YEREVAN & GEGHARKUNIK PROVINCE, ArmeniaNew Biodiversity Funding Brings Hope for Armenia’s Lake Sevan
The midday sun shines brightly over Lake Sevan. In the still waters, a flock of cormorants drifts silently, their black feathers glistening in the autumn light.
The UN Human Rights Council at 20: Credibility in Question
On 13 October, Burundi won a second consecutive term on the UN Human Rights Council, the UN’s main human rights body. The CIVICUS Monitor rates civic space in Burundi as closed, the worst category. Its government has spent years silencing civil society, critics and opposition parties, including through extrajudicial killings, forced disappearances and torture.
New Biodiversity Pledges Emerge at COP17, But Funding Gap Persists
The second week of COP17 was dominated by discussions on biodiversity finance, with new pledges announced and donor outreach intensifying. Yet as the summit approached its close, the financing gap for implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) remains largely unchanged.
