New research published in the June 3, 2022 journal Science reveals that 44% of Earth's land area—some 64 million square kilometers (24.7 million square miles) requires conservation to safeguard biodiversity.
Ecology
Jun 2, 2022
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As negotiations before the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-15) take place, international research has quantified the impact of human consumption on species extinction risk.
Ecology
Apr 13, 2022
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Wealthy countries should provide at least $60 billion every year to the world's poorest nations to combat biodiversity loss, an alliance of environment groups said Tuesday.
Environment
Mar 1, 2022
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If we thought we could build our way out of the climate and biodiversity crisis with more advanced human technology, the COVID-19 pandemic taught us that we are far more vulnerable to the powers of nature than we previously ...
Environment
Nov 30, 2021
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As humans, we're currently facing two big environmental crises: climate change and biodiversity loss. The first managed to gain a lot of public attention and funding, whereas the latter goes on more slowly in the background. ...
Plants & Animals
May 14, 2021
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The COVID-19 pandemic provides an opportunity to reset the global economy and reverse decades of ecosystem and species losses, but most countries are failing to invest in nature-related economic reforms or investments, according ...
Ecology
Oct 9, 2020
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The journal Science has published a letter titled "Solve the biodiversity crisis with funding," coauthored by scientists at Defenders of Wildlife and universities across the country. More than 1,600 scientists have so far ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 19, 2019
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Apologies in advance, but I'm hoping that reading this will help you feel depressed—about biodiversity loss and our lack of progress over the climate crisis. The thing is, in these extreme circumstances, a bit of depression ...
Environment
Jun 10, 2019
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When we think of mangrove forests, seagrass meadows and saltmarshes, we don't immediately think of shark habitats. But the first global review of links between large marine animals (megafauna) and coastal wetlands is challenging ...
Plants & Animals
May 22, 2019
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You may go your entire life without seeing an endangered species, yet the globe's biodiversity crisis threatens all of humanity in numerous unseen or unrecognized ways, scientists say.
Environment
May 7, 2019
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