By Venter Mwongera The International Day for Biological Diversity serves as a crucial reminder of our responsibility to protect and conserve the natural world that surrounds us. This year’s theme, “From Agreement to Action: Building Back Biodiversity,” emphasizes the urgency with which we must revitalize our ecosystems. By examining recent research from various organizations,…
Kenya’s Restoration Plan: From Agreement to Action for Building Back Biodiversity
By Venter Mwongera The state of global biodiversity is critical. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) warns that over one million species are at risk of extinction, with alarming rates of decline in biodiversity worldwide. According to the World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) Living Planet Report, wildlife populations have decreased by an…
UN Biodiversity Convention, Future Earth collaborate for global conservation goals
The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and Future Earth today agreed to strengthen their collaboration around a number of key areas. The memorandum of understanding, signed at at the twenty-first meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, being held 11 to 14 December in Montreal, Canada, is…
Cristiana Paşca Palmer assumes position as Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Cristiana Paşca Palmer today assumed office as the new Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the principal global treaty on biodiversity. Adopted by governments in 1992 in Rio de Janeiro at the same time as the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Convention has near-universal membership, with 196 Parties. The overarching…