At COP15, businesses urged to act for nature
Widely blamed for ravaging Earth’s ecosystems, big businesses are nevertheless being turned to as key players in a deal to save nature at the COP15 biodiversity conference. With hundreds of…
COP15 debates whether biodiversity credits can put a value on nature
As the UN COP15 summit in Montreal aims to halt rapid destruction of nature and restore degraded lands, some experts have called for selling “biodiversity credits” to help pay for…
Climate-focused development banks neglect nature ahead of COP15
The world’s development banks could play a major role in protecting nature, but are largely ignoring biodiversity in a climate-led financing push, environmentalists warn, calling for action to fix the…
Restoring nature could depend on how countries help farmers
Famous for its lamb, New Zealand’s agriculture industry was once so well-subsidised that slaughterhouse workers were said to earn more than airline pilots, recalled William Rolleston, a farmer in South…
Why are nature protection funds not reaching indigenous people?
In the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo, the indigenous community of Sungai Utik has been protecting 10,000 hectares of land for decades, defending their forests from industry and…
Turning the tide for water conservation
The every drop counts hashtag has garnered immense public following. In many ways, the UN’s declaration of 2018-2028 as the International Decade for Conservation of Water is shaping public discourse…
G7 brightens outlook for new nature pact but pandemic threatens deadline
New pledges by G7 leaders on climate change and biodiversity loss will boost efforts to strike a global pact to protect nature but an October deadline is likely to be…
Economic growth has ‘devastating cost to nature’, review finds
Humanity’s unbridled growth in recent decades has come at a “devastating cost to nature” according a wide-ranging international review on the vital economic role played by our living planet. The…
Inadequate conservation
Conservation strategies in Pakistan have remained problematic both for the government and for communities living in the protected areas. State conservation policies do not support the inclusion of local communities…
Nature’s way
Last year, the journal ‘Science’ published a study that made a bold – and elegantly simple – claim: To mitigate climate change, plant a trillion new trees. Authored by a…
