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Northern Thai communities put nature before profit

·April 9, 2025·2 min read

The Indigenous Karen people and the Thai Lanna community of Thailand are concerned about plans to divert and dam the Yuam river and its branches, which could undo years of careful stewardship. Members of both communities spoke to a team from UN University ahead of the release of the 2025 Interconnected Disaster...

Global biodiversity agreement mobilises $200 billion boost for nature

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·March 1, 2025·3 min read

Delegates met in Rome this week for the resumption of the UN Biodiversity Conference to hammer out an agreement at COP16.2 after attempts to reach a deal on financing at COP16 in Cali, Colombia, fell short last November. It is hoped that the hard-won decisions made by parties to the UN...

First Person: Tears of joy as Argentinian city children encounter nature for first time

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·December 7, 2024·4 min read

Ana Di Pangracio works for the civil society organization Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales or FARN which is involved in projects to restore degraded land in Argentina. She spoke to UN News in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where she was attending a UN conference (COP16) focused on desertification, drought and land...

‘Without nature, we have nothing’: UN chief sounds alarm at key UN biodiversity event

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·December 7, 2022·5 min read

The conference is being billed as a major biodiversity COP, because it is expected to lead to the adoption of a new Global Biodiversity Framework, guiding actions worldwide through 2030, to preserve and protect our natural resources. The delegates and organizers will be hoping that this framework will have a...

‘Moment for Nature’ essential to beat back threats, spur climate action |

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·July 20, 2022·4 min read

The day-long event is being held to assess recent decisions on the global environment agenda and to present solutions to common bottlenecks, such as the gaps between commitments and actions, as well as the need for wider mobilization. “We know that we have backed ourselves into a corner with our...

UN report: Value of nature must not be overridden by pursuit of short-term profit |

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·July 12, 2022·2 min read

However, the new Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services’ (IPBES) assessment report finds when making policy decisions, there is a too much global focus on short-term profits and economic growth that often undervalue nature. An independent intergovernmental science and policy body, the IPBES secretariat is provided by the...