Mar 3, 2017
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Amina J. Mohammed, fauna, General Assembly, John Scanlon, Peter Thomson, PGA, poaching, protection of wild flora and fauna, SDG 14, SDGs, trafficking in wildlife, UN, united nations, wild flora, Wildlife, World Wildlife Day, world wildlife day 2017, Yury Fedotov
United Nations, New York, USA, 03 March 2017 – UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed Participated on the High-level thematic discussion on the global observance of World Wildlife Day, including on the protection of wild flora and fauna and on tackling illicit trafficking in wildlife today at the UN Headquarters in New York. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire United Nations, March 03 2017 Deputy Secretary-General Amira Mohammed today noted that over the past four decades, the planet has lost as much as 50 percent of its wild animals and plants due to climate change, habitat loss, over-exploitation, poaching and illicit trafficking. At [Read More]
Sep 5, 2015
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Amina J. Mohammed, Celebrities, celebrity, Cristina Gallach, Dizzy Goals, Film Maker, Global Goals Campaign, Politics, Project Everyone, Richard Curtis, SDGs, Stainable Development Goals, Sustainable Development Summit, UN, united nations
The United Nations today announced a bid to reach 7 billion people in 7 days with the news about the Sustainable Development Goals. “The Global Goals for Sustainable Development” action is spearheaded by renowned filmmaker Richard Curtis and is supported by a variety of campaigns including action/2015, Global Citizen and Project Everyone. “We are saying we are going to try and reach 7 billion people in 7 days. That’s been a plan of myself and all this huge number of partners that I’ve been working with. And our plan has been to look at every pillar of modern communication – [Read More]