Avainsana: biodiversity
LIFE programme awards 2022 winners for boosting biodiversity, environmental and climate action resilience and awareness raising
Yesterday afternoon during EU Green Week, Europe’s largest annual environmental event, the LIFE Programme for environment and climate action announced the five winners of this…
Biodiversity at risk, threatens human survival, UN forum hears
As the living tissue of the earth, biodiversity is “intimately linked to human health” the head of the UN’s scientific agency told a global forum…
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…
Brussels consults on EU targets to restore Europe’s biodiversity
The EU Commission made a bid Monday to restore Europe’s damaged ecosystems and help tackle climate change, as it launched a public consultation on legally…
Hunger rising in mountain regions due to biodiversity loss, climate change
Although many of the world’s most important crops and livestock species originate in mountain regions, hunger is rising in these areas due to biodiversity loss…
New CICERONE report aims to help European stakeholders approach circular economy systemically
Global consumption of materials such as biomass, fossil fuels, metals and minerals is expected to double in the next forty years, while annual waste generation…
68% Average Decline in Species Population Sizes Since 1970, Says New WWF Report
Globally, monitored population sizes of mammals, fish, birds, reptiles, and amphibians have declined an average of 68% between 1970 and 2016, according to World Wildlife…
Earth’s ’lost species’ only the tip of the iceberg
Scientists have calculated how many mammals might be lost this century, based on fossil evidence of past extinctions. Their predictions suggest at least 550 species…
Mining needed for renewable energy ’could harm biodiversity’
The mining necessary for producing renewable energy could exacerbate threats to biodiversity, researchers have found. The production of renewable energy requires metals and other materials…
Rampant destruction of forests ‘will unleash more pandemics’
Scientists are to warn world leaders that increasing numbers of deadly new pandemics will afflict the planet if levels of deforestation and biodiversity loss continue…
Species ‘Pushed Out Of The Tropics’ By Climate Change
The world’s tropical regions are home to the widest range of plants and animals, but research from The University of Queensland reveals that climate change…
Unilever enhances global water stewardship efforts
Unilever has joined both the 2030 Water Resources Group and the Alliance for Water Stewardship, pledging to implement new projects and initiatives to improve water…
Climate change: Planting new forests ’can do more harm than good’
One paper says that financial incentives to plant trees can backfire and reduce biodiversity with little impact on carbon emissions. A separate project found that…
’Billions of years of evolutionary history’ under threat
Scientists say more than 50 billion years of evolutionary history could be lost as humans push wildlife to the brink. ”Weird and wonderful” animals unlike…
Coronavirus: L’Oréal unveils €100m biodiversity and circular economy plan
L’Oréal Group has pledged to invest €100m over the next decade in projects that heal damaged natural ecosystems and advance the circular economy, as part…
Wildlife habitat destruction and deforestation will cause more deadly pandemics like coronavirus, scientists warn
As climate change contributes to a surge in disease outbreaks across the world, scientists warn that current rates of environmental degradation and biodiversity loss will…
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…
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