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By Kathleen Magramo, CNN Updated 0919 GMT (1719 HKT) June 3, 2022 Almost half of the Earth's land surface must be protected to stop the biodiversity crisis, according to a new report published Friday in the journal Science. The research found some 64 million square kilometers (24.7 million square miles) -- 44% of the Earth's land -- needs "conservation…

Q&A with Tony Simons alongside the UNCCD “land” COP While the aforementioned splashy COPs are spearheaded by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, whose mission speaks for itself, the COP that just convened in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire was the conference of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), which bears a unique mandate whose foothold has long been in a…

Chloe Sorvino Forbes Staff Challenges abound as industrial agriculture is threatened by access to key resources from water to healthy soils. As a devastating and historic drought from Illinois to Texas to California grinds on, sophisticated mapping and data projection bring more bad news: Agricultural areas are among the places in the U.S. experiencing the highest…

The Landscape Partnership Asia was officially launched, attracting high levels of interest from around the world His Excellency Minister of Korea Forest Service Choi Byeong Am officially launched the Landscape Partnership Asia on Monday 2 May 2022 at the World Forestry Congress in Seoul, Republic of Korea. His Excellency Minister of Korea Forest Service Choi Byeong Am. Photo:…

The Work Program for the GEF Trust Fund comprises 18 projects and one program from all five focal area envelopes – biodiversity loss, chemicals and waste, climate change, international waters, and land degradation. The LDCF work program comprises eight projects, of which four address “urgent and immediate climate change adaptation priorities in at least four LDCs”. The…

The G7 leaders “endorse the goals of an open and cooperative international Climate Club, and will work with partners towards establishing it by the end of 2022”. The Climate Club will seek to advance ambitious and transparent climate change mitigation policies towards climate neutrality, transform industries to accelerate decarbonization, and boost international ambition through…