UNESCO | https://ens-newswire.com We Cover the Earth for You! Thu, 01 Jun 2023 02:26:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.7 https://ens-newswire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/favicon.jpg UNESCO | https://ens-newswire.com 32 32 Earth Commission: ‘Sick’ Planet Needs Safe and Just Treatment https://ens-newswire.com/earth-commission-sick-planet-needs-safe-and-just-treatment/ Thu, 01 Jun 2023 02:26:44 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=98808 STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 31, 2023 (ENS) – Humans are taking “colossal risks with the future of civilization and everything that lives on Earth,” a new Earth Commission study published today [...]

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]]> UNESCO Designates 18 New Gorgeous Global Geoparks https://ens-newswire.com/unesco-designates-18-new-gorgeous-global-geoparks/ Thu, 25 May 2023 01:21:07 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=98798 PARIS, France, May 24, 2023 (ENS) – The United Nations is adding 18 new sites to its network of outstanding Geoparks, showcasing some of the most marvelous sites of natural [...]

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]]> UN Petitioned to Save Pantanal Wetland Wildlife From Fires https://ens-newswire.com/un-petitioned-to-save-pantanal-wetland-wildlife-from-fires/ Sun, 21 Aug 2022 20:29:10 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=97640 PARIS, France, August 21, 2022 (ENS) – As this year’s fire season intensifies, wildfires in Brazil are jeopardizing the world’s largest tropical wetland, the Pantanal, and its rare and imperiled [...]

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]]> State of the Oceans Alarms World Leaders https://ens-newswire.com/state-of-the-oceans-alarms-world-leaders/ Thu, 07 Jul 2022 00:12:56 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=97344 LISBON, Portugal, July 1, 2022 (ENS) – Heads of state, world leaders, and government officials wrapping up their week-long meeting in Lisbon at the UN Ocean Conference admitted to being [...]

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]]> Answering the Imperiled Ocean’s Silent Cries for Help https://ens-newswire.com/answering-the-imperiled-oceans-silent-cries-for-help/ Sun, 27 Feb 2022 09:26:10 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=96727 BREST, France, February 25, 2022 (ENS) – “Immense, restless and wild,” the ocean is beset by dangers, but solutions do exist and Europe is ready to lead the way to [...]

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]]> Artificial Intelligence Ethics Approved by 193 Countries https://ens-newswire.com/artificial-intelligence-ethics-approved-by-193-countries/ Wed, 01 Dec 2021 22:23:34 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=95425 PARIS, France, December 1, 2021 (ENS) – The first global agreement on the ethics of artificial intelligence, AI, was adopted Thursday by 193 countries. All the member states of the [...]

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]]> Rare, Exceptional Places Chosen for World Heritage Status https://ens-newswire.com/rare-exceptional-places-chosen-for-world-heritage-status/ Wed, 04 Aug 2021 03:23:12 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=94256

PARIS, France, August 3, 2021 (ENS) – Sheltering endangered animals, birds and butterflies, giant trees, pristine waters – five natural sites are so precious to the world that they deserve [...]

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]]> Climate Puts Great Barrier Reef World Heritage ‘In Danger’ https://ens-newswire.com/climate-puts-great-barrier-reef-world-heritage-in-danger/ Fri, 25 Jun 2021 00:50:15 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=94041

GLAND, Switzerland, June 24, 2021 (ENS) – The International Union for the Conservation of Nature, IUCN, the official advisor on nature to UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee, has recommended that the [...]

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]]> Changing Climate Top Threat to Natural World Heritage https://ens-newswire.com/changing-climate-top-threat-to-natural-world-heritage/ Thu, 18 Feb 2021 00:12:47 +0000 http://ens-newswire.com/?p=93062 GLAND, Switzerland, February 17, 2021 (ENS) – Climate change is now the biggest threat to natural World Heritage sites with their incomparable landscapes, rare ecological processes, critical habitat and exceptional [...]

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]]> Paradise Closing: Oil Drilling Begins in Okavango Delta https://ens-newswire.com/paradise-closing-oil-drilling-begins-in-okavango-delta/ Tue, 02 Feb 2021 01:17:52 +0000 http://ens-newswire.com/?p=93016  

WINDHOEK, Namibia, February 1, 2021 (ENS) – The fate of one of Africa’s most valuable ecosystems will depend on results from wells being drilled deep into the bedrock beneath [...]

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