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26 - 29 March 2012, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Reference: SCBD/MCO/AF/ML/CR/87028 (2018-005)
To: CBD National Focal Points
In the sapphire-to-stygian waters that cover 70 per cent of Earth’s surface, fish school in iridescent sheets, whales sing mournful tunes, and jellyfish bloom like wildflowers. The ocean is a teeming mystery that most of us rarely dip our toes in.
Reference: SCBD/SSSF/AS/ML/GD/87836 (2019-002)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, and ABS Focal Points
For the Indian Ocean island of Sri Lanka, it is not a huge surprise to have introduced more than 50 new species just in the past year. For this biodiversity-rich nation with high endemism, 2019 was a successful year, not just with many new species discoveries, but also with more engagement of a ...
Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/CS/88984 (2020-047)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, and ABS Focal Points
On 13 November 2019, during the 2020 Ocean Pathways Week, participants convened for a joint session coordinated by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and supported by the Ministry of Environment and Energy of the Government of Sweden and the Ministry of Oceans and Fi ...
In the last decade, the level of buzz around the idea of a "blue economy" has been growing, so much so that, in just a few days, it will take centre stage at the World Ocean Summit in Abu Dhabi - and for good reason. A blue economy is underpinned by the idea that a sustainably managed, healthy o ...
This year’s World Wildlife Day, with the theme of Sustaining All Life on Earth, heralds a year where we must commit to transformative change to stop what will otherwise be a devastating crash in our natural systems
The United Nations (U.N.) had many compelling reasons to declare 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH). Consider just a few of them: Healthy plants are the foundation of all life on Earth. They make the oxygen we breathe and give us 80% of the food we eat. Plants sustain our live ...
Earth Hour comes ahead of key events when world leaders will take critical decisions on nature, climate change and sustainable development, setting the course of our future.
4 - 8 April 2005, Nairobi, Kenya
19 - 30 April 2021, Hybrid, New York, United States of America
Researchers gave the marine reptile the genus name Gunakadeit in honor of a sea monster from Tlingit oral history. As the frigid Alaskan waters lapped at his heels, Patrick Druckenmiller repositioned his saw against the algae-dappled rock.
31 August - 4 September 2009, Kampala, Uganda
5 - 9 February 2001, Nairobi, Kenya
1 - 4 December 2003, Stransbourg, France
3 - 7 February 2003, Nairobi, Kenya
13 December 2007, Egham, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
21 - 25 February 2005, Nairobi, Kenya
5 - 9 February 2007, Nairobi, Kenya
Human impact on our world is something we can all reduce. To mark Earth Day – and the launch of National Geographic's new initiative Planet Possible – a look at sustainability ideas that begin with the most important changemakers of all: us.
15 - 16 November 2001, Trois Rivières, Canada
25 August 2009, Egham, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
12 - 14 October 2004, Brussels, Belgium
3 - 4 April 2023, Parma, Italy
1 July 2005, Montreal, Canada
10 December 2005, Dakar, Senegal
4 November 2010, Valparaiso, Chile
5 - 8 September 2005, San José, Costa Rica
What did Earth look like 3.2 billion years ago? New evidence suggests the planet was covered by a vast ocean and had no continents at all. Continents appeared later, as plate tectonics thrust enormous, rocky land masses upward to breach the sea surfaces, scientists recently reported.
As governments work towards an international pledge to protect at least 10 per cent of the world’s oceans by 2020, scientists are proposing an even wider movement to save more than one-third of the marine ecosystem.
27 - 30 October 2003, Kiev, Ukraine
4 - 8 December 2000, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
7 - 9 December 2005, Dakar, Senegal
15 - 20 April 2007, Wuhan, China
23 - 28 June 2002, Cairns, Australia
21 - 26 February 2005, Sabah, Malaysia
2 - 4 October 2002, Riga, Latvia
6 - 10 November 2000, Monaco, France
14 - 16 March 2023, Agadir, Morocco
3 - 7 February 2003, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Harmful to ocean and aquatic life, microplastics make up the nearly three percent toxic pollutants in shallow, tropical waters where corals flourish. These toxic chemicals bring huge detrimental impact on reef health, and a new study reveals 4 million pounds of them may be stored in coral skelet ...
Debris on Cocos (Keeling) Islands was mostly bottles, cutlery, bags and straws, but also included 977,000 shoes, study says
28 February - 11 March 2005, New York, United States of America
27 - 30 August 2001, Fortaleza, Brazil
Biodiversity bubbled up as an important — if still overlooked — issue for businesses during 2021. And sustainability professionals can anticipate the emergence of important new resources for that agenda to emerge during the months ahead.
We've been conditioned to think of animals and plants as our primary sources of proteins, namely meat, dairy and eggs or tofu, beans and nuts, but there's an unsung category of sustainable and nutritious protein that has yet to widely catch on: insects.