Future generations of fishers are threatened by climate change....

Economic development activities, whether government infrastructure projects or mineral extraction by corporations, must not infringe on the rights of indigenous peoples, the head of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues said today....

The impact of climate change is accelerating at an "alarming" pace and urgent action must be taken, U....

Invasive Alien Species (IAS)- is this year's theme for International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB), an international public awareness event, proclaimed by the United Nations, focusing every year on a different biodiversity issue....

The Republic of Maldives has become the 183rd member State of the International Labour Organization (ILO) following receipt in Geneva of a letter from the President of the Republic of Maldives stating on behalf of the Government that the Maldives had formally accepted the obligations of the ILO Constitution....