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#1339982022-04-12
Palau adamant youth get a seat at the table in Our Ocean conference
Palau's Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and the Environment Steven Victor says it is significant for Palau to be the first small island developing state to host a large event like Our Ocean.
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#1339992022-04-12
Global biodiversity is in crisis, but how bad is it? It’s complicated
Biodiversity. When you hear this word, what do you picture? Iconic animals like African elephants, gray wolves and humpback whales? Or multicolored coral species that make up a reef system? Or bacteria and microbes that regulate nutrients in the soil, or oxygen-releasing phytoplankton that live ...
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#1340052022-04-12
Scientists use 3D printing to help save embattled coral reefs
The ocean covers most of the planet’s surface and is home to countless marine species. Ensuring the survival of marine life, whether microscopic bacteria or blue whales, is essential to maintaining a balanced ecosystem.
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#1340172022-04-12
'Extinct' orchid discovered hiding in plain sight
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, together with a team of scientists, have released a new scientific paper showing that the previously presumed extinct species called Prasophyllum morganii, commonly known as mignonette leek orchid, has in fact been hiding in plain sight.
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#1340192022-04-12
A new network to improve biosecurity in livestock
Health, welfare, safety and sustainability are crucial elements for ensuring the future of livestock production. Biosecurity aims to prevent the introduction and spread of pathogens within and between farms and, consequently, results in better welfare, increased food safety and better sustainabi ...
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#1339592022-04-11
Six new wētā species found in New Zealand, as their habitat slowly disappears
Six new alpine species of New Zealand’s most unusual and beloved insect – the wētā – have been discovered, but it is a bittersweet victory, with another piece of research describing the threat global heating poses for their snowy mountain habitat.
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#1339182022-04-06
Much of Scottish crab and lobster is ‘fish to avoid’, says sustainable seafood guide
Crab and lobster have been classed as “fish to avoid” by the Marine Conservation Society in its new UK guide to sustainable seafood, due to concern over whales getting entangled in Scottish fishing gear.
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#1339202022-04-06
UN says 18 nations have gone green on climate, raked in cash
Proponents of clean energy and thinks tanks have long said it's possible to reduce emissions and keep an economy growing. Now the latest report from the world's top climate scientists says 18 countries have done just that, sustaining emissions reductions "for at least a decade" as their economie ...
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#1339342022-04-06
The microbiologist working to understand how oceans absorb carbon dioxide
Qiang Zheng, a microbiologist at Xiamen University in southeast China, wants to know whether bacteria and other marine microorganisms can be harnessed to help combat global warming.
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#1339132022-04-01
Can carbon markets supercharge nature-based solutions to climate change?
Market economics have done much to c ause the climate crisis. But can they help solve it? Carbon markets and sustainable finance taxonomy are two rapidly growing market mechanisms that promise a surge in climate finance and a simultaneous decline in greenhouse gas emissions.
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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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#1338902022-03-31
Allergy-friendly apple varieties
In a few years, apples that are officially deemed allergy-friendly will be available in supermarkets. The apples are a result of a project in which researchers in cooperation with the Züchtungsinitiative Niederelbe (ZIN), an initiative for breeding apple varieties, have successfully developed tw ...
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#1339022022-03-31
Destination Earth – new digital twin of the Earth will help tackle climate change and protect nature
Today, the Commission has launched together with partnering organisations the Destination Earth initiative to help tackling climate change. Supported with an initial €150 million from the Digital Europe Programme until mid-2024, the goal is to develop a highly accurate digital model of the Earth.
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#1338832022-03-31
UN Biodiversity Convention announces slogan for the 2022 International Day for Biological Diversity
31 March 2022 – With the aim of highlighting the importance of biodiversity for many sustainable development issues, this year’s slogan for the International Day for Biological Diversity, celebrated each year on 22 May, is “Building a Shared Future for all Life.”
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#1338072022-03-14
NGOs call nature-positive framework to be adopted by UN
A total of 13 NGOs including The Nature Conservancy, WWF International, Conservation International, Wildlife Conservation Society, and BirdLife International, have called for a global goal to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030. The call to action has also been backed by the World Business Coun ...
Recommendation
SBSTTA-24#13765
Recommendation 24/6
Review of the International Initiative for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Soil Biodiversity and updated plan of action
Recommendation
SBSTTA-24#13768
Recommendation 24/9
Conservation and sustainable use of marine and coastal biodiversity
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SBI-03#13775
Recommendation 3/12
Cooperation with other conventions, international organizations and initiatives
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#6246News Headlines
#1337752022-03-08
International Women’s Day 2022: Wishes, quotes, greetings, messages and status to share
Each year the United Nations, comes out with a specific theme for International Women’s Day. This year, UN Women have called for “climate action for women, by women” under the theme “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”.
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#1337762022-03-08
International Women’s Day: UN says gender equality needed in climate change fight
The United Nations has highlighted the need for greater gender equality to realise the goals of sustainability and net zero in the years ahead.
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#1337902022-03-08
Core aspects of climate models are sound: The proof is in the plankton
Continents reconfigure, oceans shift, and ice sheets thicken and thaw, but for the past 95 million years Earth's engine for distributing ocean heat has remained remarkably consistent.
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#6196News Headlines
#1337202022-03-07
‘Prospect of existence’: Nameless grasshopper sparks taxonomic debate
What’s in a name? The curious case of a nameless grasshopper will tell you that there is more to a name than meets the eye.
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#1337272022-03-07
Deep-sea mining could begin next year. Here’s why ocean experts are calling for a moratorium.
A troupe of environmental activists descended on Rotterdam, Netherlands, last month for an evocative demonstration. Dressed as jellyfish, sea anemones, and “fisher folk,” protestors from the advocacy group Ocean Rebellion sang songs and projected messages onto the hull of a 750-foot-long drillin ...
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#1337422022-03-07
Oil spill at sea: who will pay for Peru’s worst environmental disaster?
More than a month after Peru’s worst ever environmental disaster on its coastline there are few signs of reckoning for Repsol, the Spanish energy company that manages the refinery where more than 10,000 barrels of crude oil spewed into the Pacific Ocean after a routine tanker discharge went awry.
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#1337512022-03-07
Research shows carbon dioxide could be stored below ocean floor
Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges facing humanity. To combat its potentially catastrophic effects, scientists are searching for new technologies that could help the world reach carbon neutrality.
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#1337142022-03-04
Rapid evolution fuels transcriptional plasticity in fish species to cope with ocean acidification
A research team led by Dr Celia SCHUNTER at School of Biological Sciences (area of Ecology and Biodiversity) & The Swire Institute of Marine Science, The University of Hong Kong (HKU), in collaboration with researchers from The University of Adelaide, James Cook University in Australia, IRD Inst ...
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#31462022-03-04
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2022-03-18
Updated Information and Extension of Deadline: Sustainable Ocean Initiative Capacity-Building Workshop for the Wider Caribbean and Central America on Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures in the Marine Fishery Sector, 20-21 April and 27-28 April 2022, virtual
Reference: SCBD/SSSF/ML/SK/JA/JMQ/89932 (2022-015)
To: CBD National Focal Points in Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, France, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Venezuela, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant global and regional organizations/initiatives
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#6206World Wildlife Day: "Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration"
3 March 2022, Geneva, Switzerland
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#1336762022-03-03
Species Biodiversity Critical To Sustaining Life
Today marks World Wildlife Day and this year’s theme “Recovering Key Species for Ecosystem Restoration” is a reminder that as the planet continues to warm under Climate Change, the biodiversity crisis becomes more imminent.
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#1336792022-03-03
World Wildlife Day: Emirates and Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve’s Efforts To Restore and Preserve Fragile Desert Ecosystems
For almost 20 years, Emirates has helped support a sustainable and balanced ecosystem at the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve (DDCR) through an ongoing investment of over AED 28 million (USD $7.6 million).
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#1336892022-03-03
An environmental scientist points to Indigenous knowledge for sustainability solutions
There is scientific consensus that human civilization is a threat to life on Earth. Efforts are underway to alleviate that threat, but there is much doubt over whether we can turn back our cascading environmental impacts.
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#1336932022-03-03
California wants to eradicate microplastics. Will a new strategy be enough?
Microplastics can be found everywhere, from waterways to fish to inside the human body’s soft tissues. And it’s only getting worse – 11m metric tons of plastic enter the planet’s oceans each year, an amount that is expected to triple by 2040.
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#1337012022-03-03
The hidden footprint of low-carbon indoor farming
A new study challenges the universal land-saving claims of vertical farming, finding that there is no one size fits all approach for land use, food security and sustainable agriculture.
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#1337132022-03-03
Can we save coral reefs? | Problem Solved
Coral reefs are a unique and biodiverse natural ecosystem and economic keystones for many communities and nations. They only cover about 0.2% of the ocean floor but support 25% of marine life.
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#1336392022-03-02
To save the oceans, we need MPAs that emphasize actual protection of marine ecosystems (commentary)
Saving the ocean is possible but it requires getting serious about stopping its destruction, not everywhere, but especially in designated places called marine protected areas, a new op-ed argues.
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#1336432022-03-02
A Blue New Deal by Chris Armstrong review – a manifesto for the oceans
Governments talk of green jobs, green industrial revolutions and creating green new deals. The aim of these efforts is to tackle runaway climate change, biodiversity loss and inequality by remoulding our political and economic systems.
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#1336442022-03-02
Warming of Indian Ocean could weaken southwest monsoon, German study on rains in India says
Sustained warming of the Indian Ocean will increase rainfall above the ocean, but weaken the Indian summer (southwest) monsoon over land, a study has found.
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#1336622022-03-02
Underwater noise causes hearing loss in turtles
Underwater noise pollution is causing turtles to experience hearing loss that can last from minutes to days, say researchers who will present preliminary evidence of the effects of intense noise on turtles on 4 March at the 2022 Ocean Sciences Meeting, being held online from 24 Feb through 4 March.
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#1336152022-03-01
Chocolate frog? New burrowing frog species unearthed in Amazon’s rare peatlands
A photo of an odd-looking amphibian drew attention on Twitter last week, where it was described as a “smooth lil fella”, compared to a melted tootsie roll candy, and likened to the chocolate frogs from Harry Potter.
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#1336202022-03-01
Living Rivers Initiative to work on restoring Pakistan’s backbone ecology: Amin
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam on Tuesday said the Living Rivers Initiative aimed to revive the dying biodiversity of River Indus would work on restoring the country’s backbone of ecology.
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#1336232022-03-01
Scientists Deploy Globalstar SPOT Trace to Monitor Currents and Biodiversity in the World's Oceans
German research institution The Helmholtz Center Hereon has engineered innovative ocean drifter devices built around Globalstar SPOT Trace satellite GPS trackers to advance oceanography research
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#1336242022-03-01
Climate Crisis: Health, Cities, Biodiversity—Key Takeaways from IPCC’s Report on Impact, Adaptation and Vulnerability
At present, 1.5°C and 2°C are the two figures that seem to determine the planet’s future! These represent warming scenarios, and breaching these thresholds could undermine our ability to build a liveable and sustainable future for all. Unmitigated warming would turn Earth inhabitable for humans ...
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#6067The resumed session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2): 'Strengthening Actions for Nature to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals'
28 February - 2 March 2022, Nairobi, Kenya
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#1335562022-02-28
This climate crisis report asks: what is at stake? In short, everything
“A liveable and sustainable future for all”. It is the very last words of the new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that spell out what is at stake. In short, it is everything.
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#1335572022-02-28
‘Showing respect’: revival of Japanese technique that promises fish a better way to die
Fishermen in Mexico are using the ike jime method, which aims to reduce fish trauma, to improve the quality of catches and help sustainability
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#1335842022-02-28
EU-Africa Business Forum wants action for sustainable garment sector
The 7th EU-Africa Business Forum 2022, jointly organised by the African Union (AU) Commission, the European Union (EU) and European business organisations recently, launched the Joint EU Africa Business Declaration to influence policymaking and business activities, and reconcile concrete actions ...
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#1335882022-02-28
Elephant seal's map sense tells them when to head 'home'
Each year, pregnant female elephant seals take an approximately 240-day trek over 10,000 kilometers across the Eastern North Pacific Ocean before returning to their breeding beaches to give birth within five days of their arrival.
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#1336012022-02-28
Endangered, new to science orchid discovered in Ecuador with the help of a commercial nursery
An astounding new species of orchid has been discovered in the cloud rainforest of Northern Ecuador. Scientifically named Maxillaria anacatalina-portillae, the plant -- unique with its showy, intense yellow flowers -- was described by Polish orchidologists in collaboration with an Ecuadorian com ...