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Protecting biodiversity is crucial to fighting hunger – IFAD calls for increased investments ahead of World Conservation Congress

Rome, 3 September 2021 – If we do not invest more in protecting biodiversity, development cannot be sustainable and we will not eradicate hunger or achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, said the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) ahead of his participation in the IUCN World Conservation Congress that begins in Marseille today. …

Governments failing to enact even modest biodiversity targets, warns Greenpeace at biodiversity summit

Cancun, 4 December 2016 – The 13th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity, meeting in Cancun from 4-17 December, will review progress made towards the implementation of previous key commitments, especially the “Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020” and the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, agreed in 2010. Commenting on the …

ASEAN, Germany Launch Programme on Biodiversity

JAKARTA, 9 April 2015 – A programme that will protect the biological diversity, promote the sustainable management of natural ecosystems, and improve the livelihoods of local population in the ASEAN region was launched on 7 April by the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) and Germany in Jakarta, Indonesia. Titled “Protection of Biological Diversity in the …

Brand Ambassador for Biodiversity Conference Receives Over One Million Visitors

Showcased as brand ambassador by the Minister of Environment & Forests, Smt Jayanthi Natarajan during her inaugural speech in high level segment of Conference of Parties (CoP), the “Science Express: Biodiversity Special” – a mobile biodiversity exhibition train is on a mission to create massive awareness on India’s biodiversity. This is an unique, state-of-the-art exhibition …