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 …
The steady loss of forests, soils, wetlands, fisheries, species and coral reefs around the world is closely tied to the lack of value we put on nature, says three-year study
… Biodiversity 'invisible' in current economic … model The Ecologist | 13th November 2009 News Biodiversity Forests Copenhagen Wildlife … study The value of our ecosystems and biodiversity or so-called 'natural capital' is …
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 …
Environmental groups condemn Estonia’s rejection of ‘climate and biodiversity centered’ forestry impact assessment.
… News Forestry Forests Nature Impact Climate Biodiversity Estonia … condemn Estonia’s rejection of ‘climate and biodiversity centered’ forestry impact … that it used concerns about climate and biodiversity as its framework. An open letter …
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 …
Owen Paterson has done it again - offering up ancient woodland for development via 'biodiversity offsetting' - planting new trees elsewhere. Trouble is, says Austin Brady, ancient woods are centuries in the making.
… Brady | 11th January 2014 Comment Forests Biodiversity Offsetting UK Ancient Woodland … up ancient woodland for development via 'biodiversity offsetting' - planting new trees … Department, has moved the discussion about 'biodiversity offsetting' up back the agenda - …
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 …
Sweden's biodiverse ancient forests will be largely wiped out within two decades, writes Alec Forss - and along with it will go thousands of species that depend on mature forest ecosystems. But with powerful logging companies riding roughshod over the law, regulators, politicians and certifiers, who is to stop the destruction before it's too late?
… | 11th February 2015 News Forests Sweden Biodiversity Regulation Corporations … for forestry. Logging vs. old growth and biodiversity With much of Sweden's forest … of great importance for the ecosystem and biodiversity. Sweden no longer looks as you …
Rio Tinto's QMM mine in Madagascar was meant to be an exemplar of 'corporate social responsibility' and environmental best practice. But the reality experienced by local communities is different, writes Yvonne Orengo, with uncompensated land seizures, food insecurity, deforestation and social deprivation. New concerns are emerging about the infringement of legal buffer zones and radiation exposure. Rio Tinto must be held responsible for its actions!
… Orengo | 3rd April 2017 Activism Mining Biodiversity Madagascar Forests Corporations … livelihoods, and has promised a net positive biodiversity impact (NPI) for the region. In … shaky. So much so, the independent Biodiversity Committee to QMM resigned in …
New study overturns 'conventional wisdom' by finding significant tree evolutionary diversity in temperate and tropical dry forests.
… Staff Reporter | 11th May 2020 News Biodiversity Forests Science And Systems … Americas, discovering unique and special tree biodiversity. Conservation efforts have … but we shouldn’t ignore the unique tree biodiversity of temperate and dry forests.” …
A 'microbat' that has remained unrecorded since 1890 has been discovered in Papua New Guinea. But with the country's forests under growing pressure from logging and for conversion to plantations, this and thousands of other biological treasures are at risk.
… June 2014 Comment Natural World Forests PNG Biodiversity ch-bat-cut.jpg A 'microbat' that … shows there is still much to learn about biodiversity in our region. On July 25, 2012, … it may be threatened by local disturbances. A biodiversity hotspot PNG is one of the world's …
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 …
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 …
Hundreds of millions of pounds meant to be spent on green energy will soon be lavished on Britain's biggest coal fired power station to reward it for burning 7 million tonnes of wood pellets a year - meant to be 'renewable' but actually driving biodiversity loss and even worse for climate change than coal. DECC must stop this madness!
… meant to be 'renewable' but actually driving biodiversity loss and even worse for climate … hardwood forests. This has serious impacts on biodiversity, and means that the carbon …
This month wood pellet mills in the southern US that supply the UK's Drax power station were awarded 'sustainability' certificates under a voluntary scheme governed entirely by energy companies. The certificates provide no credible guarantee that the fuel does not come from ecologically valuable natural forests and wetlands, clear-cut and replaced by industrial plantations.
… Energy Sustainability Corporations UK USA Biodiversity before-and-after.jpg This month … region, which was recognised as a Global Biodiversity Hotspot earlier this year. Some …
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 …