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UNADAP | United Nations
Dec 1, 20223 min read
How sustainable honey helps a community and precious forest in Sumatra
Around 10pm one night in October 2017, in the rain forests of central Sumatra, Feri grabs a hammer, loops it over his shoulder, and...
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UNADAP | United Nations
Dec 1, 20225 min read
India's stance on SDG 15: Life on Land
The Challenge Our fate as a species depends on the state of our most important habitat – land. Our future is linked to the survival of...
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UNADAP | United Nations
Dec 1, 20224 min read
India's stance on SDG 14: Life Below Water
The Challenge We are a land dwelling species, but we depend more on our oceans than we can imagine. Oceans cover close to three quarters...
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UNADAP | United Nations
Dec 1, 20226 min read
Synthetic rhino horns are supposed to disrupt poaching. Will they work?
Are synthetic rhino horns an ingenious conservation tool–or a misplaced idea that will make things worse? When 1,028 rhinos were poached...
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UNADAP | United Nations
Dec 1, 20222 min read
Remaining within 1.5°C climate target is critical for survival of World Heritage-listed coral reefs
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre released an update to its 2017 first global scientific assessment of the impact of climate change on...
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UNADAP | United Nations
Dec 1, 20222 min read
Spix’s Macaw heads list of first bird extinctions confirmed this decade
Eight bird species, including two species of macaw, look set to have their extinctions confirmed following a robust new assessment of...
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UNADAP | United Nations
Dec 1, 20222 min read
Kwita Izina: baby gorillas’ naming ceremony celebrates our close connection to endangered Great Apes
Each year, a naming ceremony is held for newly born baby gorillas in the Volcanoes Biosphere Reserve in Rwanda: Kwita Izina. Closely...
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UNADAP | United Nations
Dec 1, 20223 min read
10 Interesting facts about koalas
Surely koalas are one of Australia’s most famous animals. It’s not hard to see why because these aww-inducing marsupials can make even...
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UNADAP | United Nations
Dec 1, 20224 min read
Toxic algal bloom continues to suffocate Florida’s Gulf Coast
Florida in the United States of America recently declared a state of emergency as a red tide of toxic algae bloomed along its western...
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UNADAP | United Nations
Dec 1, 20223 min read
7 Ways you can help save the ocean
Every living thing depends on the ocean. Covering more than 70% of our planet’s surface, it contains the largest diversity of life on...
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UNADAP | United Nations
Dec 1, 20221 min read
Using new tech to help find illegal seafood trade
Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUU) costs the global economy up to $36.4 billion a year. While authorities work to keep...
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UNADAP | United Nations
Dec 1, 20221 min read
Migrating sharks being tagged using submarines to "understand and protect the species"
One clear morning in February, off Costa Rica’s Cocos Island, a small, boxy submarine was lowered into the water. The vessel quietly...
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UNADAP | United Nations
Dec 1, 20222 min read
World Heritage Site threatened by ‘heedless industrialisation’
The Sundarbans forest, a which is the largest contiguous mangrove forest in the world and home to several endangered species, is being...
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UNADAP | United Nations
Dec 1, 20223 min read
Southeast Asia's appetite for pet otters supplied online | IUCN
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia —The online pet trade has emerged as a pressing threat to otters in Southeast Asia with a new TRAFFIC-IUCN Otter...
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UNADAP | United Nations
Dec 1, 20224 min read
DIAMONDS OF THE ANDES | Conserving Genetic Resources of Suri alpaca in Peru
Indigenous people in a remote mountain town in the Andes in Peru are being helped to boost their incomes by preserving a valuable but...
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UNADAP | United Nations
Dec 1, 20223 min read
Second largest reef on Earth off ‘danger list’, following IUCN’s advice
Manama, Bahrain, (IUCN) – The Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System – the world’s second largest coral reef system after the Great Barrier...
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UNADAP | United Nations
Dec 1, 20222 min read
UNESCO DESIGNATES 24 NEW BIOSPHERE RESERVES TO SUPPORT SDG
Protecting mangroves, tropical rainforests and other biodiversity hotspots, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural...
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