endangered

Each autumn, millions of Monarch butterflies make their 3,000 mile journey from the United States and Canada to winter in several locations, including biosphere reserves, in Mexico.
World Bank/Curt Carnemark

Protecting migratory species in a rapidly changing world

17 February 2020
Climate and Environment

Many animals – including birds, fish and mammals – migrate along set routes in search of food or breeding grounds. How best to protect them in a rapidly changing world is the focus of a major UN wildlife meeting which opened in Gandhinagar, India, on Monday. 

Eastern Sarus Cranes at a project site in Buriram Province, Thailand.
UNDP

FROM THE FIELD: The Comeback Crane

26 December 2019
SDGs

An endangered species of crane has been saved from extinction in Thailand, thanks to a project supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). 

Photo: UNESCO/Pierre Gaillard
UNESCO/Pierre Gaillard

Eight countries submit action plans to combat illegal trade in elephant ivory – UN

17 May 2013
Eight countries identified as being the most affected by the illegal trade in elephant ivory have submitted national action plans to the United Nations-backed treaty for the conservation of endangered species containing measures to combat the scourge.
Manta ray.
CITES

UN-backed forum extends protections for sharks, manta rays and precious timbers

14 March 2013
Five types of sharks and manta rays today formally gained new trade protections in a United Nations-backed meeting at which participants also voted to preserve precious timbers and other plants and animals.
Tiger cub

UN backed-convention praises Project Predator initiative to protect wild tigers

29 November 2011
The head of the United Nations-backed convention on endangered species praised today a new global initiative launched by the World Bank and the international police organization Interpol to protect the world’s last surviving wild tigers.
Bukhara deer in Uzbekistan

Central Asian States boost UN-backed efforts to help endangered species

23 November 2011
Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan agreed today at a United Nations wildlife conference to step up their efforts to protect endangered species in their region, such as the Bukhara deer, the Bactrian camel and the Asiatic wild ass.
Photo: ZooPro at en.wikipedia
ZooPro at en.wikipedia

Head of UN-backed convention urges greater effort to combat illegal rhino trade

10 November 2011
The head of the United Nations-backed convention on endangered species called today for the stepping up of efforts by countries and international organizations to combat the illegal trade in rhino horn, after a leading conservation group declared Africa’s Western Black Rhinoceros officially extinct.

UN-backed body to discuss new measures to protect endangered species

28 February 2007
A fish and a small primate whose survival is threatened by their use in traditional medicine, pink coral, rosewood and the perennial issue of whether there should be any easing of the ban on ivory are high on the agenda of this year’s meeting of the United Nations-backed body overseeing trade in endangered species.

Sharks get make-over in UN-backed 3-D film

6 December 2004
It may not exactly be man’s best friend, but the shark will have its image burnished in a United Nations-backed film that offers an astonishing, up-close three-dimensional encounter with nature’s ultimate, yet endangered predator while delivering a compelling conservation message.
White rhinoceros

New measures in place for trade in endangered species – UN

14 October 2004
Endangered species received new measures of protection after countries agreed to strengthen wildlife management, fight illegal trafficking and update trade rules for a wide range of plant and animal species, the United Nations environment agency said today.