AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoWildlife & Biodiversity Funding: Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos’ Re:wild and Bezos Earth Fund launched the $200 million Phoenix Species Project to recover 100 critically endangered species across 30 countries, including Madagascar’s golden-crowned sifaka and other threatened wildlife. Madagascar Species Discovery: A 12-year study of Madagascar’s Rhombophryne “diamond frogs” has named seven new species, but warns most are already in trouble before scientists fully understand their lives. Illegal Wildlife Trade: New Taipei City authorities seized five ring-tailed lemurs allegedly destined for sale, with health checks underway before possible transfer to Taipei Zoo. Regional Trade & Inclusion (SADC): Eswatini and 15 partners, including Madagascar, are pushing SADC’s Simplified Trade Regime to cut border costs and ease informal cross-border trade. SADC Summit Security & Governance: South Africa is tightening security for the SADC Heads of State summit in Durban as it formally takes chairmanship, with leaders expected to tackle security, economic and climate pressures. Conservation Science: New research estimates Earth has far more insect species than previously thought, with implications for how biodiversity is protected.
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