Over 90% of major armed conflicts between 1950-2000 occurred in countries containing biodiversity hotspots,writes Alex Reid, and more than 80% of these took place in the hotspot areas themselves. This poses a major challenge to the conservation community: to work in combat zones to strengthen environmental protection before, during and after conflicts. Or better still, to defuse incipient conflicts and resolve those under way, to reduce their toll on people, and nature.
… War, human rights and biodiversity: turning conflict into … Alex Reid | 23rd March 2017 News Conservation Biodiversity Human Rights UK War … 1950-2000 occurred in countries containing biodiversity hotspots,writes Alex Reid, and …
Should we really be spending £1.2 million a year to conserve red squirrels? Yes we should, writes James Borrell. But with Africa's rhinos facing extinction, and vital conservation in UK's overseas 'biodiversity jewels' sadly underfunded, there are much better investments we should be making too.
… Beyond squirrels: biodiversity doesn't stop at Dover James … | 8th August 2015 Comment Conservation Biodiversity UK red-squirrel-cut.jpg Should we … and vital conservation in UK's overseas 'biodiversity jewels' sadly underfunded, there …
European observers say it is going to be as ‘big as the carbon market’, but is buying a licence to cause ecological damage a sound strategy? Tom Levitt investigates
… What is biodiversity offsetting and how would it work? Tom Levitt | 9th June 2010 News Biodiversity Wildlife Conservation Carbon … Tom Levitt investigates Targets to halt biodiversity loss are failing. Both the EU and …
Is the aspiration to halt the loss of biodiversity by 2030 - enshrined in the UN's new Sustainable Development Goals - a fairy tale? It's ambitious, writes Richard Pearson, but there are plenty of signs that the world is acting effectively to conserve its endangered habitats and species. With extraordinary effort, we can do it.
… Can we halt biodiversity loss in 15 years? Yes we can! … Pearson UCL | 12th November 2015 Comment Biodiversity Science Un Conservation … Is the aspiration to halt the loss of biodiversity by 2030 - enshrined in the UN's …
Indigenous communities in Latin America are paying a high price for defending biodiversity, but we have so much to learn from their practices.
… The guardians of biodiversity Ulrike Prinz | 7th May 2020 Comment Biodiversity Amazon Indigenous Peoples … America are paying a high price for defending biodiversity, but we have so much to learn …
Conservation projects that don't take gender equality into account may be undermining our efforts to tackle biodiversity loss.
… Gender Justice Gender Equality Conservation Biodiversity Loss Biodiversity Editor’s Picks … may be undermining our efforts to tackle biodiversity loss. Biodiversity loss is …
Almost three quarters of Australia's landmass is 'outback', writes John Woinarski, making it one of our planet's greatest natural areas. Yet it has many of the hallmarks of a 'failed state': its native peoples live on the margins, and its biodiversity is under threat. Now a new conservation model shows a way forward for both: Indigenous Protected Areas.
… outback is globally important for its biodiversity - and its people John Woinarski | … native peoples live on the margins, and its biodiversity is under threat. Now a new … extinction records in the world, ongoing biodiversity declines, and neglect. But there …
Biologist E O Wilson's grand idea of setting aside half of the planet for nature to thrive is both appealing and deeply challenging, writes William Lynn. But it's missing a key element: an urban vision of how people can live ecologically, joyously in the half we make our own.
… aside half the Earth for the preservation of biodiversity. The famous biologist and … naturalist would do this by establishing huge biodiversity parks to protect, restore and … writer, having written numerous books on biodiversity, science, and society. So when …
Limiting climate change is just the start of what we need to do to forestall a runaway cascade of species extinctions, write Bill Laurance & Paul Ehrlich. We must also reverse the destruction and fragmentation of key wildlife habitats, constrain our over-consumption of natural resources, stabilise human numbers - and elect leaders determined to prioritise these issues.
… great extinction has arrived. Collapse of biodiversity Mass extinctions involve a catastrophic loss of biodiversity, but what many people fail to appreciate is just what 'biodiversity' means . A shorthand way of …
As experts gather in London for a major conference addressing the often overlooked threat of invasive species to biodiversity, Carrie Madren gets a briefing from those on the frontline in the battle against 'pest plants'
… plants are the 'second biggest threat to biodiversity' after habitat loss Carrie Madren … Invasive Species Conservation Natural World Biodiversity Habitat Loss Investigations … overlooked threat of invasive species to biodiversity, Carrie Madren gets a briefing …
The Scottish government has announced that its wild beaver populations will be given the full protection of both UK and EU law. The decision has been welcomed by campaigners who point out all the benefits of beavers to biodiversity, water management and flood control. Now, they say, England and Wales should follow suit.
… 2016 News Beavers Scotland UK EU Mammals Biodiversity Water Farming Law Conservation … who point out all the benefits of beavers to biodiversity, water management and flood … in England and Wales." 'Beavers promote biodiversity by creating new ponds and …
Bullfighting may cause suffering to animals, but that does not mean the EU should ban it or withdraw farm subsidies, writes Robin Irvine. Traditional bull-breeding estates are valuable reservoirs of biodiversity in intensively farmed landscapes, and without the bulls there would be nothing to sustain them.
… Bullfighting is conserving Spain's biodiversity - ban at nature's peril Robin … December 2015 Comment Farming Animal Welfare Biodiversity Conservation Spain EU … estates are valuable reservoirs of biodiversity in intensively farmed landscapes, …
Current conservation list criticised for being biased towards vertebrates and neglecting most plants, fungi and invertebrates
… | 9th April 2010 News Wildlife Natural World Biodiversity Conservation frogred.jpg Current … chair Simon Stuart criticised the neglect of biodiversity amongst policymakers. '[The] … scientists and the public will need to give biodiversity the urgent attention that they …
Although flowing water is fundamental to river ecosystems, temporary streams are distinctive landscape features that support surprisingly diverse communities, writes Rachel Stubbington. However, the biodiversity of these dynamic ecosystems needs greater recognition and protection.
… writes Rachel Stubbington. However, the biodiversity of these dynamic ecosystems needs … Temporary streams support high levels of biodiversity, with aquatic and terrestrial … land use are threats to temporary stream biodiversity Recognition of the seedbank as a …
Just as Sir Nicholas Stern’s report in October 2006 put a price on the effects of climate change, a new report by the UN has begun to cost out the threat of failing to conserve the world’s biodiversity – a cool £40 billion annually, and rising.
… the threat of failing to conserve the world’s biodiversity – a cool £40 billion annually, … and rising. The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity report (TEEB) is a mammoth … financial losses as a result of dwindling biodiversity. The project’s second phase, …
New documentary, Second Chances, shows how even the most unlikely people can become environmental defenders.
… most important protected areas. It’s a biodiversity hotspot and home to uncontacted … scientists have proven that today the biodiversity value of the forest has, in some … protection and natural regeneration, biodiversity has bounced back and nature has …
A map developed by the Autonomous University of Barcelona’s EJAtlas unveils the high-level of social injustice that communities are facing in many of India’s protected areas.
… facing in many of India’s protected areas. Biodiversity around the world is decreasing … declared 2020 as the ‘ super year for biodiversity’ . To prevent the loss of global … India, a country globally recognized as a biodiversity hotspot, harbouring nearly eight …
If you live or spend time in the UK countryside it may have been some time since you spotted the native brown hare - if you've ever seen one at all. That's because the hare relies on an increasingly disappearing biodiverse landscape for its food. LAURA BRIGGS talks to the scientists behind a new study investigating what type of planting - including bioenergy crops - will help stop hare populations from continuing to decline
… Comment Hares Conservation Farming Biomass Biodiversity brown hare.jpg If you live or … of the intensity of modern agriculture this biodiversity has been lost in many areas … that planting biomass crops enhances farmland biodiversity and will not further compromise …
With a new coalition government the opportunities for fresh thinking about managing the UK countryside are vast, reports Dan Box. And the Stiperstones nature reserve is providing plenty of inspiration...
… 2010 News Conservation DEFRA Wildlife Biodiversity Government Natural World … is the United Nations’ International Year of Biodiversity (the range of plant and animal … abandoned its target to halt the loss of UK biodiversity by this date. Similarly …
Yasuní National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon is home to a record number of species. Now that the Yasuni-ITT Initiative has failed the future of those species hangs in the balance.....
… Threatened biodiversity of Yasuni The Ecologist | 10th September 2013 News Biodiversity Amazon Oil … home, and represent a tiny selection of the biodiversity found there. Yasuní provides a …
Large areas of forest remain around the world, writes David Edwards, but many of them are - in biological terms - dying on their feet as their species diversity erodes due to fragmentation. To conserve the full richness of our forests, we must keep them entire and unbroken, and rebuild the continuity of forest islands.
… 24th March 2015 Comment Forests Conservation Biodiversity road-amazon-cut.jpg Large areas … forest has wrought dramatic consequences for biodiversity and is the primary driver of the … Russia, central Borneo and Papua New Guinea. Biodiversity reduced These findings wouldn't …
Ecuador's protected forests to define Rights of Nature and test jurisprudence in country’s Constitutional Court.
… the first nation to protect large swathes of biodiversity, based upon this constitutional … as well in headwater ecosystems and biodiversity hotspots of global importance, … ‘Areas of Priority for the Conservation of Biodiversity in Ecuador’. Levy points to …
A proposed redesign of the Natural History Museum's grounds in London would cause some unfortunate collateral damage, writes Gary Grant - the destruction of the Museum's 21 year-old wildlife garden, an ecological jewel in the heart of London which features over 3,000 species of plant and animal in just one lovingly tended acre. The Museum must think again!
… | 2nd June 2016 Activism Conservation Cities Biodiversity Development UK london natural … the grounds, improve access and boost its biodiversity - one of the Museum's 'three big … restoring nature in urban areas and boosting biodiversity. It has meticulously documented …
The renowned primatologist and conservationist on the need for scientific empathy, the impact of economic development, and why children give her hope for the future
… Natural World Society Wildlife Conservation Biodiversity Jane Goodall Animal Rights … declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity. What needs to happen on a wide … rainforests and oceans – being healthy. NEWS Biodiversity crucial to lives of billions, …