Conservation

UNEP/IUCN Protected Planet Report: great progress since 2010 with over 22 million km 2 of land and 28 million km 2 of ocean protected or conserved and 42% of current coverage added in the last decade; but a third of key...

The “Partners Against Wildlife Crime” Project is a EU-funded Action implemented through a consortium of 12 partner organizations. Its aim is to disrupt illicit supply chains from source to market for tiger, Asian elephant, Siamese...

On the occasion of the upcoming World Wetland Day, 2 February 2021, we put the spotlight on three BIOPAMA projects in Cape Verde, Madagascar and Rwanda, that target actions on the ground in three Ramsar Sites, Wetlands of...

BEST – voluntary scheme for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Territories of European overseas – aims to support the conservation of biodiversity and sustainable use of ecosystem services including ecosystem-based approaches...

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Training rats can save lives? In 1997, Belgian engineer Bart Weetjens founded APOPO, an NGO that trains African giant pouched rats to detect landmines and tuberculosis. APOPO is a social enterprise that, according to his founder...

You might have recently seen caretakers Mathieu and Patrick’s amazing #selfie with female orphaned gorillas Ndakazi and Ndeze inside the Senkwekwe center here at Virunga. Is it real? Yes! Are these gorilla gals always this cheeky...

"A beekeeper teamed up with the Signal Processing Laboratory 5 and a group of EPFL students to develop an app that counts the number of Varroa mites in beehives. This parasite is one of the two main threats – along with pesticides...

GIZ invites applications for the position of Component Leader for the component "Support to the Lao-EU FLEGT process" of the programme "Protection and Sustainable Use of Forest Ecosystems and Biodiversity", located in Vientiane...

Following years of civil war, the young women of Mozambique are today making a difference: in their own lives and by helping one of Mozambique's largest national parks. Take a few moments to hear their story Want to find out more...