News tagged with biodiversity hotspots

Sea life 'must swim faster to survive'

Fish and other sea creatures will have to travel large distances to survive climate change, international marine scientists have warned. Sea life, particularly in the Indian Ocean, the Western and Eastern Pacific and the ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Zoning boundaries can make good neighbors in conservation

As the world's biodiversity hotspots are increasingly stressed by their human neighbors, zoning is becoming a common strategy to balance environmental protection and human needs. But a recent study shows zoning ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Pioneering study reveals UK biodiversity hotspot

Scientists are calling for radical new approaches to conservation following the first biodiversity audit of its kind.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 30, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New report underlines multiple benefits but also new challenges to biodiversity-rich sites

An agreement in Copenhagen to fund reduced emissions from deforestation may generate multiple environmental and economic benefits if investments simultaneously target sites that are both carbon and biodiversity-rich.

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study finds most wars occur in Earth's richest biological regions

In a startling result, a new study published by the scientific journal Conservation Biology found that more than 80 percent of the world's major armed conflicts from 1950-2000 occurred in regions identified as the ...

Biology /

created Feb 20, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0