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Blog Tag: UN

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Bartosz Majcher, a tropical ecologist at the University of Hong Kong, points to a mangrove sapling growing in Three Fathoms Cove. With its mangroves, mudflats and sandy shores, this is one of Hong Kong’s most ecologically diverse locations. Hong Kong has lost almost all of its mangroves due to coastal development. (Image: Katherine Cheng / China Dialogue)

Guardians of the Pearl River Delta: A Photo Journey

Photographer Katherine Cheng visits the few remaining patches of mangroves in Hong Kong to highlight the threats they still face, despite recent recoveries.

Nestled deep within one of the many bays of the Pearl River delta, a rare patch of … Continue reading » “Guardians of the Pearl River Delta: A Photo Journey”

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Much of the habitat of the Tibetan sand fox is protected by China’s “ecological conservation redlines” (Image: Alamy)

Learning From China to Protect Nature

The country’s ecological redlines policy is creating new protections and a model for sustainable land-use planning elsewhere, writes Guido Schmidt-Traub.

In October this year, governments from around the world are due to adopt a new global agreement to stop … Continue reading » “Learning From China to Protect Nature”

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Scientists collect bats in a cave, surveilling for emerging zoonotic diseases. (Image: Alamy)

Fund Research Properly to Prevent Next Pandemic

Despite 75% of new human diseases originating in animals, funding for research in this area is critically lacking, reports Catherine Early.

“A perfect storm” of rampant deforestation, uncontrolled expansion of agriculture, intensive farming, mining, infrastructure development, and wild species … Continue reading » “Fund Research Properly to Prevent Next Pandemic”

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A carpenter bee collecting nectar, and pollen (Image: Enzo Nguyen / Alamy)

How Much Will It Cost to Save Nature?

Protecting and enhancing biodiversity and ecosystems will be eye-wateringly expensive, but experts are clear that business as usual will cost even more, says Catherine Early.

Somewhere between US$103 billion and $895 billion a year – that is how much funding

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The Siberian ibex has had its protections lowered from Class I to Class II (Image: Giovanni Grotto / Alamy)

China’s List of Protected Animals to Be Updated After 32 Years

Protected species may more than double, but experts question the exclusion of species with ‘image problems’, writes Gao Baiyu.

The novel coronavirus has forced people to re-examine the link between animals and humans, and pushed wildlife conservation to the top … Continue reading » “China’s List of Protected Animals to Be Updated After 32 Years”

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Tibetan antelopes at Changtang National Nature Reserve in the Tibet Autonomous Region (Image: Xinhua / Alamy)

Can China Take the Lead in the UN Biodiversity Process?

Covid-19 has stalled the progress of UN talks about the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). But there are hopes China will display leadership when it hosts a major CBD conference in Kunming, writes Kong Lingyu.

The coronavirus showed the … Continue reading » “Can China Take the Lead in the UN Biodiversity Process?”

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Reparations on the UN Agenda

Human rights are supposed to ensure freedom and equal rights for everyone. Yet, the universal human rights regime still has to address many global inequalities.

Michael McEachrane, Visiting researcher at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, recently participated in two UN … Continue reading » “Reparations on the UN Agenda”

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