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4yr after global pledge to end #deforestation, amount of money going toward conserving and restoring forests is not enough
By providing habitat to over 80% of all animals, plants and insects on land, healthy forests are key to sustaining life on #Earth. They also help regulate #weather patterns and global #climate. Trees and other plants absorb atmosphere-warming #carbondioxide.
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UN Special Rapporteur documents complaints and regional threats against environmental defenders under the Aarhus convention - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
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UN accuses Indonesia’s No. 2 palm oil firm of rights & environmental abuses
JAKARTA — The United Nations has called out Indonesia’s No. 2 palm oil company for alleged human rights and environmental abuses, the first time it has singled out a company rather than the industry. Various U.N.Hans Nicholas Jong (Conservation news)
#UN Gives the Encrypted Open-Source Office Suite #CryptPad a Try
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UN Drops Google for CryptPad, an Encrypted Open-Source Office Suite - FOSS Force
The United Nations became the latest large organization to embrace CryptPad when it used it to replace Google Forms.Larry Cafiero (FOSS Force)
Such markets not only play a role in the spread of #disease: by selling poached, endangered animals such as #pangolins, they are pushing species toward #extinction.
Illegal #hunting and the #WildlifeTrade, like #ClimateChange and #HabitatDestruction, are among the causes of the dramatic global #extinction of species. In late 2019, a #UN report issued a stark #warning about the scope of the catastrophe,
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#ProtectOurWildlife 🦍🦦🦇
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IPBES Global Assessment Preview
Introducing IPBES' 2019 Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services First global biodiversity assessment since 2005IPBES secretariat