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Plumptre, KBA</p> </div> </div> <div class="container" style="text-align:center;padding:24px 0;"> <span style="font-size: 200%; color: #555;">Key Biodiversity Areas: keep nature thriving</span> </div> <div class="jumbotron" style="background-color: #003251; color: #fff;"> <div class="container"> <p class="lead">Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) are the most important places in the world for species and their habitats. Faced with a global environmental crisis we need to focus our collective efforts on conserving the places that matter most. The KBA Programme supports the identification, mapping, monitoring and conservation of KBAs to help safeguard the most critical sites for nature on our planet – from rainforests to reefs, mountains to marshes, deserts to grasslands and to the deepest parts of the oceans.</p> </div> </div> <div class="container"> <div style="padding: 24px 0;"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-6"><h2 style="color: #333;" class="border-b-g">Latest News</h2></div> <div class="col-xs-6 text-right"><a href="https://www.keybiodiversityareas.org/kba-news"><h2 style="margin-top:32px;font-size:20px;">View all</h2></a></div> </div> <br><br> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-4"><a href="https://www.keybiodiversityareas.org/kba-news/Improving-national-spatial-planning-for-the-conservation-of-biodiversity"> <div style="margin-top:8px;"> <div style="padding:2px;color: #333;text-align:left;font-weight:bold;width:100%;" class="border-b-b">Improving national spatial planning for the conservation of biodiversity.</div> <div class="text-center" style="overflow:hidden;"> <img class="news-thumb" src="https://www.keybiodiversityareas.org/images/news/SCP & KBAs graphic.png" alt=""> </div> <div> A recent study identifies ways of strengthening national spatial planning methods, a critical component of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF). </div></div></a> </div> <div class="col-sm-4"><a href="https://www.keybiodiversityareas.org/kba-news/The-identification-of-35-KBAs-has-led-to-a-major-step-forward-in-conservation-in-Gabon"> <div style="margin-top:8px;"> <div style="padding:2px;color: #333;text-align:left;font-weight:bold;width:100%;" class="border-b-b">The identification of 35 KBAs has led to a major step forward in conservation in Gabon.</div> <div class="text-center" style="overflow:hidden;"> <img class="news-thumb" src="https://www.keybiodiversityareas.org/images/news/Picture1.jpg" alt=""> </div> <div> A new publication offers a detailed overview of Gabon's 35 KBAs and the 188 rare and threatened species that triggered them. It also uncovers the main results of the Bezos KBA Project, the methodology used, and addresses the next steps to ensure the conservation and monitoring of the sites. </div></div></a> </div> <div class="col-sm-4"><a href="https://www.keybiodiversityareas.org/kba-news/Opportunities-to-identity-Key-Biodiversity-Areas-in-the-Southern-Ocean-through-animal-tracking-data"> <div style="margin-top:8px;"> <div style="padding:2px;color: #333;text-align:left;font-weight:bold;width:100%;" class="border-b-b">Opportunities to identity Key Biodiversity Areas in the Southern Ocean through animal tracking data.</div> <div class="text-center" style="overflow:hidden;"> <img class="news-thumb" src="https://www.keybiodiversityareas.org/images/news/Thalassarche chrysostoma © Oscar Thomas web.png" alt=""> </div> <div> A recent study has identified potential Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) in the Southern Ocean, through tracking data from seabirds and seals. </div></div></a> </div> </div> <br> </div> </div> <div class="jumbotron" style="background-color: #003251; color: #fff;"> <div class="container"> <p class="lead">By identifying all the world’s KBAs and effectively conserving them, the species and ecosystems they support, and the diverse benefits they provide to people, we can halt the loss of nature. 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