Africa’s Biodiversity Goals Face Data, Funding and Capacity Gaps, Experts Warn

Africa’s Biodiversity Goals Face Data, Funding and Capacity Gaps, Experts Warn

Nairobi — African countries need stronger biodiversity data systems, technical expertise and sustainable financing to translate global conservation commitments into measurable action, regional institutions have warned. The warning emerged at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP17), where African regional institutions highlighted gaps in biodiversity monitoring, data sharing and institutional capacity that could hinder implementation of the…

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Africa’s Biodiversity Goals Face Data, Funding and Capacity Gaps, Experts Warn

Africa: CBD COP17 – Experts Explore New Conservation Models to Advance Africa’s 30×30 Goals

Experts from African governments and civil society organisations have discussed emerging community-based conservation models that could help countries meet the global target of conserving 30 per cent of land and marine areas by 2030. Representatives of African governments and civil society organisations on Monday discussed emerging conservation models that could help countries across the continent…

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Africa’s Biodiversity Goals Face Data, Funding and Capacity Gaps, Experts Warn

Africa: WHO Warns Africa Off Track On Malaria Goals As Climate Change Threatens Elimination Push

Nairobi — Africa is off track to meet its malaria reduction targets, with climate change, biological resistance, shrinking donor funding and inadequate intervention coverage threatening efforts to eliminate the disease by 2030, the World Health Organization has warned. WHO Kenya Deputy Representative Dr. Boston Zimba said the continent accounted for 94 per cent of global…

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Africa’s Biodiversity Goals Face Data, Funding and Capacity Gaps, Experts Warn

Africa: ‘Shared Blueprint for Peace’ – Development Goals Deliver for Billions, but Challenges Remain

With fewer than five years left to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a new UN report says sustained investment and international cooperation have improved billions of lives, but warns that governments must urgently accelerate action if the goals are to be met by their 2030 deadline. The findings come from the 2026 SDG Progress…

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Africa: International Funding for 30×30 Biodiversity Target Falls Billions Short of Global Goals

Africa: International Funding for 30×30 Biodiversity Target Falls Billions Short of Global Goals

Nairobi — A new study and interactive dashboard released today in Nairobi at the seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) finds that current international financial flows remain billions of dollars short of what is required to achieve the global biodiversity target of protecting and conserving at least 30 percent of the world’s…

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