By Radwan Jakeem NEW YORK, 5 May 2023 (IDN) — The sustainable management of the world’s forests will take centre stage at the United Nations Headquarters in New York at the UN Forum on Forests on 8-12 May 2023. Officials from UN Member States, the UN system, international and regional organizations, will gather to discuss […]
Kenyan Tree Planting Activist Remembered with Call to Invest
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | NAIROBI, 3 April 2023 (IDN) — The Wangari Mathai Foundation observed the late Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai’s birthday on April 1 with a call to invest in the planet. “Wangari literally invested her life from a young age in this planet,” foundation CEO Njeri Kabeberi said. […]
Forest Elephants Enhance Carbon Capture—Keep Them Alive
By Ngala Killian Chimtom YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon, 11 March 2023 (IDN) — While African forest elephants have traditionally been thought of as playing a destructive, negative role in forests, the big munchers are now seen as critical to saving a climate in peril. Scientists now suggest that the perceived destructive nature of the African forest elephant […]
A Landmark UN Biodiversity Agreement Achieved
By J C Suresh TORONTO (IDN) — Countries around the world have agreed on a historic package of measures aimed at addressing the dangerous loss of biodiversity and restoring natural ecosystems. The agreement was achieved after a two-week-long 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity on December 19. Convened under […]
Climate Deal Disappoints Climate Activists
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (IDN) — Delegates to the UN climate conference (COP27) reached a compromise to create a fund for disadvantaged countries coping with climate disasters worsened by pollution, mainly from wealthy nations. The meeting of almost 200 countries, ending on November 20 after two weeks […]
Growing Urbanization Chewing Away Forests in Southern Africa
By Jeffrey Moyo HARARE, Zimbabwe (IDN) — In Harare, the Zimbabwean capital’s medium-density suburb known as Glaudina, where a thick forest used to exist, homes under construction have emerged instead, with the trees vanishing. North-West of Zimbabwe, just outside Lusaka, the Zambian capital, slums and shacks have also, over the decades, replaced the once flourishing […]
COP27: Leaders Launch Global Alliance Against Future Drought Impacts
By Rita Joshi BONN | SHARM EL-SHEIKH (IDN) — Leaders from over 25 countries and 20 organizations have launched the International Drought Resilience Alliance to accelerate action and help countries to be better prepared for future droughts. Drought represents the most serious hazard to livestock and crops in nearly every part of the world, and […]
UN Talks Fail to Finalise High Seas Biodiversity Treaty
By Fermín Koop This article was originally published on China Dialogue under the Creative Commons BY NC ND licence. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (IDN) — While many had hoped this would be the session to do it, after two weeks of talks at the UN headquarters in New York, from August 15 to August 26, member […]
Making Visible the Diverse Values of Nature
By Rita Joshi BONN (IDN) — The way nature is valued in political and economic decisions is both a key driver of the global biodiversity crisis and a vital opportunity to address it, according to a four-year methodological assessment by 82 top scientists and experts from every region of the world.
Global Call to Act on Land Degradation and Drought
By Devendra Kamarajan ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire (IDN) — The 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), concluded in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, has concluded with a united global pledge to boost drought resilience and invest in land restoration for future prosperity.