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#1338392022-03-29
Interview: UN biodiversity leader "optimistic" about adoption of global framework in Kunming
LONDON/GENEVA, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Crucial UN biodiversity meetings in Geneva on a global deal to better protect nature that is due for approval later this year in China's Kunming are moving in the right direction, said the executive secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on ...
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#1338202022-03-29
Will big biodiversity ambitions be enough to save nature?
After the world missed almost all of its targets to protect fast-dwindling nature for the last decade, observers following a new round of negotiations are focusing as much on how goals will be put in place as the headline targets.
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#1338212022-03-29
Nations ask for new nature talks in Nairobi before key UN meeting
While dozens of world leaders have pledged to halt the devastating destruction of biodiversity across the planet, observers say political momentum has yet to filter into negotiations that will set the stage for a major UN meeting later this year.
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#1338222022-03-29
Saving nature: Conserving 30% of the land, sea just the start
Geneva (AFP) – Expanding nature reserves to cover at least 30 percent of the planet by 2030 is the flagship proposal of high-stakes talks to rescue Earth's animals and plants from human destruction.
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#1338242022-03-29
Biodiversity summit in Kunming, China delayed for fourth time -organisers
GENEVA, March 29 (Reuters) - A U.N. biodiversity summit in Kunming, China will take place in the third quarter of this year, the secretariat of the talks said on Tuesday, confirming a fourth delay for the meeting that aims to ratify a global pact for nature.
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#1338272022-03-29
Extra round of U.N. biodiversity talks fixed for June
GENEVA, March 29 (Reuters) - Negotiators at U.N. biodiversity talks on Tuesday agreed to meet again in Kenya between June 21-26 for another round of negotiations aimed at finalising a global pact to halt and reverse species losses.
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#1338282022-03-29
Political will, pandemic weigh on talks to save nature
Geneva (AFP) – Nations aiming to agree a global plan to save nature ended their first in-person meeting in two years Tuesday saying negotiations needed more time, as observers called for greater political momentum in the race to halt biodiversity loss.
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#1338292022-03-29
World delegates appear to kick deal to halt nature loss into long grass
GENEVA, March 29 (Reuters) - Negotiations on an ambitious global biodiversity deal to halt or reverse nature loss closed in Switzerland on Tuesday, with countries agreeing to little more than further talks in June.
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#1338312022-03-29
Talks on 'Paris deal' for nature fail to secure agreement
GENEVA, March 29 (Reuters) - Negotiations on an ambitious biodiversity deal to halt or reverse nature loss drew to a close in Switzerland on Tuesday, with countries expected to agree to little more than further talks in June.
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#1338322022-03-29
Africa seeks up to $700 bln a year in biodiversity funding from wealthy nations
GENEVA, March 29 (Reuters) - Gabon, on behalf of the African group and several developing countries, called at a U.N. conference on Tuesday for wealthy countries to provide up to $700 billion a year by 2030 and beyond to help fund efforts to protect biodiversity.
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#1338332022-03-29
This time it's different? Nations discuss big biodiversity ambitions
Nearly 200 nations are taking part in talks, aimed at fine-tuning a draft text to preserve biodiversity by 2050, with key 2030 milestones, set to be adopted at the United Nations COP15 conference later this year after the world missed almost all of its targets to protect fast-dwindling nature fo ...
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#1338352022-03-29
UN biodiversity talks fail to agree on new targets to protect wildlife
A fortnight of negotiations to establish the draft of a new global deal reversing the loss of wildlife and habitats has ended in what has been described as “major disappointment” after countries failed to agree on any new biodiversity targets.
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#1338362022-03-29
Advocates: Nations must move faster to protect biodiversity
GENEVA (AP) — Environmentalists are criticizing slow progress at a U.N.-backed meeting of nearly all the world’s countries toward beefing up protections for biodiversity on Earth, ahead of a crucial meeting expected later this year in China where delegates could sign a global agreement.
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#1338372022-03-29
Calls for leadership ahead of Kunming biodiversity deal
With humans facing an existential crisis from biodiversity loss, countries are attempting to strike an agreement along the lines of the Paris climate pact. But the long-delayed process needs political leadership.
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#1338382022-03-29
Governments advance negotiations on ambitious global biodiversity framework but require more time
Good progress made towards a solution for the fair and equitable sharing of benefits from Digital Sequence Information on the use of Genetic Resources.
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#1338402022-03-30
Biodiversity talks in Geneva need more talk
Global negotiations for the protection of nature wrapped up on Tuesday evening with countries making little progress towards an agreement. Negotiators from more than 150 countries gathered in person in Geneva for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic for 15 days of meetings, sometim ...
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#1338412022-03-30
Russia, China oppose ‘human rights’ in nature talks, amid slow progress to a deal
The inclusion of rights-based language in a global agreement to protect nature by 2030 is being threatened by loopholes and a proposal to streamline the text, sources close to the negotiations have told Climate Home News.
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#1338422022-03-30
ANALYSIS-New global nature pact hangs in balance as 'world burns'
This month, international green groups called on the world's richest nations to commit at least $60 billion a year https://news.trust.org/item/20220301091604-zdasv to protect and restore biodiversity in developing countries.
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#1338432022-03-30
Biopiracy row at UN talks in Geneva threatens global deal to save nature
A standoff over biopiracy is threatening to derail a global agreement to halt the loss of nature, with developing countries demanding they are paid for drug discoveries and other commercial products based on their biodiversity.
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#1338442022-03-30
Greenpeace: Statement on Geneva biodiversity meetings in the run up to COP15 in Kunming, China
The Geneva pre-meeting for The Convention on Biological Diversity COP15 is ending without resolving any key issues – finance, implementation or key targets, including protecting at least 30% of land and sea by 2030 (“30-by-30”), and the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities
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#1338452022-03-30
Food security framing increases relevance of biodiversity negotiations to less industrialized nations (commentary)
From substantial philanthropic pledges to studies revealing the increasing threat of extinction, world leaders are paying unprecedented attention to biodiversity. In March, governments gathered to continue shaping the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) post-2020 global biodiversity framewo ...
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#1338462022-03-30
Green groups bemoan 'limited progress' after latest crunch UN biodiversity talks
First in-person negotiations geared at delivering landmark global treaty to reverse biodiversity loss deliver new draft text, but campaigners remain underwhelmed at pace of progress
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#1338472022-03-30
Convention on Biological Diversity: Draft recommendation to focus on One Health approach, COVID-19
A draft recommendation on ‘biodiversity and health’ was released during the Convention on Biological Diversity concluded March 29, 2022. It will be the key focus area of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, according to the subsidiary body on scientific, technical and technological advice
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#1338482022-03-30
Disappointment as UN biodiversity talks close without ambitious agreement
Over the past two weeks, negotiators from 164 countries have been working in Geneva as part of the series of meetings forming the UN’s 15th Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
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#1338492022-03-30
Nations Advance Talks To Protect Biodiversity At All Levels
After 15 days of high-level negotiation in Geneva, world governments have produced a strong basis for a post-2020 global biodiversity framework to safeguard the health of the planet, scheduled for final agreement at the UN Biodiversity Conference in Kunming in China this year.
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#1338502022-03-30
COP15: is 2022 the year we save biodiversity?
As human activities like agricultural production, mining and pollution continue to drive the so-called sixth mass extinction, government negotiators from around the world are currently meeting in Geneva to try to protect the planet’s biodiversity.
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#1338512022-03-30
Proposal to expand nature reserves to 30% globally
Expanding nature reserves to cover at least 30% of the planet by 2030 is the flagship proposal of high-stakes talks to rescue Earth's animals and plants from human destruction.
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#1338542022-03-30
Indigenous Peoples & Local Community Reps Issue A Final Plea To World Leaders At Biodiversity Framework Negotiations
The global framework to save nature will only be effective if the rights and contributions of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities are fully recognized
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#1338552022-03-30
7 Solutions to Biodiversity Loss
All living things on Earth are connected to support and maintain life cycles, therefore biodiversity is extremely important for the functioning of ecosystems on the Earth.
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#1338562022-03-31
10 Ways To Shape a Positive Future for Forests
Anna Begemann is a researcher in the Governance Program at the European Forest Institute. From deforestation largely caused by agricultural encroachment in the Amazon, to devastating forest fires in Canada,
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#1338572022-03-31
Plastic Pollution Is a Global Problem – Here’s How to Design an Effective Treaty To Curb It
Plastic pollution is accumulating worldwide, on land and in the oceans. According to one widely cited estimate, by 2025, 100 million to 250 million metric tons of plastic waste could enter the ocean each year.
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#1338582022-03-31
Getting paid to let the forest stand – it´s true, it´s here
Swedish forest owners struggle with their profitability. Low timber prices, the lowest in Europe, are not only annoying the forest owners, but it has also made them think of alternatives to selling the timber through the traditional channels.
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#1338602022-03-31
Hope for Coral Reefs
Juli Berwald’s love affair with coral began when she saw her first reef in college — and it changed her life. Mesmerized by the beauty of these underwater animals, she set out on a path to study marine biology, eventually earning a Ph.D.
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#1338612022-03-31
Best-preserved part of Brazil’s Amazon, home to isolated tribes, faces ‘decimation’
The central Purus River Basin is one of the best-preserved regions of the Brazilian Amazon. But deforestation here, in the state of Amazonas, could clear an area larger than England by 2050, according to a new report by several civil society organizations.
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#1338632022-03-31
Chile poised to grant rights to Nature; could become 2nd such country besides Ecuador
Chile is poised to grant rights to nature in its constitution and could become the second such country in the world besides Ecuador in the next few days, according to a statement.
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#1338642022-03-31
That dead whale on the beach? Let it be, study says. Or at least don’t blow it up
What happens when there’s a dead whale on the beach? In many reported strandings, the next steps look quite similar: where possible, biologists and veterinarians examine the carcass and conduct a necropsy to try and figure out why the mammal may have died.
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#1338652022-03-31
Allergy season is getting worse. Why climate change is to blame
If you suffer from seasonal allergies, you are well aware the dreaded season is underway, and for many, it’s another bad year. According to medical experts, the allergy season has been getting worse.
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#1338662022-03-31
The Razor's Edge of A Warming World
As we hurtle toward an ever-hotter future, GQ spotlights eight places whose very identities depend on a simple calculation: If we limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, these places could be saved. In a 2-degree scenario, they would be irredeemably lost.
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#1338672022-03-31
What Impact does Climate Change have on Our Health?
Climate change is caused mainly by human activity subsequent to the Industrial Revolution, a major part due to fossil fuel use, and secondly due to changes in land use.
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#1338682022-03-31
The nation finding peace underwater
For many South Africans, the quiet and calmness that can be found in the water – one of the rare places with few, if any, human-related threats – has been transformational.
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#1338692022-03-31
Attenborough ship proves its polar credentials
The new Royal Research Ship (RRS) Sir David Attenborough is proving its capabilities as an icebreaker. On its first outing to the Antarctic, the £200m polar vessel - popularly known as Boaty McBoatface - has been smashing through thick frozen floes.
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#1338702022-03-31
Fast fashion: European Union reveals fast fashion crackdown
Clothes, furniture and smartphones sold in Europe must be longer-lasting and easier to repair under new rules proposed by the European Union.
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#1338712022-03-31
Raw sewage discharged into English rivers 375,000 times by water firms
Water companies discharged raw sewage into English rivers 372,533 times last year, a slight reduction on the previous year.
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#1338722022-03-31
Third of all compost sold in UK is climate-damaging peat
More than a third of all compost sold in the UK in 2021 was peat dug from carbon-rich habitats, new data has revealed. The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA), which opposes a ban on peat sales, provided the figures in its response to a government consultation.
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#1338732022-03-31
The Weight of Water - The Human Cost of Climate Change
This film tells three stories of people suffering from the dramatic consequences of climate change. Their Nepalese communities are already being affected by floods and drought.
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#1338752022-03-31
Warmer summers and meltwater lakes are threatening the fringes of the world's largest ice sheet
A first-of-its-kind study looking at surface meltwater lakes around the East Antarctic Ice Sheet across a seven-year period has found that the area and volume of these lakes is highly variable year-to-year, and offers new insights into the potential impact of recent climatic change on the 'Froze ...
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#1338762022-03-31
Deserts 'breathe' water vapor, study shows
Deserts may seem lifeless and inert, but they are very much alive. Sand dunes, in particular, grow and move—and according to a decades long research project, they also breathe humid air.
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#1338772022-03-31
African network protects key turtle sites
A network of West African Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) covers key sites used by green turtles, new research shows.
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#1338782022-03-31
Watch out for invasive jumping worms this garden season
Invasive jumping worms are something to be on the lookout for this spring and summer. This group of invasive species native to East-Central Asia that recently popped up in Ontario might make you squirm if you see them thrashing around when they are disturbed.
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#1338792022-03-31
Cayman farm turtles reveal hope for biodiversity loss
A collaborative research project into the green turtles that were released into the wild by what was at the time the Cayman Turtle Farm has shown that the accelerating biodiversity loss from global warming and other human activity could in some circumstances be assisted by the reintroduction of ...