Biodiversity in Kenya has today received a boost with the establishment of the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Kenya Species Specialist Group (KeSSG) announced on the second day of the inaugural Wildlife Scientific Conference hosted by the Wildlife Research & Training Institute (WRTI) in Naivasha, Kenya.
Ahead of World Rhino Day on 22 September 2023, African authorities have estimated that there were 23,290 rhinos across the continent at the end of 2022, 5.2% more than in 2021. Nonetheless, at least 561 rhinos were illegally killed (poached) across the continent during 2022.
The synthesis report of the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR6), released in March this year, has brought into sharp focus the irreversible losses and damages that are presently accruing from climate change, as well as the cascading and compounding…
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Species Survival Commission's experts will be part of the list of speakers who will be highlighting biodiversity at the Science Summit at the 78 United Nations General Assembly, from 12 to 29 September 2023.
The third plenary of the International Standardization Organisation (ISO) technical committee on biodiversity took place in Paris and virtually from 17 to 21 April 2023.
The Talaud Bear Cuscus (Ailurops melanotis) is listed as Critically Endangered on the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Red List of Threatened Species and protected under Indonesian law. The species’ geographic distribution is confined to two small islands in Talaud-Sangihe islands, Large Sangihe Island and Salibabu Island…