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Livestock production is increasing throughout Africa, driven by human population growth, improving living standards and urbanization. Seventy percent of the rural poor own livestock and over 200 million people rely on livestock for income.

For the first time, all species of scombrids (tunas, bonitos, mackerels and Spanish mackerels) and billfishes (swordfish and marlins) have been assessed for the ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Red List of Threatened Species™. Of the 61 known species, seven are classified in a threatened category, being at serious risk of…

Paris, France, 29 June, 2011. Four outstanding natural sites in Kenya, Jordan, Australia and Japan were given World Heritage status following the advice of ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� to the World Heritage Committee, which closes today in Paris. An extension to an existing World Heritage Site in Ukraine and Slovakia…

Women and forest ownership: Providing secure tenure rights to both genders can promote sustainable forest management and poverty alleviation. Feature: Now is the time for the forestry and environment community to recognize that women are primary stakeholders of forest management schemes.…

Paris, France, 23 June, 2011 (������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ��) – Extractive industries and governments that licence their activities should commit to stopping all mining and oil/gas exploration and exploitation activities that could damage World Heritage Sites, says the International Union for Conservation of Nature (������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ��…

The first is now open, accepting Threatened Species and Rapid Action Grants. Deadline for applications is August 12, 2011. 

Poverty and environmental degradation go hand-in-hand throughout the world; each can cause the other. With the global population likely to reach nine billion by 2050 there is an urgent need to address both in tandem when devising new economic development models.

The UNCCD has developed with its partners a draft Gender Policy Framework (GPF) for the UNCCD and its

Secretariat.

An international panel of experts warns in a report released today that marine species are at risk of entering a phase of extinction unprecedented in human history.

Gland, Switzerland, 9th June, 2011 (������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ��) – Africa is being given a unique opportunity to conserve its tremendous diversity of freshwater species – a critical resource for many of Africa’s poorest people. African countries can now decide to use their water resources sustainably, and avoid paying…