By FACT COALITION Analysis of 230 Environmental Crimes in Amazon Region Sheds Light on How Illicit Proceeds Are Laundered WASHINGTON, DC | 16 October 2024 (IDN) — A new report by the Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coalition finds that the U.S. is the most common foreign destination for the products and proceeds of […]
Youths in Nepal Pushing the Government to take Biodiversity Preservation Seriously
By Simone Galimberti KATHMANDU, Nepal | 16 September 2024 (IDN) — With the upcoming COP 16 on Biodiversity that is scheduled to be held in Colombia, October 21-November 1—the first after the introduction of the Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework—it is imperative that Nepal presents an ambitious updated version of its National Biodiversity Strategy and […]
Land Grabs Target Tamils and Muslims in Sri Lanka
By Rodney Reynolds NEW YORK, 12 September 2024 (IDN) — As the 57th session of the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) addresses the human rights situation in Sri Lanka next week, a new report from the Oakland Institute, Trincomalee Under Siege: Land Grabs Target the Tamil Homeland in Sri Lanka uncovers the rapidly escalating colonization […]
UN Biodiversity Summit: The Window of Opportunity Closes a Little Every Day
As COP16 in Colombia nears, renowned Argentine biologist Sandra Díaz tells Dialogue Earth of the need for transformative change to tackle biodiversity loss By Fermín Koop* BUENOS AIRES, Argentina | 19 August 2024 (IDN) — Colombia will host the United Nations’ biodiversity summit, COP16, from 21 October to 1 November. In the south-western city of […]
Nepal: Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Maintain Symbiotic Bonds with Forests
By Devinder Kumar NEW DELHI | 10 August 2024 (IDN) — Nepal is richly endowed with forest resources, with a coverage of about 6.4 million hectares. Between 1992 and 2016, the country nearly doubled its forest cover, moving from 26 percent to 45 percent of its land area. The progress in forest regeneration and improvement […]
UN Takes Yet Another Step Towards Reconciling Humanity with Nature
By Ramesh Jaura BERLIN | 6 July 2024 (IDN) — Reconciling Humanity with Nature does not sound sexy in a world caught in the grips of geopolitical turmoil, which is triggering a divorce between Humanity and Nature. But it is a vital component of what the United Nations system describes the Triple Planetary Crisis referring […]
Reflections From the Dried-Up Aral Sea
UNCCD Special Feature BONN | 17 June 2024 (IDN) — In the haunting expanse that was once the flourishing Aral Sea, the aftermath of an environmental catastrophe unfolds with swift and devastating consequences. Once the fourth largest freshwater lake in the world shared by Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, the Aral Sea has lost about 90% of […]
Like Humans, Elephants Call Each Other by Name
By Ngala Killian Chimtom YAOUNDE, Cameroon | 15 June 2024 (IDN) — A new study has revealed an interesting fact about elephants. Like human beings, they call each other by name. Researchers analyzed 469 calls, or “rumbles,” from wild African elephants in Kenya that had a known caller and receiver. Using artificial intelligence, they found […]
UN Meeting Agrees Actions for the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
By Jutta Wolf BERLIN | 19 February 2024 (IDN) — While human migration continues to stir up emotions, the world’s migratory species that undertake astonishing journeys between ecosystems, often through air, land and water—increasingly damaged by unsustainable human activities—remain out of focus. The State of the World’s Migratory Species report—launched at the start of the […]
World’s Migratory Species of Animals are in Decline, Says UN Report
By Rita Joshi BONN | SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan | 12 February 2024 (IDN) — Unsustainable human activities are jeopardizing the future of migratory species, warns the first-ever State of the World’s Migratory Species report. Migratory species play an essential role in maintaining the world’s ecosystems, and provide vital benefits, by pollinating plants, transporting key nutrients, preying […]