CBD Daily News Headlines http://www.cbd.int/headlines.aspx Thu, 04 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Climate change will not only impact the number of bird species by 2080 but also have profound effects on their diversity and community composition, according to a study. https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/science-environment/2133107-climate-change-will-severely-impact-bird-species-by-2080-study Mon, 01 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT The United States, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID) Clean Cities, Blue Ocean program, joined Circulate Capital, an impact-focused investment management firm, and Prevented Ocean Plastic Southeast Asia (POPSEA), a plastic recycling company that is developing sorting and collection infrastructure in underserved communities across Indonesia, in announcing a partnership to expand collection and recycling infrastructure in Indonesia to generate high-quality, traceable recycled plastic. https://www.eco-business.com/press-releases/united-states-announces-partnership-to-reduce-ocean-plastic-pollution-in-indonesia/ Thu, 04 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT Governments and businesses must start implementing this decade's deal to halt the destruction of Earth's ecosystems as soon as possible, the acting UN biodiversity chief has said, urging rich nations to tackle overconsumption of the planet's resources. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/02/overconsumption-by-rich-must-be-tackled-says-acting-un-biodiversity-chief-aoe Thu, 04 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT Social media users consider aliens or sea monsters - but NOAA researcher suspects an animal culprit. Mysterious, neatly aligned holes have been discovered deep in the ocean - and scientists are stumped about their origin. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-the-wednesday-edition-1.6539961/where-did-these-holes-in-the-ocean-floor-come-from-nobody-knows-says-scientist-1.6540439 Thu, 04 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT A focus on valuing nature through the lens of the market has contributed to the global biodiversity crisis, according to a recent report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). https://news.mongabay.com/2022/08/it-sustains-us-all-ipbes-report-calls-for-accounting-of-natures-diverse-values/ Thu, 04 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT They are hunters, farmers, harvesters, gliders, herders, weavers and carpenters. They are ants and they make up a large part of our world, including more 10 000 species and a large part of the animal biomass in most terrestrial ecosystems. https://bcexcelsior.com/new-global-map-of-ant-biodiversity-reveals-areas-that-may-be-hiding-undiscovered-species/ Thu, 04 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT E. O. Wilson once referred to invertebrates as "the little things that run the world," without whom "the human species [wouldn't] last more than a few months." https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/960822 Thu, 04 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT