UNDP ramps up support in wake of climate change and El Nino
A year of record breaking temperatures is leading to increased incidents of natural hazards, resulting in further calls for support. read more
View ArticleU.S. Science Envoys Travel to Africa, the Pacific Islands, Europe, and...
Dr. Jane Lubchenco completed a week-long trip to South Africa, and traveled to Mauritius on July 22. She will host a roundtable discussion there, July 25-26, which will bring together representatives...
View ArticleJohn C. Stennis Strike Group Returns to San Diego
SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- More than 7,000 John C. Stennis Strike Group (JCSSG) Sailors returned to San Diego following a regularly scheduled seven-month deployment to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region Aug 10. read...
View ArticleRugby 7s captain and Bristol graduate Tom secures a silver for Team GB
University of Bristol graduate Tom Mitchell has captained Great Britain to Rugby 7s silver at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. read more
View ArticleBirmingham athletes excel in Rio
James Rodwell, 2005 Business Commerce graduate, was part of the team who stormed through the first ever Men’s Rugby Sevens tournament in the Olympics to win silver in the final against Fiji. The...
View ArticleStudy reveals national experiences of public sector reforms
New research by the Commonwealth offers the inside track on public sector reforms in more than a dozen countries. read more
View ArticlePublication reveals national experiences of public sector reforms
New book by the Commonwealth offers the inside track on public sector reforms in more than a dozen countries. read more
View ArticleFormer Bristol student Hannah on course for sailing gold in Rio
Former University of Bristol student Hannah Mills is all but guaranteed a gold medal in the Rio 2016 Olympics today [17 August]. read more
View ArticleFormer Bristol student Hannah nets a sailing gold in Rio
Former University of Bristol student Hannah Mills has won a gold medal in the Rio 2016 Olympics after an impressive display in the sailing. read more
View ArticleCommonwealth small island states triumph at Rio Olympics
Commonwealth teams at the Rio Olympic Games collectively earned 184 medals, a haul which bettered the London 2012 Olympics and was described by Secretary-General Patricia Scotland as a “magnificent...
View ArticleChambered Nautilus, 'Living Fossil' Depleted by International Shell Trade,...
OAKLAND, Calif.— The National Marine Fisheries Service today announced it will consider giving Endangered Species Act protection to the chambered nautilus, an ocean mollusk threatened with extinction...
View ArticleFACT SHEET: Obama Administration Announces New Policies to Promote...
In celebration of today’s opening of the World Conservation Congress, which the United States is hosting for the first time, President Obama last night addressed leaders from Pacific Island Conference...
View ArticleWCS Applauds President Obama for Bringing Strong Conservation Message to Hawaii
HONOLULU, Hawai’i (September 1, 2016) – WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) applauded President Obama’s remarks to leaders from the Pacific Island Conference of Leaders and attendees of the IUCN World...
View ArticleFijis Bua Province Plans to Stop Overfishing and Logging
NEW YORK (September 12, 2016)--Communities in Fiji’s Bua Province are taking action to address the effects of overfishing and other unsustainable practices in the biodiverse but fragile land and marine...
View ArticleWCS, Waitt Foundation, blue moon fund, and Global Environment Facility...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 15, 2016) – The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), along with the Waitt Foundation, the blue moon fund (bmf), and the Global Environment Facility (GEF), announced a major...
View ArticleParis Climate Agreement Clears Major Hurdle
NEW YORK, NY -- Early this morning, exactly two years after the People’s Climate March brought 400,000 people to the streets of New York City to demand meaningful climate action, 31 countries formally...
View ArticleIndia Joins The Paris Climate Agreement
NEW YORK -- On what would have been Mahatma Gandhi’s 147th birthday, today India announced that it has formally joined the Paris Agreement. The South Asian nation is the world’s fourth largest emitter...
View ArticleSharks and Skates and Rays
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (October 3, 2016) – In a highly anticipated Committee session today, proposals to list devil rays, thresher sharks, and the silky shark under CITES were supported by more...
View ArticleChambered Nautilus Receives Much-needed International Protection
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa— Nations around the world today voted to extend international trade protections to the chambered nautilus, an imperiled cephalopod mollusk that inhabits the Indo-Pacific...
View ArticleMarine Species Take Center Stage at Global Wildlife Trade Meeting
Johannesburg, South Africa) - Conservation actions for chambered nautiluses, devil rays and sharks were agreed today among member nations or “parties” to the Convention on the International Trade in...
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