAAM, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Tanzanian authorities said on Wednesday the country's five biosphere reserves were key toward environmental conservation.
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#1220242019-08-27
Cuba drastically reforms fishing laws to protect coral reef, sharks and rays
Reforms will oblige Cuba to work more closely with its US neighbours – in spite of US President Trump’s frosty attitude
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#1219932019-08-22
White-tailed eagles return to southern Britain after 240 years
Conservationists hope release of six eaglets on Isle of Wight will mirror Scotland success
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#1219472019-08-19
Feds approve $3.9M for protected, conserved areas in Tahltan territory
Tahltan Central Government says project will improve Indigenous stewardship of lands
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#1218892019-08-14
Why tiny Belize is a world leader in protecting the ocean
Fish stocks are stable and reef health improving, in part thanks to Belize’s substantial ‘no-take’ zones. Now greater legislation is needed to secure progress
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#1218622019-08-09
Botswana to continue elephant protection talks with Kenya: minister
GABORONE, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Botswana will continue talks about elephant protection with Kenya in order to hold the east African country together with itself at an upcoming international conference on wildlife protection, a minister said Thursday.
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#1218322019-08-08
National Parks To Pave The Way For China’s ‘Ecological Civilization’
Integrated management of China’s protected areas through the newly formed National Park Administration could boost both conservation and tourism.
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#1217862019-08-02
Pristine Arctic reserves will benefit wildlife and Inuit communities
Canada's newest marine protected area is expected to be a refuge for wildlife as other parts of the Arctic face instability.
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#1217572019-07-31
England’s new nature reserves ‘will help us tackle global heating’
Conservation and climate change policy ‘should be two sides of same coin’, says chair of Natural England
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#1217242019-07-29
A refuge for royalty
In 1850, a tiger’s pawprints could be found in both the hardpacked snow of Siberian forests and the soft beach sands of Bali.
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#1217132019-07-26
Simba’s future depends on putting communities at the forefront of lion conservation (commentary)
While Simba and Mufasa’s return to the big screen is good news for Disney and summer movie fans, in the quarter-century since the original animated version of The Lion King was released, Africa’s lion population has declined by roughly half.
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#1216712019-07-23
Kaveh-Deh in northeastern Tehran defined protected area
TEHRAN – Kaveh-Deh, a hunting prohibited region in northeastern Tehran, has been defined as a protected area, being included in the Department of Environment (DOE) list, Fars news agency reported on Sunday.
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#1216352019-07-19
First African Protected Areas Congress: A Watershed Event For Africa's Parks And Wildlife
The first African Protected Areas Congress is scheduled to convene in Nairobi, Kenya, from 18 to 23 November 2019.
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#1216132019-07-17
Canada needs to triple the amount of protected land and water to tackle 'nature emergency': report
Biodiversity is declining faster than at any other time in human history, study finds
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#1216152019-07-17
Protected forests to grow under new rules, says palm oil watchdog
KUALA LUMPUR, July 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - P rotected forest areas will grow by up to 10% under new rules to stop deforestation, the palm oil industry watchdog said on Tuesday, which is working to make the edible oil greener.
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#1216162019-07-17
Protecting a forgotten treasure trove of biodiversity
The Cerrado is the largest savanna region in South America, but compared to the Amazon Forest to the north, it does not attract much attention.
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#28872019-07-12
Safeguarding Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) sites: an urgent action to implement Decision XIV/1 on the assessment of progress towards Aichi Biodiversity Targets and options to accelerate progress
Reference: SCBD/SSSF/SBG/PG/88220 (2019-058)
To: CBD National Focal Points
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#1214922019-07-05
No-take marine areas help fishers (and fish) far more than we thought
One hectare of ocean in which fishing is not allowed (a marine protected area) produces at least five times the amount of fish as an equivalent unprotected hectare, according to new research published today.
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#1214932019-07-05
Seychelles to set up Marine Protected Areas
The government of Seychelles has pledged to set aside 30 percent of its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) to marine protected areas, out of which 15 percent will be a no take, no fishing and no extraction.
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#1214652019-07-03
Is wildfire management 'for the birds?'
Spotted owl populations are in decline all along the West Coast, and as climate change increases the risk of large and destructive wildfires in the region, these iconic animals face the real threat of losing even more of their forest habitat.
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#1213792019-06-25
Belize to protect critical wildlife corridor that’s home to jaguars and more
In a boost to jaguars and other iconic wildlife of Central America, the government of Belize has approved a proposal to protect the Maya Forest Corridor, a key stretch of jungle that could help create the largest contiguous block of forest in Central America.
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#1213852019-06-25
Rewilding Patagonia: Chile's Great Conservation Leap Forward
A four-million-hectare national park in Chile is being brought back to life by restoring the land to nature.
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#1213922019-06-25
National parks: Serving humanity’s well-being as much as nature’s
Imagine, for a moment, a world without national parks
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#5855World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 2019
17 June 2019, Bonn, Germany
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#1213222019-06-17
Algerian forest reinstated as National Park after turbulent history
Djebel Babor forest in Northern Algeria was a National Park for 60 years before being stripped of its status.
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#1213082019-06-13
Most protected areas lack proper policing
On paper, nations are protecting their wilderness areas. In practice, most protected areas lack effective policing.
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#1212912019-06-12
First Nations push for massive conservation area in northern B.C.
LOWER POST, B.C. - First Nations in northern British Columbia are calling on the provincial government to endorse an ambitious proposal for a 40,000-square-kilometre conservation area to protect major watersheds and sensitive species.
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#1211692019-05-23
Giant step forward for conservation in Chilean Patagonia
On 10 May, Tompkins Conservation, The Pew Charitable Trusts and the Government of Chile announced an agreement to create a public-private fund to ensure the future conservation of Chilean Patagonia.
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#1210522019-05-14
'Green Oscar' Awarded For Venezuelan Parrot Conservation
The Whitley Awards, sometimes known as the “Green Oscars”, recognize international conservation excellence in biodiversity-rich, resource-poor countries
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#1210542019-05-14
China’s National Panda Park Will Be Three Times the Size of Yellowstone
The vast space will connect China’s fragmented panda populations, enabling the land giants to better find mates and diversify their species’ gene pool
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#1210132019-05-10
China’s new panda park will be three times bigger than Yellowstone
The huge earthquake that rocked China’s Sichuan Province 11 years ago this month was a catastrophic human tragedy.
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#1209032019-05-01
Building the world’s biggest MPA: Q&A with Goldman winner Jacqueline Evans
The South Pacific archipelago of the Cook Islands might seem a diminutive site from which to launch and manage the largest multi-use marine protected area (MPA) on Earth.
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#1208702019-04-29
Calculating cost-effective conservation
Maintaining existing conservation areas might be a more cost-effective investment than expansion, according to new research led by The University of Queensland.
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#1208712019-04-29
Underrepresented voices needed in conservation debates
[NAIROBI] Debates and policy processes regarding global conservation need to value the perspectives of groups such as those in Sub-Saharan Africa who may have less powerful positions, a study suggests.
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#1208512019-04-25
Canada to ban industrial activities inside marine-protected areas
Prohibition won't automatically apply to activities in fisheries conservation areas
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#1208522019-04-25
Canada protects important natural habitats in Quebec
MONTRÉAL, April 24, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ - Nature is at the heart of our Canadian identity. Protecting natural habitats is an invaluable legacy for future generations. That's why the Government of Canada is committed to doubling the amount of protected nature in Canada's lands and oceans.
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#1208602019-04-25
In France, people living by protected areas are more environmentally conscious
What effect do PAs have on the environmental attitudes and behaviours of French citizens?