One of Australia’s greatest conservation challenges in protecting the Great Barrier Reef and other natural assets is staying one jump ahead of both the movement of protected species and the emergence of new and unforeseen threats.

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has approved the re-authorization for an additional five years of conservation programs for African elephants, Asian elephants, rhinos and tigers.

On June 28 the World Bank’s Board of Directors approved three loans for Argentina for a total of US$870 million to support infrastructure and social programs, as well as a US$7 million grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) for biodiversity conservation.

A 34 year old conservation scientist from Armenia has won the UK's top conservation award for his fight to save Armenia's last wetlands using the charismatic White Stork as a flagship species.