CBD News Headlines

• Record concentration of microplastics found in Arctic
  [released on: 25/04/2018]
  Ice cores gathered across the Arctic Ocean reveal microplastics at concentrations two to three times higher than previously recorded.
• Climate change leaves birds hungry as chicks hatch too late to eat caterpillars
  [released on: 25/04/2018]
  Earlier springs in UK are throwing animals' natural rhythms into disarray, resulting in population declines
• Hope for critically endangered Mekong river dolphins as population increases for first time
  [released on: 25/04/2018]
  After decades of seemingly irreversible decline, results from a WWF and Government of Cambodia census released today show that the population of critically endangered river dolphins in the Mekong has risen from 80 to 92 in the past two years - the first increase since records began more than twenty years ago.
• Biodiversité menacée : la vache, bientôt le plus gros mammifère ?
  [released on: 25/04/2018]
  Selon une nouvelle étude, l'extinction progressive des grands mammifères au cours des derniers millénaires serait directement liée à l'activité humaine.
• 7 birds you won't believe are threatened with extinction
  [released on: 25/04/2018]
  It's a worrying trend: even birds that were once considered common and widespread are now plummeting towards extinction. Some of the species on this list will shock you.
• Mozambique: New Project to Protect Biodiversity Launched
  [released on: 24/04/2018]
  The Mozambican Ministry of Land, Environment and Rural Development, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF), on Monday launched a project, budgeted at 16.5 million US dollars, to strengthen the conservation of endangered species.
• Influence Of Early Humans On Mammal Biodiversity Occurred Earlier Than Previously Thought
  [released on: 25/04/2018]
  Giant mammals, such as mammoths, woolly rhinoceros, and sabertooth tigers, once wandered every habitable continent but went extinct. New research demonstrates that such mammal biodiversity loss - a major conservation concern today - is part of a long-term trend lasting at least 125,000 years.
• Management for Ecosystem Services Manual launched by ICIMOD and UNEP-WCMC
  [released on: 25/04/2018]
  An Operations Manual supporting development practitioners, natural resource managers and conservation professionals to manage the environment to provide multiple ecosystem services has been made available online.
• Développement durable: un engagement envers l'ONU sans actions concrètes
  [released on: 25/04/2018]
  L'un des grands engagements du gouvernement fédéral envers l'Organisation des Nations unies (ONU) risque de demeurer à l'état de belles paroles si Ottawa ne prend pas de mesures concrètes pour le respecter.