More than 20% of Earth's plant species found only on islands and time is running out to save them
A study in Nature reveals that islands, covering just 5.3% of the planet's land, harbor 21% of the world's plant biodiversity ...
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Why saving wild species is critical to our own survival
WWF report reveals how wild species are essential for human survival. Learn why biodiversity loss threatens our food, climate ...
Science Daily20h
Modern mass extinction in an Ecuadorean cloud forest found to be a mirage
An international team of botanists finds no proof of extinctions in Centinela, but abundant evidence that Centinela's flora lives on in the scattered remaining fragments of coastal Ecuador's forests.
Mongabay20h
Indigenous territories & peoples are key to achieving COP16’s 30×30 target (commentary)
It is time to recognize that the Western conservation model has serious historical flaws and cannot achieve global targets ...
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Countries under pressure to fork out for nature at UN conference
BOGOTA: Thousands of delegates from around the world are descending on Colombia for a summit on halting humankind's rapacious ...
COP16: What is biodiversity and how are we protecting it?
At the UN's COP15 summit on biodiversity in December 2022, countries reached an "historic" agreement to protect 30% of ...
Scientists uncover complex animal life beneath the ocean floor at a depth of 2500 metres, challenging long-held beliefs
Scientists have discovered animal life thriving beneath the seafloor at a depth of 2,500 metres, challenging previous beliefs ...
Jurist1d
States urged to strengthen human rights protections in Global Biodiversity Framework
On the eve of the COP16 biodiversity summit, set for October 21 to November 1 in Cali, Colombia, Amnesty International called Thursday for states to strengthen human rights protection in the Global ...
Fungi deserve same protections as plants and animals, conservationists argue
Fungi are the “firmament of life on Earth,” experts say but don’t get equivalent protections of plants and animals ...
‘The Paris Agreement for nature’: Can COP16 move countries to protect 30% of land and water by 2030?
The whole world will be watching to see how the EU delivers on its global commitments, Greenpeace says.View on euronews ...
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Places for a Half-Earth Future: Winged Resilience
Bird Conservation in Colombia The tropical forests of Chocó, Colombia, are dense and alive. A place where mist often hangs in ...
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Islands are home to one-third of all known plants
Study reveals islands house one-third of global plant species. Urgent conservation needed for these unique ecosystems.