Tag: nature
Commit to restoring the planet, UN chief says in message for International Mother Earth Day
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for commitment to restoring the planet, and to making peace with nature, in his message to mark International Mother…
Commission launches Pollinator Park – a dystopian virtual reality experience of a world without pollinators
Pollinator Park is an interactive digital tool to raise awareness about the alarming decline of pollinators and mobilise global action to address it. Designed in…
World’s forgotten fishes vital for hundreds of millions of people but one-third face extinction, warns new report
The world’s dazzlingly diverse freshwater fishes are critical for the health, food security and livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people, but they are under…
Pandemic Got You Down? A Little Nature Could Help
Researchers have long been aware of the positive impact of a connection with nature on psychological health and, according to a new study published in…
UN chief urges it’s time to make peace with nature
In a passionate, uncompromising speech at Columbia University in New York the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has described the fight against the climate crisis…
UNEP calls on finance sector to boost biodiversity ambition and engagement
A report published today (30th June) by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Natural Capital Finance Alliance (NCFA) warns that few banks, insurers,…
Study shows fall in insect population by nearly a quarter
A study by two German universities has unearthed a startling fact about insects – about 24% of them have been lost over a course of…
’Nature welcomes the change’: with no tourists, wildlife roams California’s Yosemite
A bear ambles across a forest glade and a herd of deer stroll down a silent road. At Yosemite National Park in Northern California, coronavirus…
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