News headlines for “Nature and Animal Conservation”
BRAZIL: ‘Resistance Is Intergenerational, and Art Is How Energy Gets Renewed’
- Inter Press Service
CIVICUS discusses the role of art in climate and rights struggles in the Brazilian Amazon with Tom Wheeler, executive director and co-founder of Treesistance. Treesistance is a platform operated by the Netherlands-based Sinchi Foundation that partners with Indigenous communities across four Brazilian states on cultural preservation and forest protection.
Nepal’s Devastating Floods Have Put Women and Girls at Greater Risk
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Nepal / NEW YORK, United States , September 25 (IPS) - On August 26, 2026, deadly flash floods and landslides ripped through Himalayan towns and villages along Nepal and Tibet’s border, devastating communities. The United Nations estimates that in Nepal’s worst-affected districts of Rasuwa and Nuwakot, 157,050 women and girls are directly or indirectly impacted.
Forty Years of the ‘Right to Development’: When Growth Excludes, Is It Still Development?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS & BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, September 25 (IPS) - World leaders have warned that the most vulnerable people have been left behind as the right to development has promised more than it has delivered, with development seemingly the preserve of the superrich and powerful.
AI-Driven Climate Change Pushes Frontline Communities Further Into Environmental Degradation and Poverty
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, September 25 (IPS) - On September 21, Frontline Resource Institute (FRI) hosted its Climate Justice Hub at Fordham University at Lincoln Center in New York City under the theme “Building a Stronger Climate Coalition.”
Norway’s Development Rethink Should See Ocean Investment as a Strategic Interest
- Inter Press Service
OSLO, Norway, September 24 (IPS) - As Norway undertakes Vendepunkt, or “Turning Point,” its reflection on the future of Norwegian development policy, it is critical that oceans remain a priority. Donors around the world are running similar audits, deciding which long-term partnerships to keep, and why. Norway has decades of expertise to offer, but also something significant at stake: healthy and well-governed oceans underpin food, livelihoods and economic activity in partner countries while supporting global seafood supply chains in which Norway itself participates.
The BBNJ Agreement: From Paper to Protection – The Real Test for Global Ocean Governance
- Inter Press Service
VICTORIA, Seychelles, September 24 (IPS) - After decades in which the high seas were too often treated as a distant frontier—vast, ownerless and beyond meaningful protection—the High Seas Treaty entered into force on 17 January 2026.
The Overlooked Fast Track for Cutting Planetary Warming
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, September 24 (IPS) - Among the three of us, we have 15 decades of high-level experience in climate science, policies and actions, and we have never been more alarmed than we are at this moment.
IRAQ: ‘Art Is the Only Weapon That Doesn’t Hurt or Kill’
- Inter Press Service
CIVICUS discusses public art, gender-based violence and censorship in Iraqi Kurdistan with Tara Abdullah, a multidisciplinary visual artist from Sulaymaniyah who is currently based in Oslo, Norway as part of the Safemuse – Safe Havens for Artists residency.
What Isn’t Named Isn’t Protected and being Named Isn’t Enough
- Inter Press Service
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia, September 23 (IPS) - Rightsholders came to Ulaanbaatar from across the world, carrying declarations, demands and years of experience defending the lands on which their communities depend. Indigenous Peoples, local communities, Afro-descendant Peoples, women and youth were equally clear about what they needed from COP17. But being in the room is not the same as having power in the room.
Climate Week NYC Kicks off With World Leaders’ Commitments to Action
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, September 22 (IPS) - The Climate Group’s annual conference in New York City has attracted thousands of attendees this year, among them world leaders, corporate heads, philanthropists, and climate advocates. Those leaders present at the opening ceremony of Climate Week have made clear calls to collectively tackle climate issues.
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