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World Environment Day 2026

World Environment Day 2026 will rally the global community around the urgency of climate action at a time when the world is facing unprecedented environmental challenges.

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Rangelands to take centre stage on Desertification and Drought Day 2026 in Kenya

Nairobi / Bonn, 12 December 2025 – The Government of Kenya and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) today announced that Kenya will host the next global observance of Desert...

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MTAKIMAU Community Forest Association hosted a powerful Conservation and Community Celebration in Takaungu, Kilifi County

MTAKIMAU Community Forest Association hosted a powerful Conservation and Community Celebration in Takaungu, Kilifi County, ahead of its first Annual General Meeting, marking a major milestone in its r...

Target 3: 30% of terrestrial and inland water areas, and marine and coastal areas are Effectively...

Ensure and enable that by 2030 at least 30 percent of terrestrial and inland water areas, and of marine and coastal areas, especially areas of particular importance for biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services, are effectively conserved and...

Target 4.1:Halt Species Extinction, Protect Genetic Diversity

By 2030, ensure urgent management and policy actions to halt human induced species extinctions including recovery and conservation  for of all known  threatened species, while ensuring their population recovery through appropriate sustainable...

Target 4.2:Manage Human- Wildlife Conflicts

By 2030, manage and reduce human wildlife negative interactions by at least 35%.

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The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992, and entered into force on 29 December 1993. It is the first global agreement to cover al...

 
 
 

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