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How South Africa will beat plastic pollution
22.02.2019Through the MARPLASTICCs project, IUCN is working with South Africa, one of the world’s top 20 contributors of marine plastic pollution, to close the plastic tap.
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Photo: Siriporn Sriaram, IUCN Thailand
IUCN joins Fortune 500 companies to address plastic leaks in their supply chains
22.02.2019IUCN, together with the World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Life Cycle Initiative, have joined the strategic committee of a newly launched Plastic Leak Project (PLP), which aims to...
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Photo: A participant is discussing with experts © James Tallant
Myanmar continues development of its national Red List
19.02.2019On January15-18, 2019, more than 30 of Myanmar’s top mammal experts met in Nay Pyi Taw to continue the development of a National Red List of Threatened Species.
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