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African rhino numbers rise for first time in decade despite poaching

Conservationists have confirmed the number of rhinos across Africa increased last year, hailing the first bit of "good news" in a decade for an animal heavily threatened by poaching.

Radio France Internationale

Unesco removes ‘hurtful’ document claiming Tasmanian Aboriginal people ‘extinct’

Inaccurate statement by the International Union for Conservation of Nature made as part of the 1982 process for world heritage status for Tasmanian wilderness area

The Guardian - AU

‘Tech infrastructure, skilled IT resources and advanced space programme helps India deal with environmental challenges’: Shaikha Salem Al Dhaheri

India has immense human resources and immense challenges. The IUCN World Conservation Congress in 2025 in Abu Dhabi will bring together 10-15k delegates from 160 countries to discuss global conservation issues, and India can help shape the agenda. India's diverse membership and tech infrastructure can help address challenges like biodiversity…

The Hindu

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Map shows where biggest shark species are found in UK waters

Britain is regularly visited by the ocean’s second largest fish and several other sizeable sharks

The Independent UK

Geographical Indication tag sought for Andhra Pradesh Red Sanders

Red sanders is a native and endemic to India and can only be found in the Southern parts of the Eastern Ghats. It is a small tree that grows to 5-8 meters in height with a trunk 50-150 cm diameter.

The Hindu

Can plantations value more than profit? Some in Malaysia think so

Plantation owners in the Borneo state of Sabah are setting aside land for conservation but some remain sceptical.

Al Jazeera

Almost half of all life on Earth 'declining towards extinction' - Queen's boffins find

"To make matters worse, many of the animal species that are thought to be non-threatened from extinction, are in fact progressively declining"

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Almost half of world's species 'declining towards extinction' - alarming new report from Irish academics

Researchers at Queen's University Belfast looked at population trends in over 71,000 species

Irish Mirror

Nest western: UK’s vulnerable kittiwakes flock to bird hotels

As the cliffside habitats of the gull come under increasing pressure, artificial nest sites are being built to help the gulls adapt

The Guardian - UK

I realised the fat-tailed dunnart was under threat. Here's how I got the species officially listed

Saving endangered species is an uphill battle in Australia, the mammal extinction capital of the world. But the first step, threatened species listing, can be confusing, tedious and time-consuming.

The Conversation

‘The hydropower goldrush’: how Europe’s first wild river national park saw off the dams

The Vjosa River in Albania teems with more than 1,000 species, while rare vultures and Balkan lynx visit its banks. It has seen off the threat of a surge in barriers, but the shadow of development persists

The Guardian - UK

Albania declares new national river park, backs airport plan

Albania's government has formally designated the Vjosa River and its tributaries a national park, starting with an investment of some $80 million (75 million euros) to stop wastewater being poured into the river

The Independent UK

‘Historic moment’ for nature as Europe’s first wild river national park announced in Albania

A project with outdoor gear company Patagonia and NGOs will protect the Vjosa, one of the continent’s last free-flowing waterways

The Guardian - UK

Roads and power lines put primates in danger: South African data adds to the real picture

About 25 million kilometres of new roads are expected to be built around the world by 2050. Along with power lines and railways, roads cut through the landscape everywhere, disrupting ecosystems. This linear infrastructure prevents animals from moving safely around their habitat. It also reduces access to the resources they…

The Conversation

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The Guardian - UK

‘The holy grail of mammals’: one man’s mission to learn the secrets of the giant armadillo

A life-changing encounter with the secretive creature led Arnaud Desbiez to dedicate his work to saving it from extinction

The Conversation

UN biodiversity conference: what does living in harmony with nature look like?

The 196 countries meeting for the UN Convention on Biological Diversity conference (COP15) in Montreal, Canada, are negotiating a new set of targets for reversing the loss of Earth’s biodiversity. They have set themselves a formidable challenge: ensuring humanity is “living in harmony with nature” by 2050.

The Guardian - UK

What does ‘nature positive’ mean – and can it rally support to stop biodiversity loss?

The buzz phrase aims to be for biodiversity what ‘net zero’ is for climate campaigning. Yet some fear it is too vague, and open to greenwashing

Al Jazeera

Marine mammals, corals pushed to extinction: Conservation group

IUCN sounds alarm over growing extinction threat to large marine mammals, abalone species and Caribbean corals.

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The Guardian - UK

Marine life hit by ‘perfect storm’ as red list reveals species close to extinction

Unsustainable human activity putting dugongs, abalone shellfish and pillar coral at risk of disappearing, says latest IUCN update

Reuters

Nearly 10% of marine life threatened with extinction -Red List

The effects of human activity from climate change to pollution are "devastating" marine life, with nearly a tenth of underwater plants and animals assessed so far threatened with extinction, the latest Red List of Threatened Species showed on Friday.

AAP

Aussie species join extinction risk list

More Australian species have been added to a global list of imperilled species - and one frog is now considered gone forever.

The Independent UK

Dugong, coral, abalone face extinction threat, IUCN says

An international conservation organization says populations of a vulnerable species of marine mammal, numerous species of abalone and a type of Caribbean coral are now threatened with extinction

Al Jazeera

Cambodia’s Mekong dolphin is dying despite efforts to save it

The dolphin’s decline is a stark illustration of the global biodiversity crisis and the challenges of conservation.

Radio France Internationale

UN team says Great Barrier Reef should be on heritage 'danger' list

A United Nations-backed mission is recommending that Australia’s Great Barrier Reef be added to the list of endangered World Heritage sites.

The Guardian - UK

Top-flight recovery: the inspiring comeback of the California condor

Nearly extinct in the 1980s, an intensive programme to reverse the bird’s decline has made it a conservation success story

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