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Spain Seizes 15 Dead Pangolins Found in Suitcase at Madrid-Barajas

The case now moves to expert analysis by Spain's CITES authority pending possible charges.

German Bundestag Approves Offshore CO2 Storage and Cross-Border Export Law

High Seas Treaty Takes Effect, Creating First Global Framework for Ocean Biodiversity Beyond Borders

UN High Seas Treaty Takes Effect, Setting First Binding Rules for Biodiversity Beyond National Waters

UN High-Seas Treaty Takes Effect, Establishing Global Protections Beyond National Waters

UN High‑Seas Treaty Takes Effect, Moving From Diplomacy to Implementation

UN High Seas Treaty Takes Effect, Launching First Global Rules for Biodiversity Beyond Borders

Brazil Settles 2025 Obligations to International Bodies With R$2.2 Billion in Payments

CITES Bans Trade in Oceanic Whitetip and Broadens Shark Safeguards as Push to List All Eels Is Defeated

Russian Becomes an Official Language at CITES COP20 in Samarkand

Global Treaty Sets 2034 End Date for Mercury in Dental Fillings

Copernicus Report Finds Oceans Warming Faster as Prolonged Heatwaves Reshape Marine Ecosystems

Mexico Ratifies UN High Seas Biodiversity Treaty at General Assembly

UN High-Seas Treaty Clears 60 Ratifications, Set to Take Effect January 17, 2026

U.N. Agency Sees Ozone Layer on Track to Mid-Century Recovery as Antarctic Hole Briefly Shifts Over Southern Argentina

Ozone Layer on Track for Mid-Century Recovery as 2024 Antarctic Hole Shrinks, WMO Says

Global Witness Reports 142 Environmental Defenders Killed in 2024, Mostly in Latin America

WMO Reports 2024 Ozone Hole Smaller Than Recent Years and Below 1990–2020 Average

Three Nations Launch Maya Forest Corridor, Open Talks on Cross‑Border Rail Links

Geneva Negotiators Fail to Seal Global Plastics Treaty Over Production and Chemical Disputes