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#1295142021-07-12
Wildlife in the frame: photography sale aims to raise $1m for Africa’s parks
More than 150 wildlife photographers are taking part in a sale of wildlife prints to raise money for African Parks, a South Africa-based conservation NGO. In 2020, the first Prints for Wildlife sale raised $660,200 (£479,000), with more than 6,500 prints sold within 30 days.
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#1295872021-07-21
Communicating about climate change: What's politics got to do with it
In the United States, climate change is controversial, which makes communicating about the subject a tricky proposition.A recent study by Portland State researchers Brianne Suldovsky, assistant professor of communication, and Daniel Taylor-Rodriguez, assistant professor of statistics, explored h ...
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#1296032021-07-22
ASU Biomimicry Center creates lessons for kids about nature's innovations
When it’s 115 degrees outside, wolves pant, tortoises burrow underground and elephants flap their ears. All of those adaptations keep animals cool in desert climates and can inspire sustainable innovations for humans. That approach — looking to nature for solutions — is called biomimicry.
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#1297622021-07-28
Solastalgia and doomism: new climate lingo boggles the mind
One of the annoying things about global warming—besides the likelihood it will ravage life on Earth—is all the new words we are expected to learn in order to track our descent into climate chaos.
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#1297732021-07-29
Creative projects aim to tell climate change story
Creative and artistic projects are being announced with the aim of engaging the public about the changes people will have to make to address climate change.
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#1299042021-08-11
Lion Trail Awareness Campaign Launched
The government has today launched the Tusk Lion Trail in Nairobi at the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) Headquarters. The trail is a global art installation in support of African lion conservation and 47 life-sized lion sculptures have been launched onto the streets in iconic locations worldwide.
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#1299072021-08-11
Books released to boost children’s knowledge of Iran’s endangered species
The Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA) has released a book series to raise children’s awareness of the species at risk of extinction in Iran.
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#1299312021-08-13
Stunning jackfish spiral in the Great Barrier Reef wins annual photo competition
If you're feeling anxious about the state of nature and the climate following the IPCC report this week, hopefully these images from the 2021 BMC Ecology and Evolution image competition will give some respite and remind you of what we're trying to recover.
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#1300412021-08-19
If children are to live with the climate crisis, we must green the curriculum
In August 2018, the then 15-year-old Greta Thunberg started spending her school days outside the Swedish parliament calling for stronger action on climate change. It might sound perverse, a teacher supporting kids taking time off school, but spreading awareness of environmental issues is somethi ...
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#1300842021-08-20
Q&A with author of ‘1,001 Voices on Climate Change’
Science, climate change, and technology journalist Devi Lockwood traveled to 20 countries on six continents to listen to and collect 1,001 “lived experience” stories of those feeling the effects of a warming world.
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#1301222021-08-24
Kenya partners with TikTok to promote wildlife conservation amid threats
Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) on Tuesday launched a partnership with the Chinese short video sharing platform, TikTok to raise awareness on the importance of conserving iconic wildlife species.
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#1301932021-09-01
Wildlife photographer of the year 2020 highly commended – in pictures
With a record-breaking number of entries from around the world, the judges of the 57th wildlife photographer of the year have had the toughest job yet. From lynx making a comeback to a striking ecological disaster and narwhal shrimp communicating at great depths, there is an incredible range in ...
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#1301942021-09-01
Meet my wingman: the magical bond between people and animals – in pictures
Awesome alpacas, frolicking flamingos and recuperating ravens … these rescue animals – in Sage Sohier’s photographs – have a zest for life and a remarkable willingness to forgive people
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#1301962021-09-01
Wildlife photo: Is this the world's most beautiful mosquito?
You can't help but marvel at its beauty. This female mosquito, with its fabulous furry legs and iridescent shimmer, is a total stunner.
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#1301992021-09-01
Study: The public is pretty confused by your climate change jargon
If you’ve ever furrowed your brow trying to remember what “mitigation” meant, you’re not alone. Many people don’t understand key terms experts use to talk about climate change, according to a recent study from researchers affiliated with the United Nations Foundation and the University of Southe ...
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#1302012021-09-01
ILO and IUCN sign an agreement to harness interdependence between jobs and nature
he International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding to raise awareness on the interdependence between jobs and nature.
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#1302172021-09-02
Why won’t US TV news say ‘climate change’?
The climate emergency is exploding in various parts of the world this week, but climate silence inexcusably continues to reign in much of the United States media.
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#1302462021-09-02
Act for biodiversity: visit UNESCO and LVMH pavilion at IUCN congress
There is only one planet: not one for nature and another one for human beings. The pandemic raised awareness of our interdependence with the living world. Biodiversity, the climate crisis and well-being are interconnected so we must find solutions to foster a better cohabitation between nature a ...
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#1302542021-09-02
Scientists need to better communicate the links between pandemics and global environmental change
The current COVID-19 pandemic is often imagined as a challenge humanity has to weather, with additional, different ones — including climate change — lurking right behind.
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#1302722021-09-03
Comedy wildlife photography awards 2021 – finalists
This year’s shortlist celebrating the joy of the natural world includes dancing bear cubs, a musical rodent and a giggling seal pup
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#1302932021-09-07
Mobilizing Wetlands Action: The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands renews partnership with Danone
oday, the Convention on Wetlands and global food company Danone signed a new 3-year agreement to increase global visibility and understanding of wetlands among public and private sector decision-makers.
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#1304022021-09-14
Rewriting extinction: Ricky Gervais joins celebrities creating comics to save species
Ricky Gervais is the latest celebrity to join an ambitious year-long storytelling campaign called Rewriting Extinction with the launch of a comic called Bullfight.
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#1304242021-09-15
Cake mentioned 10 times more than climate change on TV, study finds
The word "cake" appeared 10 times more on British television than "climate change" in 2020 while "dog" was mentioned 22 times more, according to new analysis.
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#1304372021-09-15
A flying great white shark: Chris Fallows’ best photograph
There is no more iconic species on the planet than the great white shark. Everybody knows what they are, even in the most landlocked countries on Earth, and people are fascinated by them.
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#1304382021-09-15
Show Me the Honey: amateur beekeepers to compete in BBC show
It has made The Great British Sewing Bee and spelling bee series Hard Spell but now the BBC is focusing on actual bees – by launching the UK’s first competitive beekeeping TV show.
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#1304392021-09-15
Rainbow colours and legs for days’: Australian fly species named after drag star RuPaul
The first insect Bryan Lessard named after a pop culture icon was the Beyoncé fly – Scaptia beyonceae, in 2011. At the time, the CSIRO entomologist caused quite a stir, and was “frowned upon” by some taxonomists.
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#1304842021-09-20
Ocean Photographer of the Year 2021 winners – in pictures
From Western Australia to Norway, photographers around the world capture animals and plants in their natural environment – and under threat from human activity
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#1305042021-09-22
Biodiversity Crisis: Animals & plants of Macedon Ranges exhibition
Biodiversity Crisis: Animals & plants of the Macedon Ranges exhibition. Did you know that 376 animal species and 1,457 varieties of native plants have been recorded in the Macedon Ranges? But the Macedon Ranges is facing a biodiversity crisis, with many threatened species at risk of extinction.
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#1306202021-10-06
Biodiversity sustains natural systems human beings rely on: Australian entomologist
Biodiversity sustains the natural systems that human beings live in, said an Australian entomologists before the United Nations biodiversity conference.
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#1309632021-10-19
Becoming Cousteau: An absorbing, compelling, surprising look at the real Zissou
He was the aquatic answer to both Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir David Attenborough. The French sea adventurer who brought the ocean into our living rooms. The man who invented the aqualung and helped developed underwater photography, so he could share with the world what he was seeing on his deep d ...
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#1310282021-10-21
How To Motivate Your Self, And Others To Act On Climate Change, Biodiversity Or Anything Else - Tips From Psychology
This talk may help you if you are thinking about how to motivate both yourself and others, and also governments, to act on climate change, biodiversity loss or indeed anything. The way you might do it instinctively, to focus on all the negatives that need to be fixed, is actually not the best ap ...
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#1310712021-10-22
World's first astrobiofuturist to speak at Metro Vancouver's Zero Waste conference
The world’s first astrobiofuturist is taking aim at a unique feature of humans — their creation of garbage. Billy Almon , an American biologist, architect, futurist, storyteller, former creative director at Walt Disney and host of Discovery’s Animal Planet, is one of the speakers at Metro Vancou ...
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#1310832021-10-22
Ocean art meets photography
UK-based Francesca Page is an internationally selling artist and illustrator with a passion for the ocean. As a dive professional, she is on a lifelong mission to save the ocean – one painting at a time. In this interview, she talks about how ocean art can foster conservation and how her underwa ...
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#1311052021-10-22
WWF announces landmark series to be produced by BBC StoryWorks
WWF is thrilled to announce a new digital series exploring the role of the business community in mitigating critical challenges facing our planet. The series will be produced by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions and will launch on BBC.com in spring 2022.
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#1311092021-10-25
Students of Delhi Public School pledge to protect nature
The students of grade III and IV of Delhi Public School, Nacharam learnt the definition of biodiversity by watching a video and taking a virtual pledge on October 25.
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#1311272021-10-25
The Guardian’s climate pledge
In 2019, the Guardian made a pledge in service of the planet. We declared that the escalating climate crisis was the defining issue of our lifetime, and that quality, trustworthy reporting on the environment was a vital tool to confront it.
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#1311432021-10-25
David Attenborough, E.O. Wilson and Tim Smit come together for biodiversity talk on Half Earth Day
Three key players in the fight to preserve biodiversity have come together for an inspiring event as part of Half-Earth Day. Broadcaster Sir David Attenborough and biologist E.O. Wilson engaged in a conversation hosted by Sir Tim Smit at the Royal Geographical Society in London.
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#1311472021-10-25
Street art is committed to the protection of the monk seal
Art can work wonders… and even save endangered species! This was the challenge taken up by the Urban Painting Around The World (UPAW) non-profit organisation on 4 and 8 July. The artists had the opportunity to create their works live in front of curious spectators, at the foot of the Monaco se ...
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#1311492021-10-25
Natural History Museum Collaborating with The New York Times Climate Hub and Voice for Nature at COP26
In Glasgow: The Museum is collaborating with The New York Times Climate Hub – a physical and virtual space where influential leaders and thinkers join forces with the wider community to debate, discuss and discover actionable climate strategies
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#1312212021-10-27
Africa’s first continent-wide survey of climate change literacy finds education is key
Most Africans have heard of climate change and agree that it should be stopped. But far fewer feel that ordinary people can do something to stop it and even fewer understand its human causes.
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#1312372021-10-28
Activists raise awareness of ecosystem relevance in Malawi
Malawi’s great diversity of insects is more valuable than many farmers believe. Indeed, it is crucial for the sustainability of agriculture. The civil-society organisation Soil, Food and Healthy Community (SFHC) is raising awareness to improve matters. “We encourage farmers not to use pesticides ...
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#1313012021-10-29
The week in wildlife – in pictures
The best of this week’s wildlife pictures, including shadowy horses, a visiting hippo and a released rare ring seal.
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#1316622021-11-15
Five books that will change how you think about the environment and climate change
We are constantly being bombarded with dire warnings about the environmental and climate emergency. Act now, we are told, or face an unprecedented global catastrophe. But while the solutions proposed – solar panels, heat pumps, eating less meat – are no doubt necessary, they are for the most par ...
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#1316912021-11-15
In rural Nigeria, the magic of cinema builds support for ape conservation
It’s sunset in Bamba, a small farming community in Cross River state in southeast Nigeria. Louis Nkonyu, 46, caresses the touchpad of his laptop in search of a wildlife movie for the night. His face is lit with sweat and the whitish radiance from the projector screen.
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#1317042021-11-15
University alliance takes climate crisis 'action'
Experts from four universities have come together to form a regional alliance to tackle climate change. The GW4 Climate Alliance has been formed by researchers from universities in Bath, Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter.
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#1317062021-11-16
James Cameron’s plea to protect the ocean twilight zone
When he isn’t directing movies, filmmaker James Cameron explores and studies the twilight zone. His missions there have shed new light on this carbon-sequestering environment in the inky abyss, populated with beautiful and bizarre creatures that wouldn’t look out of place in one of Cameron’s sci ...
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#1317752021-11-17
Sudbury project to help young children connect with nature
An art project along Sudbury's Junction Creek will help young students connect with nature and learn creative research practices.
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#1318452021-11-19
The week in wildlife – in pictures
The best of this week’s wildlife pictures, including rescued cheetahs, a waving seal pup and migrating red crabs
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#1318732021-11-24
Field day to showcase benefits of biodiversity on farms
Tweed farmers are invited to attend a field day to learn why and how to restore and protect biodiversity on grazing properties.
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#1319442021-11-26
Citizen scientists to boost bushfire recovery activities
Members of the public are being invited to participate in a citizen science research program to boost existing bushfire recovery, data collection and monitoring activities for impacted wildlife.