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While this year's Biological Diversity Day focuses on human nutrition and health, these are just a few of the aspects of life on Earth that are at stake when biodiversity’s future is threatened. But it’s not too late. We can change course. Photo: Conservation International/Aulia Erlangga.

May 20, 2019 | Blog

This Biological Diversity Day, there is something to celebrate: proven solutions
Sought after for subsistence-based hunting, as part of rural communities’ diets for centuries, the critically endangered tree kangaroos have been hunted almost to extinction, but now local communities and conservation groups are fighting together to save them. In the subsequent decade, the TKCP and the YUS Conservation Area have become a national model for conservation within the unique context of PNG’s customary land tenure system. Photo: Jonathan Byers/TKCP.

May 17, 2019 | Feature Story

Local action to protect biodiversity: the tree kangaroo in Papua New Guinea
The Good Growth Conference brings together more than 300 national and international experts, government leaders, executives, civil society practitioners and indigenous leaders to share and promote solutions for the sustainable production of agricultural commodities, which are responsible for an estimated 70% of tropical deforestation worldwide. Photo: Maria Paz Gonzales/PNUD Peru.

May 17, 2019 | News

President of Peru joins call for sustainable production of agricultural commodities

The people living on the mountain are the poorest of the poor and the unluckiest of the unlucky - losing children, homes and crops to the conflict and lacking schools and medical clinics. These women, having seen years of fighting, were not willing to give up. Photo: <a href="http://www.jenguyton.com/">Jen Guyton</a>.

May 15, 2019 | Blog

Are you here to plant trees or help people?
More efficient management of global nutrient cycles could contribute substantially to reducing pollution and to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Photo: iMoved Studio/Shutterstock.

May 10, 2019 | Feature Story

Bittersweet nature of nitrogen calls for better management practices
In Northern Sumatra and Sulawesi, boasting some of the most biologically diverse habitats on Earth and possessing staggeringly high numbers of unique plants and animals, the race to preserve these iconic species is now underway.

May 9, 2019 | Feature Story

A race against time: combatting the illegal trade of endangered species in Indonesia
In GEF-7 over $US1 billion has been allocated to biodiversity protection. But, it’s increasingly evident that most damage takes place outside protected areas. Photo: Elena Prosvirova

May 6, 2019 | News

GEF CEO statement on the IPBES Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
One key tool we use to share knowledge about the GEF is the Expanded Constituency Workshops (ECWs). These workshops were born out of a need for stakeholders within governments who are responsible for GEF activities – called GEF “focal points” – to understand how we work and provide clear expectations of their responsibilities. Photo: Ksenia Ragozina/Shutterstock.

May 2, 2019 | Blog

Demystifying the GEF at a workshop in Latin America
Ben Ruli, Thingreiphi Lungharwo and Dr Bo Liu work locally and internationally defending the rights of indigenous people.

May 1, 2019 | Feature Story

UN convenes forum on indigenous issues: traditional knowledge has a lot to offer the world
These ‘magic’ oils are Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)—a group of industrial chemicals that have been banned across much of the world since the 1980s due to their acute toxicity. But it is in the power industry where their use has proved most enduring—and dangerous. Photo: yevgeniy11/Shutterstock.

April 29, 2019 | Feature Story

The dangers of modern magic: the growing black market in medicinal use of toxic chemicals
Person in hazmat suit handling chemicals

April 26, 2019 | News

Triple COPs on sound management of chemicals and waste convene for a clean planet and healthy people
A new drive for cooperation is propelling civil society, labour leaders, company CEOs and some governments to join together to bind business, communities and policy makers into new forms of common environmental action. Photo: Humannet/Shutterstock

April 22, 2019 | Blog

A new green revolution can fix our relationship with the Earth by 2030
As part of our mission to protect globally important biodiversity, the GEF supports protection of endangered species around the world by securing their habitats and combating the illegal wildlife trade. Photo: Sretachok.P Oat/Shutterstock.

April 18, 2019 | Blog

Save our species: an Earth Day "Did you know?"
The transfer of Invasive Aquatic Species (IAS) through biofouling is a global environmental problem which requires intervention at multiple levels.

April 18, 2019 | Feature Story

Preventing marine hitchhikers
The Altai Project is harmonising development projects by strengthening the province’s legal and institutional capacity for enhanced protection of wetland ecosystems, through protected area planning and management. Photo: UNDP China.

April 12, 2019 | Feature Story

Common threads: Protecting the Altai Mountains and wetlands in Northwest China