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#1251952020-04-21
As Earth Day turns 50 amid lockdowns, environmental action goes digital
With many nations having banned mass gatherings to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus, green activists are marking the 50th anniversary of Earth Day online, urging environmental action through apps, webinars and digital campaigns.
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#1251962020-04-21
“Earth Day” webinars on biodiversity and the Green-Blue economy take place this week
IN CELEBRATION of Earth Day 2020, the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) in collaboration with the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) will host two webinars. The first webinar titled “The OECS Biodiversity and Ecosystems framework and Strategic Action Plan” will be held ...
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#1251492020-04-17
The pick of the world’s best flora and fauna photos, including bald eagles and roaming wild boar
For the first time in decades, bald eagles have been found nesting in a saguaro cactus in Arizona, US. Kenneth ‘Tuk’ Jacobson, the Arizona game and fish department’s coordinator of raptor management.
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#1251502020-04-17
Learn Biomimicry - The Online Course To Work On During Lockdown
With many using this time at home to learn new skills, online courses are rising in popularity and one South African organisation has launched a timely programme to embark on, whilst considering what the future holds in a post-pandemic society.
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#1251152020-04-16
Beautiful, dangerous, damaged: photographers' top ocean shots
Octopus-hunting freedivers, mounds of shark fins, and a close encounter with a leopard seal are among the judges’ selections for Oceanographic Magazine’s ocean photography awards, open for entries until June 30
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#1251162020-04-16
Self-isolating animals: eight species that have mastered social distancing
WWF has compiled a list of animal species whose social behaviours make them self-isolation experts. Humans are social beings: we rarely go a day without some form of interaction – either in the workplace, at the shops or at home. The coronavirus crisis is forcing people around the world to spend ...
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#1250722020-04-13
10 of the best virtual ocean adventures
Exploring the world’s best-known coral environment, on the east coast of Australia, David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef is an interactive journey around this “beautiful but threatened world”.
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#1250852020-04-13
Exploring the link between education and climate change
What are the most effective ways to achieve desired sustainable development outcomes across all aspects of wellbeing, and how might the pursuit of some of these goals affect progress toward others?
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#1250492020-04-09
Spring blossom images unite UK nature lovers amid corona crisis
Some have shared beautiful images of blossoms that are brightening back gardens while others have been spotting the delicate, colourful blooms as they take their permitted daily exercise. Even people confined indoors have contributed by peeking out of windows to glimpse and record the fleeting s ...
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#1249922020-04-02
12 Amazing Documentaries on Sustainability, Regeneration That You Now Have Time to Watch
As many of us find ourselves with much more time at home due to the COVID-19 crisis, a lot of us are finding opportunities to do things we couldn’t quite get to in the course of our ‘regular lives’ before the widespread lockdowns.
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#1248352020-03-25
Earth Hour 2020 shines a light on biodiversity loss and climate change
On Saturday, March 28th at 8:30 p.m. local time, Earth Hour, the world’s largest grassroots movement for the environment, will once again unite millions around the world to show their commitment to the planet. This year is a critical one for the environment. Global commitments will be made for c ...
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#1248362020-03-25
Seychelles: New Project in Seychelles to Highlight Importance of Coral Reefs to Children
A new project has kicked off in Seychelles to highlight the rich heritage of coral reefs and children as their custodian. Pareo is being implemented in Seychelles, Mauritius and Reunion - a French department. Implemented by the "Research Institute for Development (IRD)," and funded by Europe, Fr ...
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#1248372020-03-25
This Shark Live Stream Is the Best
Zoos and aquariums all across the country will be closed for the foreseeable future in a bid to limit the spread of Coronavirus and #flattenthecurve. But that doesn’t mean that kids and families won’t be able to catch a glimpse of penguins, pandas, sharks, hippos, and otters. A number of zoos an ...
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#1248392020-03-25
Fun Facts About Sea Bunnies
Our world is really fascinating. It is full of life that we know and some that remain undiscovered. Discovering new things about our world broadens our knowledge and helps us appreciate what a wonderful world we have.
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#1248402020-03-25
Candid Animal Cam YouTube show Episode 4: Coatis
Every Tuesday, Mongabay will bring you a new episode of Candid Animal Cam, our new show featuring animals caught on camera traps around the world and hosted by Romi Castagnino, our writer and conservation scientist.
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#1247652020-03-20
Conservation in the time of Coronavirus: a message from the CEO
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to escalate, BirdLife CEO Patricia Zurita provides an update on measures taken, impacts on the wider conservation world, and the light at the end of the tunnel.
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#1247662020-03-20
Whose voices are not heard in climate change journalism in China, India, Thailand and Singapore?
The mainstream news outlets of the four countries were similar in their heavy use of government sources. The crowding out of voices that can provide alternative viewpoints could have major implications, researchers say.
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#1247672020-03-20
Weighing language is critical when reporting on climate change
Greenland, Antarctica melting six times faster than in 1990s. This article illustrates a major problem in some science reporting: a failure to convey the urgency of the climate crisis. It says melting ice could impact “hundreds of millions of people by the end of the century.”
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#1247932020-03-20
Natural history TV 'boosts species awareness'
Programmes, such as Sir David Attenborough's Planet Earth II series, boost people's awareness and interest in species, a study has suggested.Despite lacking an overt conservation message, the programmes stimulated people to find out more about the species featured in the broadcasts.
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#1247942020-03-20
Photographers join forces against wildlife crime
The ongoing spread of Covid-19, which is thought to have originated from a wet market in the Chinese city of Wuhan, is focusing increased attention on human interactions with wildlife. scientists pointed to pangolins as a possible source of the virus, although new research has now questioned thi ...
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#1246752020-03-16
Nigeria takes stock of pollinator friendly land degradation action plan
The Federal Government has taken stock of the pollinator land degradation neutrality action plan and jump-started a two-year strategy for the implementation of the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net) Phase II in the country.
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#1246762020-03-16
Preserving our water resources in a changing climate – industry and government tackle threat
The Environment Agency has launched a long-term plan for meeting the challenges our water supplies are likely to face as a result of climate change and population growth.
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#1246772020-03-16
Communicating health issues in climate change
The health component is the most fundamental aspect of human well-being, but it is often ignored or back-grounded when talking about climate change impacts. This essential community of practice is not normally a favourite of journalists reporting on climate change issues
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#1246782020-03-16
Huge knowledge gap over health of soil
A vital knowledge gap about England’s environment has been uncovered by soil campaigners. They have discovered that just 0.41% of the cash invested in environmental monitoring goes on examining the soil.
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#1246632020-03-13
Inspired by Nature, National Parks Photography Competition 2020
The UK National Parks and Campaign for National Parks are delighted to announce the winner, runner up and shortlisted entrants for our joint photography competition underscoring the importance of nature in our national parks.
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#1245302020-03-05
'The Automatic Earth' is 'confrontational' new music about climate change
Composer Steven Bryant of Durham, North Carolina, is worried about global warming, and he’s expressing his anxiety through a recent composition.
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#1245342020-03-05
Seven of the best new documentaries about global warming
That was a recurring introductory remark at screenings during the recent 2020 Wild & Scenic Film Festival. Held each year in the bucolic foothills of the Sierra, the five-day festival screens more than 140 environmental films, from artful meditations on the beauty of nature, to distressing stori ...
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#1245382020-03-05
Our 15 most popular conservation stories for February 2020
February 2020 set a record in terms of traffic across Mongabay.com and Mongabay.co.id, averaging 369,000 visits per day.
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#1245402020-03-05
Hope Zoo, Natural History Museum Team Up For World Wildlife Day
THE NATURAL History Museum of Jamaica (NHMJ), through its monthly ‘Afternoon with a Scientist’ programme, collaborated with the Hope Zoo in Kingston to stage its commemorative World Wildlife Day presentation to the students of East Street Junior Centre on Tuesday.
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#1245002020-03-04
European Commission launches global coalition for biodiversity
On the occasion of the World Wildlife Day, the European Commission launched today in Monaco a new global coalition for biodiversity. With this communication campaign, the Commission is calling for stronger mobilisation in raising awareness about the need to protect biodiversity.
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#1245022020-03-04
European Commission launches global coalition for biodiversity
On the occasion of the World Wildlife Day, the European Commission launched today in Monaco a new global coalition for biodiversity. With this communication campaign, the Commission is calling for stronger mobilisation in raising awareness about the need to protect biodiversity.
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#1245042020-03-04
When the stakes are high: Sustaining all life on earth
I would like to begin by thanking His Serene Highness for his incredibly warm hospitality and for the friendship between the principality and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) over the years. We are delighted at the prospect of deepening our cooperation on many of the most pressing environment ...
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#1245082020-03-04
Oceanographic Museum of Monaco once again leader in biodiversity protection
This week, World Wildlife Day marked the launch of a new global coalition for biodiversity by the European Commission at the Oceanographic Museum in Monaco. The Commission called for greater global mobilisation amongst educational institutions in the fight to protect biodiversity. The Monegasque ...
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#1244662020-03-03
World Wildlife Day 2020: The Ultimate Guide
Today, we celebrate World Wildlife Day, which has become the most important global annual event dedicated to wildlife!On 20 December 2013, at its 68th session, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) proclaimed 3 March – the day of signature of the Convention on International Trade in Endange ...
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#1244672020-03-03
2020: The Year to Super Charge Our Work on Nature
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
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#1244692020-03-03
How Miss Environment is regreening her town in Kenya
Ahead of International Women’s Day, UN Women is celebrating people of every gender, age, ethnicity, race, religion and country, who are driving actions that will create the gender-equal world we all deserve. Meet one example in Kenya.
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#1244722020-03-03
I am a sea turtle, says Dia Mirza on World Wildlife Day
Nagpur: It's World Wildlife Day today and one person who has always championed the cause of nature and wildlife protection is actor Dia Mirza.
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#1244742020-03-03
World Wildlife Day: UN chief urges ‘more caring’ relationship with nature
People everywhere need to remember that we depend on Mother Earth to survive, the UN chief said in his message for World Wildlife Day marked on Tuesday, advocating for “a more caring, thoughtful and sustainable relationship with nature”.
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#1244752020-03-03
CITES Secretary-General's Remarks at the anniversary reception of the Coalition to End Wildlife Trafficking Online
I am grateful for the invitation to join you this evening as we celebrate the two-year anniversary of the Coalition to End Wildlife Trafficking Online. I see this anniversary as an important part of the celebrations of World Wildlife Day 2020 this week with the theme “Sustaining all Life on Earth”.
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#1244762020-03-03
‘We all share the same roof’: On World Wildlife Day, this video promotes biodiversity conservation
‘We might think we have fully bent nature to our needs. But, we entirely depend on the biosphere’s resources to meet the needs of over seven billion people.’
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#1244772020-03-03
World Wildlife Day: Why lion cubs should not be part of the ‘petting zoo’
This is a question I have asked myself many times. Petting a predator is incongruous and unnatural, so why this obsession with petting wild animals in captivity? Why do we believe it is acceptable to put our own needs well above the animal’s requirements? Is it for that “like”-boosting selfie on ...
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#1244782020-03-03
This world wildlife day, we look at a family that adopted a turtle in another continent
This Chennai family’s love for conservation pans three generations and two continents 1987, 2012, 2020. These are key years in this decades-long love story which is still going strong. At the centre of it is a red-crowned roof turtle at Madras Crocodile Bank Trust.
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#1244852020-03-03
Fish, the ignored wildlife on our plates
On World Wildlife Day next Tuesday, charismatic wildlife such as endangered elephants, leopards and the vulnerable sloth bear will take the stage – but one species is routinely ignored, to our peril.
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#1244942020-03-03
TV weather presenters 'have moral obligation' to explain climate crisis
The former weather presenter Francis Wilson has said it is now more important than ever for TV forecasters to be serious experts “in a time of floods and fires” caused by global heating.
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#1244572020-03-02
Go Green & Preserve Nature
A short trip to the world’s famous ‘Keoladeo National Park” at Bharatpur, Rajasthan and had some great experiences with the “Sarus Cranes”. Bharatpur is a great place for nature and bird lovers. The early morning mist of winter adds to the allure and photographing the birds as well as mammals su ...
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#1244282020-02-28
UNEP launches Glowing Glowing Gone campaign on loss of coral due to climate change
This World Wildlife Day, the Wild for Life campaign is excited to partner with The Ocean Agency, an organization that utilizes the power of creative collaboration to accelerate ocean conservation and climate action. To foster change, the Ocean Agency raises awareness of the ocean’s most pressing ...
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#1244002020-02-27
Putting climate change on school curriculums is imperative, says UN
Children need to learn about climate change as soon as possible, is the consensus, but it must be done in a way that isn’t distressing
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#1243712020-02-26
Eerie seal 'ballet' beneath Antarctic iceberg wins underwater photo prize
An iceberg towering above the sea surface is an impressive sight, but the view from below is positively otherworldly. A breathtaking photo captured by French photographer Greg Lecoeur in chilly ocean waters near Antarctica revealed a mesmerizing scene: a drifting quartet of crabeater seals (Lobo ...
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#1243802020-02-26
Video: Toward zero carbon with David Attenborough and Jane Goodall
Sir David Attenborough, Dr. Jane Goodall DBE and leading Cambridge University researchers talk about the urgency of climate crisis—and some of the solutions that will take us towards zero carbon.
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#1243862020-02-26
China’s first plant-based documentary series
“Humans settled near certain plants, and then those plants spread as humans migrated. Over the millennia the soybean has fed countless people; and without the mulberry tree, there would have been no Silk Road.”