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Jordan’s 9.1 million people are facing serious environmental challenges. Land degradation due to over- exploitation of vegetation, and unsustainable agriculture and water management practices, have resulted in lack…

Omer Badokhon wins Young Champion of the Earth prize for biogas project that will help to fight climate change, deadly indoor air pollution and the spread of cholera Omer is one of six inaugural winners from around…

A new UN report warns that illegal logging, illegal caviar trade, mass-killing of wild birds and poaching of bears, wolves and lynx threaten biodiversity and livelihoods in the Danube-Carpathian region stretching…

Small micro-organisms have big potential benefits. Lake Bogoria in Kenya’s Rift Valley is famed for its geysers, and its huge population of flamingos, which come to feed on algae and drink fresh water from…

18 OCTOBER 2017, Alicante – The Government of Spain officially announced its support to the UN Clean Seas campaign today at the Volvo Ocean Race Ocean Summit being held in Alicante. As the world’s 14th largest…

Humanity’s relationship with nature has changed profoundly as civilization has evolved and societies have become increasingly urbanized and globalized. Our demand for natural resources and ecosystem services has…

Presentations at the 12th Global Meeting of the Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans

People living around Lake Naivasha, an important wetland, know their well-being depends on the lake’s health and careful management. Ishmael Akol, 35, beams under a faded blue baseball cap while proudly holding…

Nairobi, Kenya & New York: UN Environment and Discovery Communications today announced a dynamic multimedia partnership to raise further awareness about the planet’s most pressing environmental challenges and…

  UN Environment  is delighted to announce the appointment of British Broadcaster and Adventurer Ben Fogle as the UN’s new “Patron of the Wilderness”. This newly created role, which complements that of Lewis Pugh…