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- Biodiversity: Life – a status report http://www.nature.com/news/biodiversity-life-a-status-report-1.16523 17 comments
- India updates Biodiversity Action Plan: to restore a third of its degraded ecosystem by 2030 (Full Report link in article) https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2024/11/03/what-is-india-new-biodiversity-strategy-for-2030-cop16-unep-environment.html 3 comments india
- Global Warming: Carbon Should Cost 3.6 Times More Than The US Price Of $51 Per Ton Of Carbon Dioxide Emitted, & Researchers Wrote In The Journal "Nature" That The Price Should Be $185 per ton — The Report Includes Damage To Ecosystems, Biodiversity & Human Health https://apnews.com/article/science-climate-and-environment-government-politics-4c1e8783694201355f88012079367f27 8 comments nature
- Hydropower dams induce widespread species extinctions across Amazonian forest islands. Hydropower developments should avoid flooding forests to minimize biodiversity loss and disruptions to ecosystems in Amazonian forest islands, researchers report. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abm0397 27 comments science
- Mass biodiversity loss would slash global credit ratings, report warns https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/mass-biodiversity-loss-would-slash-global-credit-ratings-report-warns-2022-06-22/ 24 comments environment
- Biodiversity loss threatens economic stability: central banks report https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220324-biodiversity-loss-threatens-economic-stability-central-banks-report 6 comments economics
- Central banks have underestimated the significant threat posed by biodiversity loss, a new report from a banking committee said Thursday, warning that financial institutions and businesses were destroying the natural assets that they depend on https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220324-biodiversity-loss-threatens-economic-stability-central-banks-report 15 comments environment
- Central banks have underestimated the significant threat posed by biodiversity loss, a new report from a banking committee said Thursday, warning that financial institutions and businesses were destroying the natural assets that they depend on https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220324-biodiversity-loss-threatens-economic-stability-central-banks-report 8 comments worldnews
- An ‘emerging crisis’: The climate is changing too fast for plants and animals to adapt | New UN report highlights how warming temperatures are upending nature's life cycles — with devastating impacts on agriculture and biodiversity. https://grist.org/climate/an-emerging-crisis-the-climate-is-changing-too-fast-for-plants-and-animals-to-adapt/ 456 comments worldnews
- An ‘emerging crisis’: The climate is changing too fast for plants and animals to adapt | New UN report highlights how warming temperatures are upending nature's life cycles — with devastating impacts on agriculture and biodiversity. https://grist.org/climate/an-emerging-crisis-the-climate-is-changing-too-fast-for-plants-and-animals-to-adapt/ 21 comments environment
- World will fail unless climate and nature crises are tackled together, says major report. Warning is first collaboration between the leading authorities on climate and biodiversity https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/climate-crisis-nature-loss-biodiversity-b1863144.html 3 comments environment
- World will fail unless climate and nature crises are tackled together, says major report. Warning is first collaboration between the leading authorities on climate and biodiversity https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/climate-crisis-nature-loss-biodiversity-b1863144.html 5 comments climate
- World will fail unless climate and nature crises are tackled together, says major report. Warning is first collaboration between the leading authorities on climate and biodiversity https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/climate-crisis-nature-loss-biodiversity-b1863144.html 5 comments nature
- Humans are making Earth a broken and increasingly unlivable planet through climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. So the world must make dramatic changes to society, economics and daily life, a new United Nations report says. https://www.courthousenews.com/un-huge-changes-in-society-needed-to-keep-nature-earth-ok/?amp=1 1818 comments worldnews
- Follow-up to the WWF report on the destruction of the natural world: according to researchers in Nature, we can halt the decline of biodiversity if we start eating less meat. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02502-2 15 comments worldnews
- EU to halve pesticides by 2030 to protect bees, biodiversity: Beekeepers in western Europe have reported a fall in the number of bees and colony losses over the last 15 years, the European Food Safety Authority reports https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-eu-pesticides/eu-to-halve-pesticides-by-2030-to-protect-bees-biodiversity-draft-iduskbn22q25n 8 comments economy
- Pursuing economic growth at the expense of the environment is no longer an option as Europe faces “unprecedented” challenges from climate chaos, pollution, biodiversity loss and the overconsumption of natural resources, according to a report from Europe’s environmental watchdog. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/dec/04/dont-pursue-economic-growth-at-expense-of-environment-report 24 comments worldnews
- More than half of native European trees face extinction, warns study - Ash, elm and rowan among trees threatened by pests and pollution, says biodiversity report https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/27/more-than-half-of-native-european-trees-face-extinction-warns-study 16 comments worldnews
- Stop damaging land or face climate catastrophe, major UN report warns - “The intensification of farming has fuelled soil degradation, deforestation and biodiversity loss – further intensification is not a solution to the challenges we face." https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change-land-abuse-save-world-geneva-rainforest-a9039951.html?utm_source=reddit.com 4 comments worldnews
- Canada needs to triple the amount of its protected land and water to tackle 'nature emergency': report | Biodiversity is declining faster than at any other time in human history, study finds https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tasker-nature-emergency-triple-protected-land-1.5213650 8 comments worldnews
- Koala and kangaroo culling considered as numbers become 'overabundant'. Species’ expansion threatens South Australia’s habitat and biodiversity, report says https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/12/koala-kangaroo-culling-considered-as-numbers-become-overabundant 6 comments worldnews
- Koala and kangaroo culling considered as numbers become 'overabundant' - Species’ expansion threatens South Australia’s habitat and biodiversity, report says https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/12/koala-kangaroo-culling-considered-as-numbers-become-overabundant 8 comments worldnews
- 'What Could Be More Important?': World Leaders, Media Ignore Biodiversity Report Detailing Mass Extinction Event Now Underway https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/05/23/what-could-be-more-important-world-leaders-media-ignore-biodiversity-report 5 comments politics
- Biodiversity crisis is about to put humanity at risk, UN scientists to warn | "This is the most comprehensive report on the state of the environment. It irrefutably confirms that nature is in steep decline.” https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/03/climate-crisis-is-about-to-put-humanity-at-risk-un-scientists-warn 300 comments worldnews
- Lost world: UN report shows Nature at death's door | The 1,800-page draft document, set to be finalised after a biodiversity summit in Paris this week, depicts a planet ravaged by rampant overconsumption and drowning in pollution, where hundreds of thousands of species risk extinction https://news.yahoo.com/lost-world-un-report-shows-nature-deaths-door-151119912.html 23 comments worldnews
- Lost world: UN report shows Nature at death's door | The 1,800-page draft document, set to be finalised after a biodiversity summit in Paris this week, depicts a planet ravaged by rampant overconsumption and drowning in pollution, where hundreds of thousands of species risk extinction https://news.yahoo.com/lost-world-un-report-shows-nature-deaths-door-151119912.html 6 comments worldnews
- 'Extinction crisis' threatening global food supply, UN report warns | "Many key components of biodiversity for food and agriculture at genetic, species and ecosystem levels are in decline," the report said https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/22/health/food-biodiversity-report-intl/index.html 55 comments worldnews
- Europe's meat and dairy production must halve by 2050, expert warns - Europe’s animal farming sector has exceeded safe bounds for greenhouse gas emissions, nutrient flows and biodiversity loss, and urgently needs to be scaled back, according to a major report. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/15/europe-meat-dairy-production-2050-expert-warns 288 comments worldnews
- A global biodiversity collapse is imminent unless we take urgent, concerted action to reverse species loss in the tropics, according to a major study. The study is the first high-level report on the state of all four of the world´s most diverse tropical ecosystems https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/lu-tir072318.php 5 comments science
- Three quarters of freshwater species endemic to Lake Victoria basin face threat of extinction...biodiversity being "decimated"...fresh report backed by IUCN assessed extinction risk of 651 freshwater species like fish, molluscs, dragonflies, crabs & aquatic plants native to Africa's largest lake. https://www.afp.com/en/news/826/lake-victoria-biodiversity-being-decimated-conservationists-doc-14f8f61 3 comments worldnews
- The world's 11,000 bird species are in the midst of a major biodiversity crisis—with one in eight threatened by extinction—because of human activity, according to a five-year study published Monday..."while the report focuses on birds, its conclusions are relevant to biodiversity more generally." https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/04/23/decline-invariably-humanitys-making-1-8-worlds-bird-species-threatened-extinction 55 comments worldnews
- One in eight birds is threatened with extinction, global study finds: Report on the state of the world’s birds reveals a biodiversity crisis driven by intensive farming, with once-common species such as puffins and snowy owls now at risk. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/23/one-in-eight-birds-is-threatened-with-extinction-global-study-finds 54 comments worldnews
- U.N. reports forecast a lonelier planet with fewer plants and animals: Earth is losing plants, animals and clean water at a dramatic rate, according to four new United Nations scientific reports that provide the most comprehensive and localized look at the state of biodiversity. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/24/world/science-health-world/u-n-reports-forecast-lonelier-planet-fewer-plants-animals/#.wryr8yhubiu 48 comments worldnews
- World’s greatest forests could lose more than half of plant species by end of century unless nations ramp up efforts to tackle climate change, according to new report on impacts of global warming on biodiversity hotspots...losses of as much as 60% of plants and 50% of animals. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/14/worlds-great-forests-could-lose-half-of-all-wildlife-as-planet-warms-report 7 comments worldnews
- Environmental crime threatens Europe’s last pristine forests & iconic wildlife - New UN report warns illegal logging, illegal caviar trade, mass-killing of wild birds & poaching of bears, wolves & lynx threaten biodiversity & livelihoods in region stretching over 15 European countries. https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/press-release/environmental-crime-threatens-europes-last-pristine-forests-and 5 comments worldnews
- Humans damaging the environment faster than it can recover, UN finds - Radical action is needed to combat increasing rate of environmental damage to water sources, land, biodiversity & marine life, report shows http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/may/19/humans-damaging-the-environment-faster-than-it-can-recover-report-finds 528 comments worldnews
- UN Biodiversity Report: International efforts to meet targets to stem the loss of wildlife and habitats are failing miserably. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/06/un-biodiversity-report-failure-meet-conservation-targets 2 comments worldnews
- Report assails palm oil project in Cameroon as a land grab - "The area to be developed, which is about eight times the size of Manhattan, is a hot spot of biodiversity, and the 99-year land lease is of questionable legal status" http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/05/report-assails-palm-oil-project-in-cameroon/ 16 comments worldnews
- Report: Global biodiversity down 30 percent in 40 years http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47421743/ns/technology_and_science-science/ 3 comments science
- New report claims Antarctic seas richer in animal life than Galapagos, challenging the notion that warmer seas are higher in biodiversity. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/dec/01/poles-wildlife-antarctica 3 comments science