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GEF Council approves plans for ‘game changing’ Global Biodiversity Framework Fund

The Global Environment Facility’s governing board has approved plans to establish a “game-changing” new fund to finance the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity...

New international biodiversity agreement strengthens climate action

Countries meeting at the recently held UN Biodiversity Conference COP15 in Montreal reached an agreement that observers believe represents a key step in protecting...

Human-elephant conflict a threat to elephant’s survival, say African range states

African countries belonging to the Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI) have met on the side-lines of the UN Biodiversity Conference in Montreal and adopted a...

COP15: UK announces funding to deliver on ‘30by30’ target

Wildlife, plants and habitats at risk across the globe are set to benefit from new government funding announced by Environment Secretary, Thérèse Coffey, at...

Stakeholders tag Nairobi biodiversity talks ‘a failure’

For the past week, negotiators from 195 states plus the EU met in Nairobi, Kenya to agree on text for a Global Biodiversity Framework...

Govts advance text of landmark global agreement on biodiversity

With six days of negotiations behind them in Nairobi at the fourth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework...

Biodiversity negotiations: Experts weigh in on priorities, demand robust framework agreement

Against the backdrop of the ongoing UN Convention on Biodiversity’s third and last round of negotiations holding in Geneva, Switzerland, conservationists and Indigenous leaders...

COVID-19 pandemic threatens UN Biodiversity Conference scheduled for China

The schedule of the second phase of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15)...

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Experts take first step towards GEF-9 replenishment

With less than five years on the clock to meet key international environmental targets, experts gathered this week to...
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Coastal highway: Construction begins in Cross River, Akwa Ibom in March

Construction on Sections 3A and 3B of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, located in Cross River and Akwa Ibom respectively,...

Five candidates cleared for AfDB presidency race – Committee

The race to lead the African Development Bank (AfDB) has officially begun with the release of the list of...

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Experts take first step towards GEF-9 replenishment

With less than five years on the clock to...

Coastal highway: Construction begins in Cross River, Akwa Ibom in March

Construction on Sections 3A and 3B of the Lagos-Calabar...
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