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A world away from the bustling city streets, towering skyscrapers and smoke-smothered skies of the western world, David Swatland looks out over a Hawaiian archipelago and affords a wry smile at the paradise which meets his gaze.

SOS grantee Michael Dine of WWF, an ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� member, has been updating SOS on field activities from his project to help protect the Critically Endangered Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis). This is one of two SOS funded projects helping to protect the little known and rarely seen forest bovid – cousin…

A new assessment by ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� reveals for the first time the good conservation performance of natural World Heritage sites. The ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� World Heritage Outlook provides unique insight into how the world’s natural sites can be preserved over time.

Doha, Qatar, 15 June 2014 (������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ��) – World Heritage faces growing threats from illegal wildlife trade and development pressures, requiring the highest standards in conservation action at the global level, according to ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� (International Union for Conservation of Nature), the Convention’s advisory…

The Pacific Islands region (Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia) is renowned for its immense natural beauty, but is home to only seven natural World Heritage sites. What challenges are preventing more sites in the Pacific being recognised?

Global restoration of forest landscapes - where are the opportunities? What are the benefits? Spotlight on the Bonn Challenge, the largest restoration inititative the world has ever seen. "What forest restoration means to me" - Interviews with humanitarian Bianca Jagger, filmmaker John Liu…

Almost 80% of temperate slipper orchids and over 90% of lemurs are threatened with extinction, according to the latest update of the ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Red List of Threatened Species™. The newly assessed Japanese Eel has been listed as Endangered, while the Brazilian Three-banded Armadillo – the mascot of the…

As our cities continue to grow, we should defend the protection of natural areas and even try to create new space for nature within this urban fabric. This volume explains the context and concept of urban protected areas, profiles urban protected areas in 15 metropolitan areas around the world,…

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