New programme aims to save threatened Indonesian forests
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The low retail cost of industrialized food can obscure its very high environmental price tag. Here are 10 things to know about industrial farming.
Food systems are essential to economic activity because they provide the energy that we need to live and work. United Nations agencies like , collectively, suggest rebuilding of economies after the COVID-19 crisis while transforming the global food system and make it resilient to future shocks, ensuring environmentally sustainable and healthy nutrition for all. Cracks in the global food system鈥檚 facade have long been apparent, resulting in 2020 as a year of reckoning.
Ebola, SARS, Zika, HIV/AIDS, West Nile fever and now COVID-19 鈥 some of the highest-profile diseases to emerge in the last several decades. And while they emerged in different parts of the world, their common thread is that they jumped between animals and humans. They are what scientists call 鈥渮oonotic diseases鈥. Now, a led by finds that unless countries take dramatic steps to curb zoonotic contagions, global outbreaks like COVID-19 will become more common.
Habitat loss and fragmentation is a major threat to sloths. In Panama, a biodiverse country, a partner has rescued sloths for more than a decade.
The 60,000-plus green monkeys of St. Kitts and Nevis are a quintessential part of the Caribbean experience for many visitors, but they are putting pressure on native species.
COVID-19 is a zoonotic disease, meaning that it jumps between animals and people, and is therefore closely connected to the lands both inhabit. Human and economic activity is eroding wild spaces, forests and other important ecosystems, bringing us closer to 鈥渞eservoir hosts鈥濃攁nimals and plants that can harbour diseases. In this interview, Frank Turyatunga, Deputy Director of the United Nations Environment Programme () Africa Regional Office shares insights on how to better protect landscapes on the continent.
From countries taking action on policy issues to people raising their voices #ForNature, shows how World Environment Day was a major 2020 milestone featuring how biodiversity provides critical services for all of use.
The task is to create a short video about why the world needs to urgently support greater ocean protection and climate action. Participate at
Urgent action is needed to safeguard the biodiversity of the world鈥檚 forests amid alarming rates of deforestation and degradation, according to . The report, produced by and , shows that conservation of the world鈥檚 biodiversity is dependent on the way we interact with the world鈥檚 forests. The COVID-19 crisis has thrown into focus the importance of sustainably using nature and recognizing the link between the ecosystem鈥檚 and people鈥檚 health.
reports on chronic bee paralysis, a viral disease of honeybees. It can cause rare, but severe, symptoms, including colony loss. Trade in honeybees has increased its prevalence.
A celebration of the incredible biodiversity in the national parks of Colombia, the host of World Environment Day 2020. Colombia is one of the most biodiverse countries on Earth, home to over 51,000 species.
The United Nations Environment Programme () is stepping up its work on mapping zoonotic threat and protecting the environment to reduce the risk of future pandemics, such as the COVID-19 crisis.
presents the new video showing the delicate relationship between humans, wildlife and the pathogens that circulate among them, in the context of COVID-19.
An unprecedented coalition launches 鈥淓arth School,鈥 providing free, high-quality educational content to help students, parents and teachers who are currently at home.