Four decades after being classified as ‘Endangered,’ the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) was recently reclassified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to ‘Least Concern’. This marked the first time an endangered marine turtle was reclassified to a non-threatened category.

by Adela Hemelikova ([email protected]), Petr Chajma, Teuku Reza Ferasyi, Awaluddin, Nur Fadli, Widya Sari, Christine Madden, Kimberly Riskas, and Jiri Vojar

The Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement) has reached the threshold for entry into force. This historic milestone marks the beginning of a new era for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in the high seas—an area covering two-thirds of the world’s ocean.

The Liaison Group of Biodiversity-related Conventions (BLG), a long-standing network uniting the executive heads of the eight biodiversity-related conventions, met on 21 February 2025 at FAO Headquarters in Rome ahead of the resumed sessions of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP16). The group reaffirmed their collective support to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF). 

Selon deux rapports importants publiés par la Convention sur la conservation des espèces migratrices appartenant à la faune sauvage (CMS), un traité mondial des Nations Unies sur les espèces sauvages, les stratégies de conservation menées par les communautés peuvent être déterminantes pour garantir la conservation des espèces migratrices.