A UN panel similar to the one for climate change has been given the go-ahead by world leaders with an admission they had failed to heed scientific warnings about biodiversity loss
… UN biodiversity panel 'a dream of many … The Ecologist | 15th June 2010 News Biodiversity Climate Change Ecosystems … panel will reverse the lack of recognition of biodiversity loss by policymakers around the …
Loss of ecosystems perceived by banks and insurance companies to be a greater economic risk than terrorism, finds UN report
… Biodiversity loss seen as greater financial … correspondent | 28th October 2010 News Biodiversity Natural World Climate Change … has climbed sharply that declines in biodiversity would have a "severe" $10bn …
Our attempts to adapt to, and mitigate, the effects of climate change, such as using biofuels, could worsen the direct effects of climate change on our ecoystems
… Climate Change Biofuels Society Lifestyle Biodiversity tractor.jpg Demand for biofuels … is leading to forest clearance and loss of biodiversity Our attempts to adapt to, and … of focus on the impacts of climate change on biodiversity, little consideration has been …
With 60 percent of the world's caloric intake now coming from only three crops: rice, maize and wheat PIERINA BENITES ALFARO discusses what can be done to promote Agro-biodiversity and its use as a strategy to adapt to climate change
… Agro-biodiversity is needed to adapt to climate … Benites Alfaro | 9th October 2017 News Agro-Biodiversity Climate Change Crops Food … discusses what can be done to promote Agro-biodiversity and its use as a strategy to …
Nuclear energy is essential to preserve the world's biodiversity, according to 69 conservation scientists. But there's a mysterious omission in their analysis, writes Jim Green: nuclear weapons proliferation. And after a major exchange of nuclear bombs, and the 'nuclear winter' that would follow, exactly how much biodiversity would survive?
… Nuclear power and biodiversity - don't forget WMD proliferation! … | 18th December 2014 News Nuclear Energy WMD Biodiversity Science Climate Change … energy is essential to preserve the world's biodiversity, according to 69 conservation …
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 …
We cannot rely on governments in meeting in Paris to solve the many-headed climate problem, writes Vandana Shiva. It's up to us to safeguard the future of the Earth, and of our own and other species. So let's all join in this pact to love and protect our one and only home.
… 2015 Comment Climate Change Farming Water Biodiversity Seeds Trade gaia-cut.jpg We … We commit ourselves to protect our soils and biodiversity. Our living soils will become … here to defend themselves." 2. Our seeds and biodiversity, our soils and water, our air, …
Less than a quarter of the Earth’s land surface has escaped the impact of human activity - and by 2050 experts estimate this will fall below 10 percent. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) today warns land degradation will negatively impact two thirds of humanity and is the biggest contributor to species extinction. CATHERINE HARTE reports
… Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) … Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) … gross product in 2010 through the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Its …
Non-native invasive water plants threaten biodiversity and ecosystems. You’d expect to find them on a banned list, not on sale at UK garden centres.
… Aquatic invaders threat to biodiversity Paul Miles | 19th June 2009 News Biodiversity Water Plants Natural World … Non-native invasive water plants threaten biodiversity and ecosystems. You’d expect to …
Anna Taylor takes a closer look at the worrying findings of a recently published study which, unusually, chose to assess potential climate change mitigation scenarios on the more widespread and common species found on our planet.....
… August 2013 News Climate Change Natural World biodiversity.jpg The study found that even the … ecosystem services will be disrupted, and biodiversity will be lost. But a new study … would this bring in terms of avoiding biodiversity loss? And what will happen if we …
Introduction of measures to protect rainforests and ecosystems in Costa Rica and Thailand over the past 40 years have improved the livelihoods of the local population
… Ecologist | 28th May 2010 News Rainforests Biodiversity Redd Natural World Society … go against conventional wisdom that says biodiversity conservation is not compatible … against the conventional wisdom that says biodiversity conservation was not compatible …
The world we inhabit is a miracle of billions of years of evolution as life has unfolded in its full beauty and diversity, writes Grant A. Mincy. But human activities - deforestation, mining, urbanisation, pollution, climate change - are tearing away at the functioning fabric of the living biosphere. A mass extinction is under way, and it must be halted, and reversed. But how?
… of life. As we experience this modern biodiversity crisis a new epoch is being … understory produced the 'Great Cradle of Biodiversity' for the North American continent … are today the two greatest hotspots of biodiversity on the terrestrial planet. The …
The plight of much of the world's wildlife seems 'worse than ever', writes Alex Kirby. To blame is unsustainable human consumption, which is driving habitat loss, climate change and the illegal wildlife trade.
… says. While the main recorded threat to biodiversity comes from habitat loss and … According to WWF, the state of the world's biodiversity "appears worse than ever." But it … aims to be more representative of global biodiversity." The authors calculated the …
From boosting biodiversity to gardens that are helping to tackle climate change, Chelsea Flower Show 2012 will be green in more ways than one. Rebecca Campbell went behind the scenes
… Chelsea Green Living Flower Show Events Biodiversity Plants Carbon Capture Green Eco … Green Living holding.jpg From boosting biodiversity to gardens that are helping to … RHS , ‘but as we’re finding now, whether it’s biodiversity or environmental benefits, they …
A report by the European Commission shows that habitat and wildlife protection targets across Europe will be missed, with nine out of 10 UK habitats found to be in 'unfavourable' condition
… Habitats report shows sorry state of EU biodiversity The Ecologist | 14th July 2009 … to miss its target of preventing the loss of biodiversity by 2010, according to new …
Former Director of the Tyndall Centre and a Professor at the University of East Anglia, Andrew Watkinson explains why 'a few loose sentences' in the IPCC report shouldn't change people's opinion of the science
… Politics And Economics Ecosystem Services Biodiversity Alleviating Poverty Economic … sheep production, but clearly then the biodiversity goes down, the water quality goes … TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity) report and doing for nature what …
With global warming putting pressure on animals and biodiversity in the tropics, is it time we had a new poster child for climate change, asks William Laurance
… warming putting pressure on animals and biodiversity in the tropics, is it time we had … in many ways, are relatively poor in biodiversity. Species in chilly climes are in … Islands, generating a kaleidoscope of biodiversity. In the tropics, each mountain or …
The 2016 'State of Nature' report, published today, offers many small victories to celebrate, writes SUSAN CLARK, but overall it's not good news: 15% of our native species are under threat of extinction, while 53% are in decline. With intensive farming the main cause of the damage, and climate change a serious long term problem, turning the tide of wildlife attrition will be a long and challenging task.
… 2016 report shows continued loss of Britain's biodiversity Susan Clark | 14th September 2016 … measure that assesses how intact a country's biodiversity is, suggests that the UK has lost …
The proposed structure of Juncker's new European Commission sidelines sustainability issues and risks undoing years of environmental legislation. The European Parliament must now block his deregulatory assault on the EU’s climate, energy, biodiversity, pollution, chemicals and environmental health policies.
… assault on the EU’s climate, energy, biodiversity, pollution, chemicals and … resource efficiency, air quality, biodiversity protection and climate action. … and to work to achieve the EU 2020 biodiversity target. He should also continue …
Hunting in Britain has come under renewed scrutiny. This is an opportunity to further protect our wildlife.
… Grouse Shooting Biodoversity Climate Change Biodiversity little-fox-2093053_960_720.jpg … change to oppose cruelty and also to protect biodiversity and the health of nature in the … of CO2 into the atmosphere but impacts biodiversity and reduces the ability of …
‘Climate Smart Agriculture' can be applied to anything from industrial monocultures to agroecology, writes Helena Paul - and fertiliser, biotech and agribusiness corporations are seizing the chance to cash in. Now COP21 host France is proposing to use soils as a giant carbon sink - a fine idea in itself, but not if it's used to 'offset' continued fossil fuel emissions, and to greenwash industrial agriculture.
… while destroying forests, water, soils, and biodiversity. Yet we are told that food … production, leaving more land available for biodiversity conservation or forestry. … maintaining livelihoods and the agricultural biodiversity crucial for the future in their …
The destruction of the world's wilderness is accelerating with a new clutch of mega projects from dams, roads and mines to large scale agriculture, write James Watson, Bill Laurance, Brendan Mackey & James Allan. It's cost-effective to put a stop to it right now for the carbon value of wilderness alone - never mind the biodiversity and indigenous peoples it safeguards.
… value of wilderness alone - never mind the biodiversity and indigenous peoples it … are the final strongholds for endangered biodiversity. They are also essential for … jeopardising its extensive carbon stores and biodiversity. We need to enforce existing …
Partnership between Brazil and Norway to prevent deforestation in the Amazon praised by US President Barack Obama
… Verde Institute; and the Brazilian Fund for Biodiversity. The largest hand-out ($11.4m) will go to the Brazilian Fund for Biodiversity to support the second phase of … to bully local people off their land NEWS Biodiversity 'invisible' in current economic …
Global upswell of civil society organisations, communities and academics tells EC to align raw materials sourcing plans with the interests of people and planet.
… demand, if realised, will place communities, biodiversity and even climate action at risk. … with Protected Areas, 7 percent with Key Biodiversity Areas, and 16 percent with … if this boom goes unchecked, "new threats to biodiversity (from mining) may surpass those …