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COP17 | Fears at UN biodiversity summit 2030 targets are slipping out of reach

eriinfo.com7 days ago011 mins

David Olarte Amaya, Vice-Minister for Environmental Territorial Planning, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Colombia. PHOTO/ PHOTO/ IISD/ENB – Mike Muzurakis. By PATRICK MAYOYO The 2026 United Nations Biodiversity Conference continued in Yerevan, Armenia, with countries under pressure to turn ambitious global conservation pledges into concrete action, as a landmark assessment warned of widening gaps…

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Africa: Gorgeous African ‘Unicorn’ Slipping Off the Conservation Radar

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago03 mins

Way back in 1901, Western scientists celebrated the sensational ‘discovery’ of a very strange, unicorn-like creature in the dark and humid depths of an African rainforest. Now, more than 125 years later, that famous animal is in trouble, and seemingly slipping off the global conservation radar. Hands up if you’ve ever seen, or heard of,…

Prosus CEO Bloisi’s 0-million moonshot is slipping away

Prosus CEO Bloisi’s $100-million moonshot is slipping away

eriinfo.com4 months ago07 mins

Fabricio Bloisi Two years into the four-year window that decides whether Fabricio Bloisi collects a US$100-million “moonshot” share award, the prize looks further off than when it was set. The combined Naspers and Prosus market capitalisation that must double for the award to pay out has gone backwards over the past year, Naspers’s integrated annual…

The internet is slipping beyond authoritarian control

eriinfo.com9 months ago010 mins

Authoritarian governments have long relied on a blunt but effective tool to silence dissent: switching off the internet. From nationwide blackouts during elections to targeted throttling of social media platforms during protests, cutting connectivity has become a depressingly familiar tactic across parts of Africa, the Middle East and Asia. A recent Reuters report on Iran’s…