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Avec le déclin rapide des espèces animales et végétales, notre source de nourriture, de médicaments et d’eau salubre, ainsi que les moyens d’existence de millions de personnes, risquent de se trouver en danger.

O manancial de alimentos, remédios e água limpa, e a sobrevivência de milhões de pessoas pode estar ameaçado pelo rápido declínio das espécies animais e vegetais do planeta.

IUCN and the UN Global Compact are helping business in Rio get serious about biodiversity, boosting private sector efforts in conserving biodiversity and ecosystem services – the benefits we get from nature.

Transboundary cooperation among adjacent countries epitomizes the ambition of the Rio +20 conference. As discussed during the side event organized by IUCN and the Italian Government (DGCS) at the UN Conference on sustainable development (Rio+20), it offers some early results and insights into…

Several centuries of farming have left the Atlantic rainforest north of Rio de Janeiro scarred and with just a few patches of forest left as havens to rare birds and mammals. Recovery of this forest would seem a tall order. But for Mauricio Ruiz, founder of Instituto Terra de Preservacao…

During the last breeding season of the Galapagos Islands' mangrove finch, the SOS project team identified at least 13 fledged nests out of which have emerged around 19 juveniles. This is a real boost for the population which is thought to number only around 100 individuals.