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#1257852020-11-19
Why indigenous voices must be heard in the global debate about biodiversity
On 30 September, the United Nations held a summit calling for 'urgent action on biodiversity for sustainable development'. The forum, which was convened by the President of the General Assembly, brought together heads of state and other leaders to discuss the global biodiversity framework after ...
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#1320432021-12-03
Why increased rainfall in the Arctic is bad news for the whole world
While a reduction in frozen ocean surface is one of the most widely recognised impacts of Arctic warming, it has also long been anticipated that a warmer Arctic will be a wetter one too, with more intense cycling of water between land, atmosphere and ocean.
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#1285002021-05-07
Why imported veg is still more sustainable than local meat
A former colleague who was a researcher and promoter of local food systems once argued that local meat markets connect children with reality. “If young people do not have a direct experience with food”, he told me, “they might think it originates on supermarket shelves.
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#1251752020-04-17
Why humans have themselves to blame for the coronavirus pandemic
No one could have predicted the timing and trajectory of the Covid-19 pandemic, triggered by a novel coronavirus leaping from a bat into a pangolin (apparently) and from there into a person. Even so, scientists knew that a pandemic of some kind would come our way sooner or later. In the past few ...
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#1266992021-01-26
Why forest-based carbon trading is poised to go mainstream
Ten years after it dropped off the sustainability radar, forest-based carbon trading is finally poised to get off the ground for real.
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#1243512020-02-25
Why drought-busting rain depends on the tropical oceans
Recent helpful rains dampened fire grounds and gave many farmers a reason to cheer. But much of southeast Australia remains in severe drought.
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#1325912022-01-18
Why did ocean productivity decline abruptly 4.6 million years ago?
By drilling deep down into sediments on the ocean floor researchers can travel back in time. A research team led from Uppsala University now presents new clues as to when and why a period often referred to as the 'biogenic bloom' came to an abrupt end. Changes in the shape of the Earth's orbit a ...
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#1285192021-05-11
Why climate change could make Mediterranean atmospheric ‘meteotsunamis’ more common
Rogue waves that strike without warning across the Mediterranean and elsewhere may become more frequent as the climate changes, early-stage research suggests. A meteotsunami is a form of tsunami generated by atmospheric conditions, and it can strike any coastline adjacent to a sea floor with a l ...
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#1316012021-11-10
Why businesses need to take biodiversity seriously
Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time, if not the most, and businesses are not shy about highlighting their sustainability credentials. The environment has been a hot-button issue for decades now, and businesses know they must do their part. Impact on the environment even ...
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#1305452021-09-23
Why aren’t more big bike firms tracking their environmental impact?
Trek, one of the world’s biggest bicycle brands, recently released its sustainability report for 2021. Remarkably, this appears to be the first time a major bike company has published such a document.
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#1241082020-02-06
Why People Management Is Important In Wildlife Conservation: An Expert Opinion
India's national parks are of immense importance to the world. The maintenance of the sanctity of these vital habitats is no easy feat and demands the participation of multiple parties and massive funding.
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#1213002019-06-13
Why Noah's Ark won't work
For ocean species to survive climate change, large populations needed
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#1261682020-12-10
Why Mediterranean food culture is as important as the Mediterranean diet for sustainability
They say you are what you eat, but in reality, your diet will have much more impact on what is likely to become of you in the future. Genetics account for less than 20 per cent of a healthy life expectancy, leaving factors like diet and lifestyle making up the remaining 80 per cent. Food choices ...
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#1258942020-11-27
Why Mauritius is culling an endangered fruit bat that exists nowhere else
The endangered Mauritius fruit bat is once again the centre of a controversial cull at the hands of its government, much to the alarm of wildlife conservation organisations. Under pressure from both farmers and the public, the government of the Indian Ocean island recently announced a plan to cu ...
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#1283992021-05-05
Why Indigenous Guardians are key to Canada's climate future
In a section focused on biodiversity and the climate crisis, the 2021 federal budget shared in April contained a clear line: “Support Indigenous Guardians.” It was an explicit reference to the Guardians programs caring for lands across the country. The Indigenous Leadership Initiative (ILI), whi ...
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#1263692020-12-21
Why Impact Asset Managment screens its portfolio for deforestation exposure
Julie Gorte is senior vice president for sustainable investing at Impax Asset Management LLC and Pax World Funds. She oversees environmental, social and governance-related research on prospective and current investments as well as the firm’s shareholder engagement and public policy advocacy.
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#2254COP 10
2010-10-22
Why Global Forest Governance Matters
Forest challenges, such as REDD and access and benefit sharing, are highly cross-sectoral, necessitating engagement across sectors and interests in a complex forest regime. Over the past 10 months, an IUFRO-led Expert Panel on the International Forest Regime carried out a global scientific asses ...
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#1282932021-04-27
Why Experts are Saying It’s a ‘Make or Break’ Moment for Forests
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated deforestation pressures and heightened the urgency of action to support sustainable forest management. The pandemic has the brought the importance of forests to global well-being into sharp focus. Pictured here forest in the Dominican Republic
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#1343412022-05-10
Why Everyone Should Care About Africa’s Land and Biodiversity | Opinion
In a world marked by an ever-faster news cycle, conflict, and division, there are few opportunities to plan for the future, repair previous generations’ damage, and build a better, fairer, and more sustainable tomorrow.
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#1283312021-04-28
Why Earth's Oceans Reorganizing Is a Concern
Scientists are trying to piece together how changes in the eddies impact the climate. Meteorologist Ari Sarsalari explains.
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#1216302019-07-18
Why Biodiversity Matters: Mapping the Linkages between Biodiversity and the SDGs
Biodiversity is a concept difficult to understand or appreciate, let alone regulate and communicate.
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#1294702021-07-07
Why 'systems change' in 2021 demands better technology
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals are focused on giant goals such as zero hunger, zero poverty, gender equity and climate change response. They were designed to be met by 2030, but the latest projections show we’re on track for 2092. Business as usual is clearly not working.
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#1339BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-13
Who is liable for the socio-economic and environmental damage caused by GM monocultures in Latin America and Europe??
Liability for damage resulting from transboundary movements of GMOs will be at the centre of attention during MOP4. And at last, socio-economic concerns will be discussed in the context of the international biosafety negotiations (article 26 of the Cartagena Protocol). To address this issue ...
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#1262002020-12-11
Who are the most impactful young sustainability leaders in Asia Pacific?
The world is on the brink of an irreversible climate tipping-point, and young people understand this better than most. Today’s youth leaders are agitating for change across business and policy to bring about a brighter, safer and fairer future.
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#1253302020-04-29
White-faced capuchin monkeys come down from the trees on Panama's Coiba Island
Crossing a 23-kilometer stretch of ocean from mainland Panama to Coiba, the largest offshore island in the Eastern Pacific, a group of intrepid biologists hoped to find species never reported there before. But in addition to discovering new species, the 2015 Coiba BioBlitz crew was surprised to ...
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#2384SBSTTA 15
2011-11-07
White Clouds, Green Oceans and the End of Blue Skies Geoengineering and Biodiversity
COP 10's decision on geoengineering has provoked an overdue international discussion on the impacts on climate techno-fixes for biodiversity. While it is now broadly recognized that the protection of biodiversity is key to fostering more climate resilience, geoengineers propose large-scale tec ...
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#1346542022-05-22
Which way ahead for biodiversity conservation? Answer may lie in communities
May 22 is the International Day for Biological Diversity. Biodiversity is regarded as a solution to multiple challenges, offering nature-based solutions to climate change, health issues, food and water security, issues on health, and the need for sustainable livelihoods.
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#1330782022-02-10
Which African country is providing the world with a blueprint for ocean protection?
Gabon is in a world-leading position when it comes to protecting oceans, say experts. The country on Africa’s west coast provides a blueprint that could be used in many other nations, according to a new paper compiled by Gabonese policymakers and researchers from the University of Exeter, UK.
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#1249752020-03-31
Where lions roam: West African big cats show no preference between national parks, hunting zones
West African lions are a critically endangered subpopulation, with an estimated 400 remaining and strong evidence of ongoing declines.
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#1253622020-05-01
Where fashion’s transparency falls short
The resounding message from Fashion Revolution’s annual Transparency Index: many apparel brands are becoming more transparent, considered by many to be a proxy for how aggressive their sustainability efforts are.
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#1204442019-03-21
Where do microplastics go in the oceans?
Where do tiny bits of plastic go when they are flushed out to sea?Previous research finds most plastic ends up in the subtropical ocean gyres circling the mid-latitudes of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. These rotating currents encircle large areas sometimes called "garbage patches" because the ...
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#1355272022-08-04
Where did these holes in the ocean floor come from? 'Nobody knows,' says scientist
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.
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#1245042020-03-04
When the stakes are high: Sustaining all life on earth
I would like to begin by thanking His Serene Highness for his incredibly warm hospitality and for the friendship between the principality and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) over the years. We are delighted at the prospect of deepening our cooperation on many of the most pressing environment ...
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#1341582022-04-25
When anchovies mate, they stir the ocean and spur a healthy ecosystem, study finds
A new study led by Southampton University researchers has found that when some species of fish get frisky, their activity causes the Earth's waters to move -- as much as a major storm does.
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#1322772022-01-04
When Climate Change Meets Geopolitics
Deteriorating security in Ethiopia, a country W.E.B. Dubois once described as where “the sunrise of human culture took place,” is deeply concerning. The last few months have seen a dramatic involution for a country that was once a poster child for sustainable development.
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#1290452021-06-03
What’s nature worth?
Biodiversity is setting up to be the next big fight in sustainable investing, as financial companies, regulators and environmentalists act to protect natural landscapes on a global scale.
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#2628COP 11
2012-10-17
What’s Cooking? Tree Diversity on Farms
Tropical agroforests are characterized by great diversity among and within tree species that is of immense value to smallholders. This event, organized by the World Agroforestry Centre, highlights the role of this diversity in promoting the health and nutrition of local people, through the provi ...
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#1208062019-04-17
What's happened to all the plastic rubbish in the Indian Ocean?
Researchers at The University of Western Australia have found that although the Indian Ocean is the world's biggest dumping ground for plastic waste, nobody seems to know where it goes.
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#1288842021-05-27
What would happen to the climate if we reforested the entire tropics?
What would happen if every single patch of farmland in the tropics, from Brazil through Congo, India and Indonesia, was abandoned overnight and left to turn back into forests? That’s the question we investigated in our new research. Trees and forests have become increasingly important in plans t ...
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#1243652020-02-25
What will it cost to save the earth's oceans?
In 2015, 193 countries agreed on 17 global objectives for ending poverty and protecting the environment by 2030. These Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) included SDG 14, to “conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.”
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#1255982020-11-06
What the limits of traditional accounting mean for the future of food
Traditional accounting methods do not fully capture the externalized costs of economic activities in the food and agricultural space, and this shortcoming is becoming more apparent because climate change is intensifying the focus on sustainable development. Against this backdrop, some industry o ...
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#1225492019-10-07
What the fight against climate change means for Loch Lomond – Simon Jones
Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park is investing in nature by encouraging tree planting, keeping peatlands healthy, and working to enable people to travel to the park in more sustainable ways, writes Simon Jones.
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#1319932021-11-30
What makes Colombia the next ecotourism hotspot
Ecotourism is now seeing an upward trajectory and is poised to be a key growth sector as the country focuses its initiatives on sustainable tourism. The country is taking the lead in advocating responsible tourism as its natural landscape serves as a primary appeal.
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#1256882020-11-13
What is the UN decade of ocean science hoping to achieve?
Next year marks the beginning of what the United Nations hopes will be a pivotal decade for the global ocean. The UN is mounting a massive operation to try to raise awareness of the many problems it faces, and to harness the scientific research needed to solve them.
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#1241252020-02-11
What is sea foam? What to know about when oceans get rough
When storms kick up normally tranquil seas, don't be surprised if water resembles a frothy substance. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, sea foam forms when the organic and artificial matter in the ocean is agitated by wind and waves.
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#1311302021-10-25
What is drawing humpback whale super-groups to the African coast?
Super-groups of up to 200 humpback whales appearing off the coast of South Africa are following changing ocean currents and phytoplankton blooms, a new study has found.
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#1242142020-02-18
What four years at sea taught me about our relationship to the ocean
It was on day 11, I think, that I stopped getting out of bed at all. I had already let my hygiene standards slip to the point that a large knot was starting to form in my hair. Later my mother would have to cut it out with scissors. She didn’t mind. We were all in the same boat.
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#1200272019-02-20
What does it take to discover a new great ape species?
When an international team of scientists published their description of a new ape species, the Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis), in the journal Current Biology in November 2017, it marked the culmination of years of painstaking research.
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#1186072018-10-19
What does a sustainable city mean to Singapore’s youth?
Preserving local heritage and being in touch with nature is essential to living in a sustainable city, said students at a recent youth event in Singapore.
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#1238132020-01-20
What do record ocean temperatures tell us about climate change?
In 2019, the oceans reached higher temperatures than at any other point in recorded human history, according to a new analysis published on 13 January in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences (1). The new record demonstrates, unequivocally, the reality of global warming