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FAO welcomes UN Biodiversity COP16.2, highlights agrifood systems as key to achieving global biodiversity goals
UN Biodiversity Conference COP16 talks resume in Rome: What’s at stake?
Antarctic biodiversity database has ice-free areas covered 30 January 2025
Nitrogen use efficiency must be improved to reduce harm to human and environmental health
Great Barrier Reef fish evidence suggests shifts in major global biodiversity patterns
Devil you know: can predator presence help native species survive?
Destroying Nature Easier Than Repairing It
FAO marks International Mountain Day 2024 with a focus on climate adaptation solutions
Around 9,000 species have already gone extinct in Australia and we’ll likely lose another this week – new study
Resumed meetings of the UN Biodiversity Conference to be held at FAO headquarters, 25 – 27 February 2025
Ministerial statement on international environmental leadership
In a record-breaking drought, bush birds from around Perth flocked to the city
Online ‘atlas Of Ecosystems’ World First
Countries need to do more to conserve kelp forests and meet international targets
At UN Biodiversity COP16, FAO steers countries to find solutions in agrifood systems
Achieving ‘nature positive’ requires net gain legislation 
Want genuine progress towards restoring nature? Follow these 4 steps
Tasmanian scientists drive global biodiversity plan at UN summit
Equity Key In International Conservation
How finance can be part of the solution to the world’s biodiversity crisis
‘Nature markets’ may help preserve biodiversity – but they risk repeating colonial patterns of Indigenous exploitation
More than 20% of Earth’s plant species are found only on islands – and time is running out to save them
Experts urge States to fully integrate human rights at COP16 of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Nature Summit attendees take a virtual tour of AWC sanctuaries
“Nature Positive” summit can’t conceal nature negative policies
Business Knows Nature Positive Is Good For Bottom Line
Nature Key To Our Shared Prosperity
Miles Government Further Expands Protected Areas
Hundreds Of New Species Identified In Australia
For decades, we’ve been told 80% of the world’s biodiversity is found on Indigenous lands – but it’s wrong
‘The pāua that clings to the sea’: a new species of abalone found only in waters off a remote NZ island chain
Healthy soils are good for your gut, brain and wellbeing – here’s why
8th Australia-China Ministerial Dialogue on Climate Change
Colourful fruit-like fungi and forests ‘haunted by species loss’ – how we resolved a 30-year evolutionary mystery
Could harnessing our ocean giants be a financial lifeline for global diversity?
Crackles, clicks and pops – now we can monitor the ‘heartbeat’ of soil
30×30: It’s Not Just About Numbers
AgForce calls for urgency in overdue Wind Farm Code Reform
Cash and conservation: a worldwide analysis of wildlife on money 
Fish biodiversity benefits nutrition, particularly for lower income people
FAO Director-General visits Mongolia and DPRK reaffirming FAO’s commitments to supporting sustainable agrifood systems transformation in developing countries
Global meeting focuses on fisheries and aquaculture’s vital role in tackling food insecurity, malnutrition and poverty
Dodgey Downs farm to be transformed into nature corridor in biodiverse southwest WA
Hot spot ‘saunas’ a new lifeline for endangered frog populations
NSW Budget Neglects Biodiversity
Critical site to become state’s second special wildlife reserve
New Action Plan launched for implementing FAO Strategy on Mainstreaming Biodiversity across agriculture as biodiversity-related projects approved