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Le ministère de l'environnement et des ressources forestières poursuit ses rencontres avec les élus locaux de la région des Savanes, de la Kara et de la Centrale, ce 18 février 2022. La cérémonie d'ouverture a été présidée par le secrétaire général, Lt/Col DIMIZOU A. Koffi en présence du préfet de…
The Protocol of Cooperation between the Belgian Development Cooperation (DGD) and the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) aims to contribute through its programme CEBioS to a better knowledge of biodiversity linked to sustainable development and to reach a better implementation of…
Deux sessions de formations des acteurs impliqués dans la lutte contre le traffic illicite des espèces sauvages a eu lieu à Lomé du 26 au 30 octobre 2020 (première session) et du 02 au 06 novembre 2020 (Deuxième session). L’objectif général de ces deux sessions de formation est de renforcer les…
Minister for Agriculture, Dr. Mahendra Reddy says Fiji’s rich biodiversity and the ecosystems supporting it are now at risk. Dr. Reddy says according to recent research, 25% of bird species, 12% of mammals, 67% of amphibians and 11% of reptiles and plants are already threatened or endangered.
August 2019: In June 2019, the people of Navakavu (Fiji) met to celebrate the first year of implementation of the Navakavu Revitalisation Strategy 2018-2022 (NRS), a local development strategy aligned to the SDGs and the Government of Fiji’s Development Plan 2017-2021. The NRS, a first for the Vanua…
The rapid decline in biodiversity has linkages to the lack of action in safeguarding the survival and well-being of our biodiversity. This was the message shared by Minister for Agriculture, Rural and Maritime Development, Waterways and Environment Hon. Dr. Mahendra Reddy during the International…
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Grouper moon fish. Photo by Jim Hellem
The selling, exporting and consumption of beche-de-mer, undersized fish, kawakawa and donu (grouper) will stop from next year between June and September.
Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey, Taronga Conservation Society Australia, The National Trust of Fiji and NatureFiji-MareqetiViti have discovered a new species of banded iguana The new species of lizard, Brachylophus gau, is one of only four living species of South Pacific iguana, and is…
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Out of the 167 freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas identified, mapped and validated throughout the Mediterranean region, 75 percent were found outside the boundaries of any pre-existing protected areas or other KBAs, according to the main results of an IUCN assessment revealed today at the IUCN World…