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Heads of various institutions participated on the dialogue.
High level Policy Briefing on mainstreaming biodiversity Conducted at Skylight Hotel The Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute in collaboration with IUCN conducted a high-level policy briefing on Mainstreaming Biodiversity in the Agricultural Systems of Ethiopia. Studies show that the 6th mass extinction…
Grouper moon fish. Photo by Jim Hellem
The selling, exporting and consumption of beche-de-mer, undersized fish, kawakawa and donu (grouper) will stop from next year between June and September.
Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey, Taronga Conservation Society Australia, The National Trust of Fiji and NatureFiji-MareqetiViti have discovered a new species of banded iguana The new species of lizard, Brachylophus gau, is one of only four living species of South Pacific iguana, and is…
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Out of the 167 freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas identified, mapped and validated throughout the Mediterranean region, 75 percent were found outside the boundaries of any pre-existing protected areas or other KBAs, according to the main results of an IUCN assessment revealed today at the IUCN World…