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Icon for www.msn.comMSN · Mar 26, 2025

Global species loss: Biodiversity study highlights the devastating human impact

However, the impact goes far beyond the loss of species ... due to their distinctness and global validity. They can also serve as benchmarks for future biodiversity research and conservation ...
Science Daily · 20h

Intensifying farmland can sometimes degrade biodiversity more than expansion

The intensification of existing farmland can sometimes be more harmful to local biodiversity than expanding the area covered by agricultural land, finds a new study.
The Conversation on MSN.com · 13d

Ambitious changes to Canadian conservation law are needed to reverse the decline in biodiversity

Globally, climate change, urbanization, overexploitation of resources and habitat loss are combining to drive biodiversity ... Canada's commitments under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework into legal or programmatic action.
Icon for www.wm.eduWilliam & Mary · Oct 17, 2024

Undergraduate Program

Degree tracks that integrate disciplines & knowledge systems to advance global solutions Global biodiversity loss is influenced by complex and entwined social and environmental systems. Biodiversity conservation is a challenge requiring integrative ...
The Star · 10d

Biodiversity is climate resilience: Malaysia’s path to a greener, stronger future

As we mark Earth Day this year, the theme "Harnessing biodiversity for a climate-resilient future" reminds us of an often-underappreciated truth: the natural world is not just a passive backdrop to our lives but a dynamic system that underpins our economy,
Icon for news.mongabay.comMongabay · 27d

Funding freeze threatens global reforestation and restoration efforts

Without consistent funding, ongoing projects face the threat of scaling back or shutting down entirely, increasing the global risk of biodiversity loss, climate change, deforestation and ...
Icon for www.sbs.com.auSBS · Oct 22, 2024

'Amazon tipping point' focuses attention on escalating biodiversity loss

We know what's driving a lot of species loss. So if we can stop those activities, we can reverse it." At COP-15 in 2022, the Montreal conference was pivotal in setting global biodiversity goals ...
Icon for phys.orgPhys.org · Apr 5, 2025

Balancing biodiversity and wood-based bioeconomy in the EU

The European Union's Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 aims to halt biodiversity loss and restore ecosystems ... In the study, published in Global Environmental Change and led by IIASA researcher ...
Icon for www.environmental-finance.comEnvironmental finance · Nov 10, 2022

Biodiversity Finance Reference Guide: May 2023 Full Report (English)

Since the initial publication of the Biodiversity Finance Reference Guide, the landmark agreement on global action on nature ... opportunities to address the key drivers of biodiversity loss in their production practices, to integrate nature-based ...
Icon for finance.yahoo.comYahoo Finance · 18d

Canadians Compete in 2025 City Nature Challenge to Track Global Biodiversity

With the loss of biological diversity emerging as a global environmental threat ... become part of an international database of biodiversity to be used for conservation. While Canadian cities ...
BusinessGhana · 15d

Ghana Launches Biodiversity Finance Initiative to Scale Up Investment for Nature Protection

The Government of Ghana and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have launched the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN),
Icon for biologicaldiversity.orgCenter for Biological Diversity · Nov 17, 2021

Report: Wool Production Carries Heavy Biodiversity Loss, Climate Price Tag

NEW YORK, N.Y.— Wool production is a key contributor to biodiversity loss and climate change, according to a new report released today by the Center for Biological Diversity and Collective Fashion Justice’s CIRCUMFAUNA initiative. Shear Destruction ...
Icon for www.salon.comSalon · 9d

Weird, rare mushrooms in Ecuador reveal secrets about life and loss of biodiversity

in a global way, but they haven't. We've got very, very few people who are still carrying out the very important and dramatically underfunded work of biodiversity and now, equally, conservation ...
Mirage News · 11d

EU Commission Advances High Seas Biodiversity Protection

Today, the Commission is presenting a proposal to integrate the landmark international Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction' (BBNJ) Agreement
Icon for biologicaldiversity.orgCenter for Biological Diversity · Nov 21, 2024

Analysis: Industrial Animal Ag Incompatible With Global Climate Agreements

The analysis looked at the Paris Agreement, the Sustainable Development Goals, the Methane Pledge and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework ... is a leading driver of climate change, habitat loss, water pollution, and pesticide use, in ...
ZAWYA · 18d

AECOM drives climate resilience and biodiversity action for Earth Day 2025

At the core of AECOM’s approach is its Sustainable Legacies strategy, ensuring climate resilience is embedded across all projects
The Peninsula Qatar · 9d

Biodiversity, wildlife conservation top Qatar's sustainable development agenda priorities: Environment Minister

Minister of Environment and Climate Change, HE Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Subaie affirmed that biodiversity and wildlife
The Star · 10d

The Heart of Borneo: Sabah and Sarawak’s vital role in global biodiversity and climate resilience

BORNEO, home to diverse flora and fauna species and the third largest island globally spanning approximately 74 million hectares, with Sabah and Sarawak representing about one third of its total area.
Icon for markets.businessinsider.comBusiness Insider · 17d

Canadians Compete in 2025 City Nature Challenge to Track Global Biodiversity

With the loss of biological diversity emerging as a global environmental threat ... These observations become part of an international database of biodiversity to be used for conservation. While Canadian cities will compete against each other to see ...
Icon for www.thestar.comToronto Star · 18d

Canadians Compete in 2025 City Nature Challenge to Track Global Biodiversity

OTTAWA, Ontario, April 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Canadians coast to coast will compete against more than 700 cities in a record 70 countries in the 10th annual City Nature Challenge from April ...
Icon for www.thehindu.comThe Hindu · Jan 5, 2023

Decoding the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework | In Focus podcast

agreed on a new framework to halt species extinction and loss of bio- diversity. Known as the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), it sets out four goals for 2050 and 23 targets ...
Icon for www.reuters.comReuters · 6d

Business failure to act on deforestation puts everyone at risk

We’ve reached that date and deforestation remains embedded in global economies through ... and actions to tackle forest and biodiversity loss and human rights violations. The 16 frontrunners ...
Icon for www.ndtv.comNDTV · Apr 1, 2025

Global Biodiversity

The COP16 summit in Colombia brings global leaders together to address the alarming loss of biodiversity, with over one million species at risk of extinction. Countries will assess their progress ...
Daily Graphic · 7d

Tackling global environmental challenges require concerted efforts — Global Environment Facility

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has called for a concerted effort to address the global environmental challenges that confront the planet
Icon for www.lemonde.frLe Monde.fr · Apr 8, 2024

Global tree cover loss continues despite 'dramatic' progress in Brazil and Colombia

On a global scale ... These regions are also of major importance for biodiversity, carbon storage and climate regulation. The loss of 3.7 million hectares of tropical forest has resulted in ...
JD Supra · 9d

Earth Day 2025: States Step Up for Biodiversity Amid Global Goals

As we reflect on environmental stewardship this week, the accelerating loss of biodiversity remains one of the most critical challenges facing
Icon for www.ubs.comUBS · Mar 17, 2024

Bloom or bust

In 2022, the world agreed a “Paris Agreement for nature”—the Global Biodiversity Framework—with the goal of reversing biodiversity loss by 2030. The first step to achieving the 2030 goal is effective measurement. Successfully reversing biodiversity ...
Climate Home News · 12d

System change is our only way out of the climate and biodiversity crises

To tackle the climate crisis, we must change the system—not just the symptoms. Here's why systemic change is our only way forward.
Icon for www.standardmedia.co.kestandardmedia.co.ke · Mar 13, 2013

Kenya warned on loss of biodiversity

"The loss of biodiversity in Kenya is threatening ... Mr Steiner spoke yesterday while launching The Global Biodiversity Outlook Report, ahead of a conference on the Convention on Biological ...
Icon for theconversation.comThe Conversation · Apr 2, 2025

Invisible losses: thousands of plant species are missing from places they could thrive – and humans are the reason

When we think about biodiversity loss, we might think of a once-common ... This huge body of fieldwork took years and required navigating global challenges such as COVID-19 and political and ...
Dawn · 15h

Agriculture: At the risk of losing biodiversity

An estimated 11m hectares of Pakistan is affected by waterlogging, while another 5m hectares is impacted by salinity harming
Icon for www.nature.comNature · 27d

Countries must consider their global footprint when using natural resources

The article ‘Global biodiversity loss from outsourced deforestation’ (R. A. Wiebe and D. S. Wilcove Nature 639, 389–394; 2025) shows that the resource needs of rich nations are responsible ...
Icon for www.bristol.ac.ukUniversity of Bristol · Sep 3, 2023

Ecology: Reversing the biodiversity crisis

Degradation of the natural environment is driving biodiversity loss on a global scale, affecting our own health and wellbeing. One of the critical challenges of this century is to anticipate and then prevent further loss of biodiversity on land ...
Icon for www.jpost.comThe Jerusalem Post Blogs · 22d

Swiss study finds human activity causes 20% drop in global biodiversity

indicate the global threats to biological diversity. The researchers stated, "Bending the curve of contemporary biodiversity loss and change is one of the greatest challenges facing our society ...
Icon for news.mongabay.comMongabay · 10d

Beyond the Safari

The “fortress conservation” model is under pressure in East Africa, as protected areas become battlegrounds over history, human rights, and global efforts to halt biodiversity loss.
Icon for www.un.orgwebtv.un.org · 5d

Search the United Nations

As the global community is called to re-examine ... on traditional plant‐based medicines for basic healthcare. But loss of biodiversity threatens all, including our health.
Icon for abcnews.go.comABC News · 9d

Climate and environment updates: Climate change now primary driver of biodiversity loss in US

Other primary drivers of biodiversity loss include overexploitation ... that trap heat in the atmosphere contribute directly to global warming. There is a strong and well-established link between ...
Icon for wwf.panda.orgPanda · Dec 5, 2022

Food for thriving biodiversity

This was the first COP since countries adopted the Kunming-Montral Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF), an agreement intended to halt and reverse nature loss, similar to the Paris Climate Agreement designed to limit global warming to 1.5 degress Celsius.
Icon for wwf.panda.orgPanda · Oct 14, 2022

Call for ambitious global biodiversity framework on World Wetlands Day

The scale and speed of biodiversity loss threatens people and life on earth ... we must all recognise that 2020 provides us with a unique opportunity to make an ambitious global commitment to protect and restore our wetlands and the biodiversity that ...
Icon for www.helsinki.fiHelsinki · Feb 25, 2021

Biodiversity and Global Change Collegium

Marine ecosystems are undergoing rapid change. Most of the heat associated with climate change has been buffered in our oceans, and in combination with multiple other human pressures, including eutrophication, pollution and fishing, this has resulted in ...
Icon for www.wsj.comWall Street Journal · May 25, 2015

Risks of biodiversity loss pose a global threat

However, many businesses are continuing to ignore the issue of biodiversity loss and the impact that it will have on their future profitability. According to a study carried out by global ...
Phys.org on MSN.com · 4d

Loss of genetic plant diversity is visible from space

Increased vegetation growth in European mountains, driven by climate and land use changes, reduces genetic diversity of medicinal plants, as shown by a new study using satellite data and genetic analyses on Greek mountain tea.
Icon for www.un.orgwebtv.un.org · Jun 14, 2022

Population growth, environmental degradation and climate change

On 23 February, the new report will be launched at the Future of the World Global Policy Dialogues: The Future of Population Growth kicking off at 8:30 a.m. EST. This event will be discussing the ...
Icon for www.sundaytimes.lkThe Sunday Times · Oct 31, 2010

Meeting the challenges of biodiversity loss

The United Nation’s Nagoya Biodiversity Summit (COP10) that started on October 18 with the participation of the 193 signatories to the UN’s Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD), concluded successfully yesterday. Moments after the adoption of the ...
Icon for www.dw.comdw · 24d

Global Us — What connects us all

Global 3000 is now Global Us - because now, more than ever, we need to act together. How do we tackle the world's most pressing problems? Climate change and biodiversity loss demand that we find ...
Icon for www.nature.comNature · Sep 3, 2023

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Stability

Climate change and other human-driven (anthropogenic) environmental changes will continue to cause biodiversity loss in the coming ... so local and global species losses could threaten the ...