Governments have failed to meet internationally agreed goals to protect global biodiversity, revealed a UN report released on Tuesday.In 2010, under Aichi Biodiversity Targets, governments agreed
Africa has been declared free from wild poliovirus, paving the way for the global eradication of the disease, announced the Africa Regional Certification Commission on Tuesday.The region has detec
Singapore destroyed ivory worth millions of dollars to curb rampant poaching of elephants and prevent the stockpile from re-entering the market.The ivory pieces, weighing nine tonnes valued at 13
Nepal witnessed a dramatic rise in the number of stillbirths during the "strict" lockdown, said a new study published Monday.The stillbirth rate – loss of babies due to miscarriages or death durin
Sighting of three tigers in western Thailand for the first time in four years has raised hopes for the revival of the big cat population in the region.Remote camera traps captured the images and v
As the population shrinks in many parts of the world, Nigeria – a developing country with a raging young workforce – could become the ninth-largest global economy, drastically changing the world o
Global efforts to control HIV transmission may be showing good results, but the target set to reduce infections among children has taken a severe hit, data released by UNAIDS shows.Governments agr
The world's reluctance to prevent viral outbreaks would continue to claim lives and disrupt the economy, warned a report, recommending a set of actions required for controlling epidemics in the fu
02:20 In the battle against reversing land degradation, investment from the private sector could help prevent disruption in global food supply and future pandemics, said a senior UN of
00:31 China has removed the use of pangolin scales and other parts used for preparing Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), and raised the animal's protection level, announced the Chines
The concept of immunity passports, which links coronavirus tests with a person's identity, is gaining popularity, with Chile rolling out the scheme and many other countries planning the same.In an
A model for tracking air pollution is helping trace the movement of locust swarms, providing early warning to many developing countries.Developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) customs officials seized a record haul of dried shark fin weighing over 28 tonnes, exposing a thriving demand for illegal wildlife products in the r
Lockdowns enforced to control the coronavirus pandemic have led to the biggest slump in global energy demand since the Second World War, declining carbon emission by nearly eight percent, accordin
A nationwide lockdown enforced to control the coronavirus transmission in India has plummeted air pollution levels to a historic low, according to data released by NASA Earth Observatory.During ea
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) efforts to manage the novel coronavirus pandemic without enforcing any lockdown could act as a model for countries struggling to flatten the epidemi
Many countries could witness measles outbreaks as the lockdowns and travel restriction imposed to control the new type of coronavirus has delayed routine immunization campaigns, warned a consortiu
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