The United Nations’ High Seas Treaty is a critical step to protecting our oceans
Earlier this month, nations finally agreed on the High Seas Treaty and it’s hailed as an historical event.
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Biodersity conservation measures do work
These are good news, according to Treehugger, tiger populations in India has been increasing by 58 percent since 2006. These are especially good news as the country is home to 70 percent of the world’s tiger populations.
Caribbean’s coral reefs could vanish by 2030
Bad news for the oceans : according to the BBC : ” Many of the Caribbean’s coral reefs could vanish in the next 20 years, according to a report published by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). “ ” Data from more than 35,000 surveys suggests that habitats have declined by more than 50% since the …
The world’s 100 most endangered species
As CNN reported : ” Announced during the IUCN of Nature’s World Conservation Congress, the list is the culmination of work by 8,000 scientists who identified the animals, plants and fungi that are most in danger of extinction. ” Animals like the Hainan gibbon, pygmy three-toed sloth and Luristan newt are critically endangered but perhaps …
A fourth of mammals are at risk of extinction
The IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources is currently meeting in Barcelona, Spain for ten days of discussions gathering thousands of experts and officials. I already wrote on how biodiversity is largely threatened by our consumption and population increase. It seems that after primates, some mammals could also disappear. IUCN’s …