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World has made progress on protecting nature but must act faster, says UN

Countries have made some headway on protecting 30% of Earth’s nature by 2030 but are “not moving nearly far or fast enough”, according to the UN’s first official assessment of international efforts. UN conservationists analysed progress towards the ...

28 Oct 2024 at 16:30

Poaching of rhinos ‘shows encouraging decline but remains an acute threat’

There has been an “encouraging” decline in the poaching of rhinos, although it remains an acute threat to the animals, conservation experts have said. A report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and wildlife trade ...

22 Aug 2022 at 15:29

44% of warm-water coral species facing extinction, conservationists warn

Almost half of warm-water reef-building coral species are at risk of extinction, conservationists have warned after a global assessment announced at the UN climate conference. The conservation status for all 892 species was analysed for the ...

13 Nov 2024 at 09:00

World

Great Barrier Reef ‘should be on heritage danger list’

A United Nations-backed mission is recommending that the Great Barrier Reef be added to the list of endangered World Heritage sites. The body says that without “ambitious, rapid and sustained” climate action, the world’s largest coral reef ...

28 Nov 2022 at 16:42

Impact of roadkill ‘more shocking’ than previously thought – scientists

The impact of roadkill is “far more shocking” than previously thought, researchers have warned, based on an analysis of animal populations worldwide. Collisions with vehicles on the road was found to be the most common cause of death in ...

18 Mar 2023 at 02:45

Quarter of freshwater animals at risk of extinction, conservationists warn

Almost a quarter of freshwater creatures, from fish to dragonflies, are at a high risk of extinction worldwide, scientists have warned. The global assessment of freshwater animals on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s ...

08 Jan 2025 at 16:34

Scotland

Endangered piglets born at Edinburgh Zoo

A litter of a critically endangered species of pig has been born at Edinburgh Zoo. The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland announced the birth of four Visayan warty piglets on Tuesday. Keepers say the piglets, born to parents Nikki ...

01 Aug 2023 at 10:22

Local News

North Donegal coast identified as potential marine protected area

North Donegal's coast has been identified as high biodiversity ‘Area of Interest’ for potential Marine Protected Area (MPA) designation, in a recent report by Fair Seas, a coalition of Irish environmental non-governmental ...

29 Jul 2022 at 15:33

Rare on-screen glimpse of critically endangered oceanic whitetip shark

The oceanic whitetip is one of the world’s most endangered sharks that has declined by 98% throughout the world after being hunted for its fins or mistakenly caught in fishing nets. Around the Cayman Islands, where the ...

28 Dec 2023 at 07:44

Hoverflies vital for pollinating crops are under threat in Europe, say experts

More than a third of hoverflies, a key pollinator of crops, are under threat of extinction in Europe, a new assessment has warned. The analysis from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List ...

11 Oct 2022 at 12:43

World

Australia argues against ‘endangered’ Great Barrier Reef status

Australia’s environment minister has said her government will lobby against Unesco adding the Great Barrier Reef to a list of endangered World Heritage sites, arguing that criticisms of government inaction on ...

29 Nov 2022 at 08:38

UK undermining its credibility at global ocean treaty talks, say campaigners

The UK is undermining itself at a UN negotiation to safeguard the world’s oceans because it allows fishing in protected areas off the British coast, campaigners have said. Officially called the ...

24 Feb 2023 at 02:45

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