Cambodia Seeks UNESCO World Heritage Status to Protect a Mekong Biodiversity Hotspot
But this potentially spectacular success story for global conservation could be derailed, if a huge
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New Global Biodiversity Framework adopted to guide nature conservation in coming decades
The agreement is not legally binding, but clear targets on conserving and restoring nature as
Putting nature, wellbeing, and resilience at the heart of a new economic model: CISL
Three prime recommendations including putting nature at the heart of all policy and regulation have
More synergy between climate and biodiversity set in the next Thai-German cooperation scheme
The areas in focus will be marine and coastal areas as well as a tourism
World’s biodiversity meeting to start to settle new global biodiversity framework
Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Thailand included, will meet officially tomorrow until
“Loss and Damage” fund endorsed at COP27, but no progress made on cutting GHG emissions
The agreement is hailed as a historic deal for climate-battered countries, but COP27 could not
Last year’s forest and land protection commitment strengthened at COP27
The newly launched partnership will unite action by government, business and community leaders, and shine
Thailand submits increased GHG emission reduction target and long-term strategies as it joins world community at COP27
Head of the Thai delegation, Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa, stresses the need for developed countries
Global warming above 1.5C could trigger “multiple” tipping points
New research suggests there is a “significant likelihood” that “multiple” tipping points will be crossed
Clean and healthy environment a universal human right: UN
The decision will help countries accelerate the implementation of their environmental and human rights obligations
50,000 wild species found to benefit billions of people
Overexploitation, illegal and unregulated trade in wild species, as well as other critical drivers including
EU’s Nature Restoration Law proposal wins praises from conservation community
The law will come up with restoration targets and obligations across a broad range of
Stockholm+50 kicked off!
Efforts to boost ambition and action to achieve a sustainable planet revived are being revitalised
One billion ha of “degraded” land set for restoration by next decade as 40% of land worldwide already degraded
The latest UN Convention to Combat Desertification conference in Ivory Coast last week attempted to
Tropical rainforests still under greatest threat despite slowing deforestation rate
The World Forestry Congress early this month called for upscaling of investment and innovation in
Death of last river dolphin in Laos rings alarm bells for Mekong population
Cetacean specialists have documented the loss of the dolphins from the Chheu Teal transboundary pool
Thailand insists on “sufficient” data on transboundary impacts of Lao PDR’s Sanakham Dam before consultation wrap-up
Laos has also pushed for another dam on the Lower Mekong_7th in a queue_ called
Thailand to take part in the global forest and land use protection declaration, almost five-month delay in action
The new commitment will further support the long-term national strategy to increase the country’s forest
Climate action increasingly evident: IPCC
The latest IPCC report on mitigation shows increasing evidence of climate action worldwide, raising hopes
Digital sequence information challenges new global biodiversity framework as indicators for success in saving biodiversity advance
The two-week long CBD meetings ended late Wednesday night (March 29), with some progress made_and
Draft Global Biodiversity Framework advanced at UN working group meetings
National representatives from across the world have congregated in Geneva to set the stage for
Communities in the dark over Yuam River diversion impacts in Thailand
In 2021 a 30-year-old project was revived, which will be the first to dam the
In Laos, a ‘very dangerous dam’ threatens an ancient world heritage site
Gist The government of Laos plans to build a 1,460-megawatt hydroelectric dam upstream of the
Glasgow Climate Pact “a fragile win”: COP26 President
The new global climate pact to address the urgency of climate change and its impacts,
High hopes at COP 26 but they still fall short to address climate change and its impacts
Representatives from the embassies in Bangkok have shared updates and insights on climate action of
Thailand fails to commit to new global pledges to help cut GHG emissions at COP26 despite net-zero emissions declared
The UN Climate Change Conference, COP26, over the first week has seen a number of
Thailand to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 if supported: PM Prayut
Thailand has made a surprise move at COP26 as it has announced that it will
“Don’t Choose Extinction”
A new campaign has been launched in line with the ongoing COP26 in Glasgow to
Climate experts urge Thailand to do more as PM to announce long-term climate strategy at COP26
Thailand’s Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has travelled to Scotland’s Glasgow to join other world
COP26 presidency pushes hard for ambitious net zero GHG emissions by mid-century
The UK, as the presidency of the coming pivotal UN Climate Conference this year or