Seahorses and pipefishes in the Mediterranean are threatened by habitat loss and degradation that is caused by commercial, residential, and tourism coastal development, and by unintentional damage by destructive fishing gears such as trawls and dredges.
Of the 355 reptile species found in the Mediterranean, 13% are threatened, with 3.9% Critically Endangered, 6.2% Endangered and 3.1% Vulnerable.
North Africa is considered the poorest of all African sub-regions in terms of freshwater resources: except for the Nile River, permanent rivers are only found in the northern part of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. The increasing demand for freshwater, due to economic and demographic developments…
Department of National Parks Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) and the International Organization for Nature Conservation (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥) co-hosted a training on the development of national park management plans and wildlife conservation and protection plans for non-wildlife hunting areas from 9-11…
The Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ community is deeply saddened by the death of former Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Councillor Andrew Bignell, and wishes to pay tribute to his many contributions to the Union and to the cause of nature conservation.
An important hurdle has been cleared in the race to add a new protocol to end wildlife trafficking to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, and efforts should now be redoubled to build upon State support for this critical initiative, including by WCEL members.
Ocean warming may well turn out to be the greatest hidden challenge of our generation. Whilst some may be aware of the challenges a warming ocean presents to coral reefs, few know about the other consequences this holds for the ocean.
In Benin, when the BIODEV2030 project started in April 2021, the private sector actors still had little awareness about their impacts on biodiversity.