biodiversity

The Champions remind us that we have in our hands the solutions, the knowledge and the technology to limit climate change and avoid ecological collapse, says the UN Environment Programme Executive Director.

Environmental and human rights NGOs say nature protection in some regions has become increasingly militarised in recent years. 

The UK must adopt mandatory due diligence laws to tackle its environmental footprint overseas, address associated human rights violations, and stop the flow of money leading to deforestation, environmental groups have warned.

Ricardo Lopes Dias, an evangelical missionary, was appointed head of the Uncontacted Indians’ Unit of the Indigenous Affairs Agency in February.