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#6454World Oceans Day
8 June 2024, New York, United States of America
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#6447World Water Day
22 March 2024, New York, United States of America
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#6444World Wetlands Day
2 February 2024, Gland, Switzerland
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#6372Meeting
#6292World Oceans Day
8 June 2023, New York, United States of America
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#1346772022-05-25
Jamaicans urged to protect biodiversity
Jamaicans are being urged to take personal responsibility for perserving the evvironment.
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#1345332022-05-18
Extinction obituary: the sudden, sad disappearance of the Christmas Island forest skink
The last Christmas Island forest skink was named Gump. She lived in a spacious cage filled with rocks, soil, logs and a ready supply of fresh invertebrate food in the island’s national park.
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#1342862022-05-05
Safeguarding Biodiversity is Vital for Tourism to Costa Rica
Costa Rica is one of the most desired destinations by tourists from various parts of the world and one of the reasons is related to its extensive biodiversity since foreigners want to know the natural beauties that it houses in its more than 51 thousand square kilometers.
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#1340722022-04-14
Rodrigues: The Indian Ocean island time forgot
Marooned 600km north-east of Mauritius, and close to no other landform, Rodrigues is a world unto itself. It is also one of the world's most remote inhabited islands.
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#1340012022-04-12
Saint Helena - A Bastion of Biodiversity
The small island of St. Helena in the South Atlantic is home to unique fauna and flora. Many of the more than 400 species living here are found nowhere else in the world.
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#1329532022-02-04
How a Global Organisation is Safeguarding Planet Earth’s Key to Survival
There are more than 100,000 islands on Earth, all of which are responsible and indispensable for our survival. Home to the greatest reserve of biodiversity, islands house almost 20 per cent of the planet’s entire biodiversity.
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#6205World Wetlands Day: "Value - Manage - Restore - Love Wetlands"
2 February 2022, Gland, Switzerland
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#1328582022-02-01
The world's tiny islands inspiring green action
Small island communities have often been pioneers for sustainability and climate action. Are they a snapshot of a greener future, or a distraction from bigger problems elsewhere?
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#1319592021-11-26
For tradition and nature on the Bijagós Islands, loss of one threatens the other
Communities in the Bijagós Islands off Guinea-Bissau have for generations maintained a close spiritual connection to nature that’s been credited with the archipelago remaining a biodiversity hotspot.
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#1319632021-11-26
Island conservationists identify key barriers to meeting biodiversity targets
The failure to meet global biodiversity targets clearly indicates the need for more effective biodiversity management and conservation efforts, and this in turn requires better understanding of the current barriers to success.
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#1319192021-11-24
The barriers to achieving island biodiversity targets
A study indicates the greater necessity for biodiversity conservation, analysing 33 barriers to reaching biodiversity targets and how nations are to better manage island ecosystems
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#1319202021-11-24
Island conservationists identify key barriers to meeting biodiversity targets
Research with island conservationists in the Western Indian Ocean revealed a raft of barriers operating across management levels, which interfere with their ability to achieve local and national conservation objectives. The most common problems were limited capacity, limited resources and a lack ...
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#1313232021-10-29
Over half of the world’s vertebrates reside in the tropics
It has long been known that, when it comes to biodiversity, the tropics reign supreme. However, until now, scientists did not have an exact estimate of how many of the world’ s species resided there.
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#1311632021-10-26
Boom time for Cape Verde’s sea turtles as conservation pays off
It’s nearly midnight as Delvis Semedo strolls along an empty beach on the Cape Verdean island of Maio. Overhead, the dense Milky Way pierces the darkness. A sea turtle emerges from the crashing waves and lumbers up the shore. Then another. And another.
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#1310682021-10-22
New study warns biodiversity of plants, animals in Hawaii are in jeopardy
A new study about the loss of biodiversity in island regions is highlighting the urgent need for more action to protect Hawaii’s unique ecosystem.
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#1310702021-10-22
Biodiversity of islands worldwide is in peril, scientists warn
Scientists are sounding the alarm. The biodiversity of islands around the world is becoming increasingly threatened, due in large part to habitat loss, overexploitation, invasive species and climate change.
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#1305922021-09-30
Monteverde is Costa Rica’s newest canton
“With a unique biodiversity in the country, Monteverde is a prosperous and peaceful area, of high tourist attraction, whose inhabitants have known how to develop sustainable economic activities, protecting and caring for their natural resources,” said President Carlos Alvarado at a signing ceremony.
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#1304862021-09-20
Apo Island goes zero waste
ONE of the country's top scuba diving sites, the Apo Island in Dauin, Negros Oriental, is intensifying its advocacy on zero waste management as it pilot tests the use of organic shampoos and body wash, lime soap bars, organic liquid laundry and dishwashing solutions to eliminate plastic waste sa ...
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#1301752021-09-01
Helping hands for Small Island Developing States
Nearly 30 years ago, given their unique environmental and developmental needs, Small Island Developing States were recognized as a special category at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development.
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#1295612021-07-13
Scientists are fighting to protect a shark and turtle 'superhighway'
Deep in the Pacific Ocean, an underwater "superhighway" stretches roughly 700 kilometers (430 miles) between the marine reserves of Ecuador's Galapagos Islands and Cocos Island, off the coast of Costa Rica.
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#1294282021-06-29
Costa Rica Strengthens Biodiversity of Isla Del Coco
The Ministry of Environment and Energy (Minae) of Costa Rica announced today the strengthening of the program for the protection of marine and insular biodiversity of Isla Del Coco, classified as a natural laboratory.
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#6129The 59th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
21 - 25 June 2021, Gland, Switzerland
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#1293142021-06-15
COVID Recovery Push In This Caribbean Island Threatens Green Goals
As a child, Sophie Grizzle Roumel remembers swimming in the warm turquoise waters near a beach surrounded by mangroves outside her small village on Jamaica’s west end.
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#1293022021-06-14
Lakshadweep Islands At Risk of Losing Land Due to Rising Sea Levels: Study
The 35 islands of the Lakshadweep archipelago are at risk of land erosion and being inundated due to rising sea levels, according to new climate change projections.
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#1292312021-06-11
The development plan that could end up sinking Lakshadweep islands
A resident of Androth island in Lakshadweep, Muhammed Hambdulla Syed, says that the Lakshadweep islands are facing an environmental disaster. “Our forefathers landed here centuries ago but the local community has caused very little damage to the fragile ecosystem of the archipelago as its susten ...
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#1292332021-06-11
Avenue Of The Baobabs, Madagascar
Madagascar, the world’s second-largest island country located off Africa’s eastern coast, is an island of diverse ecosystem and biodiversity hotspot. The country has unique wildlife, with 90% of its plants and animals found nowhere else. Madagascar’s wildlife, especially plants, create some of t ...
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#1292342021-06-11
Focus on Sundarbans~I
Nature is normally not angry, ferocious, wild, or tamable. More importantly, it encompasses humanity ~ mankind that is vibrant, thinking, wanting, and often greedy. But things are not going as well as they ought to be due to human wickedness. Nature is both harsh and kind but kinder to those who ...
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#1292532021-06-11
Conservation solutions in paradise: Jamaica’s Oracabessa Bay Fishing Sanctuary
The coastal ecosystem of the Caribbean is as unique as the region’s year-round humid tropical climate. On the island of Jamaica, picturesque deep-blue waters and rich biodiversity are among the country’s top tourism draws.
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#1289622021-06-01
Wallacea Biodiversity Hotspot
The world can be divided many different ways, including dispersion of species, which is the distribution of organisms over time within certain areas of the Earth. A contributor to the study of dispersion, Alfred Russel Wallace, suggested that the line running specifically between Bali and Lumbok ...
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#1289642021-06-01
Leonardo DiCaprio Helps Launch Massive ‘Rewild’ Operation In The Galapagos
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio is helping a massive $43 million initiative to “rewild” the struggling Galapagos Islands, which he describes as “one of the most irreplaceable” spots on the planet.
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#1288852021-05-27
Taking care of biodiverse islands
Islands have a special appeal – why else do visitors flock to tropical islands as places of idyll and escape. Islanders must exercise special care of their ecosystems which are fragile. Dr Anjani Ganase explains why islands are more vulnerable; and considers the delicate balance.
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#1285532021-05-11
Science & conservation in the Galapagos Islands
The Galapagos Islands are facing increasing risk. Globalisation, climate change and international tourism conspire to threaten island sustainability through local and global forces of change. The critical loss of endemic species, wildlife trafficking, and the unrelenting pressure of human impact ...
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#1278912021-04-05
Nuts for coco de mer: islanders rally to save world’s biggest seed
The rare palm that bears this botanical icon grows wild on just two islands in Seychelles. Now locals are helping to save it in a new planting scheme
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#1277142021-03-16
Migration routes of one of Britain's largest ducks revealed for the first time
New research, just published in the journal Ringing & Migration, has used state of the art tracking technology to investigate how one of Britain's largest ducks, the Shelduck, interacts with offshore wind turbines during their migration across the North Sea.
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#1276572021-03-10
How to limit the ecological costs of urbanization in China
An eco-island near Shanghai aims to balance development projects with sustainability.
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#1275972021-03-08
'Island of Rats' recovers
Along the western edge of Alaska's Aleutian archipelago, a group of islands that were inadvertently populated with rodents came to earn the ignominious label of the "Rat Islands."
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#5981World Maritime Day 2020
24 September 2020, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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#1247752020-03-20
Humans Lead to Biodiversity Loss on Reunion Island
Researchers use lava flow analysis on Reunion Island to determine the ecological impact that humans had on species extinction and biodiversity loss.
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#1245942020-03-10
Biodiversity, colonisation and tropical islands
A natural experiment created by an active volcano has given new insight into the long-term negative impacts of human colonisation of tropical forest islands.
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#1236452020-01-10
Inaugural Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Day
If there’s one thing Jamaicans can boast about, it’s having a reliable and recognisable brand with major marketability. Brand Jamaica not only has music and beautiful vistas on its roster, but also, and maybe most importantly for those of us who ‘love wi belly’, a hard-working Ministry of Indust ...
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#1233582019-12-10
One in a million
The biodiversity observed in the Hawaiian Islands is a breathtaking sight on any given day. Hawai‘i boasts a rich variety of plants and animals that inhabit the land and carpet the lush, green mountain ranges. Each island harbors unique vegetation distinct to its home landscape.
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#1230332019-11-18
Galapagos Islands illustrate power of biodiversity in changing climate
The Galapagos Islands, one of the first marine reserves in the world and Charles Darwin’s famed site of revolutionary observation, recently housed University researchers looking to better understand biodiversity.
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#1210422019-05-13
Faroe Islands 'close down' as tourists fly in to repair them
In the North Atlantic lies a remote group of volcanic islands renowned for their rugged beauty. Increasingly favoured by tourists, the Faroe Islands announced this year they were temporarily closing down parts of the country.
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#1210032019-05-09
The Colombian teen fighting to protect her island's coral reefs
Blast fishing is devastating Tierra Bomba's marine ecosystems. One young woman is taking on macho culture to protect the Colombian island's future.
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#1209842019-05-08
The U.N. says 1 million species could disappear. Pacific islands have a solution
Last week, a global scientific assessment found the business-as-usual approach to conservation is not delivering the critical action needed to safeguard the future health of our planet.