With the current business-as-usual scenario, both the rate of biodiversity's loss and the risks for humanity continue to grow. Policy-makers are on top of the food chain in determining many aspects of our society and economy by paving the general directions in policy. They are one of the...
Wednesday marks the International Day for Biological Diversity, with this year's theme being "Be Part of the Plan," in a call for action from all stakeholders to halt and reverse the loss of biodiversity. Here are some notable facts and figures about China's progress on biodiversity protection...
Biodiversity loss has become so extreme that the situation has been deemed a “biodiversity crisis” (United Nations Commission on Environment and Development, 1986). In response, both legislated and market-based initiatives to preserve biodiversity have emerged. Forest certification is a market-based ...
wild world of nature; habitat loss, population growth, and the loss of diversity; bears; wildlife photography; facts and figures on biodiversity; pink potatoes and other wild plants; how spending habits affect the earth; the Maya civilization; and student action to slow the loss of biodiversity...
Species diversity loss still remains one of the main imperatives of our time and therefore one of the main topics of scientific studies. Currently, hundreds of plant species and many habitat types are globally threatened1,2. A range of factors are responsible for these declines, with human popul...
It could also be explained by these researchers’ desire to promote biological conservation, getting behind the idea that loss of species (and thus loss of biodiversity in the broad sense) can have ecological consequences that might eventually affect humanity’s resource base. Thus, BEF researchers...
Overall, cattle farming is the major driver of biodiversity loss, but oil seed production showed the largest increases in biodiversity impacts. Forestry activities exerted the highest impact on carbon sequestration, and also showed the largest increase in the 2000–2011 period. Our results suggest ...
Eight years ago, governments pledged to reduce the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010, but the pledge will not be met. The expansion of human cities, farming and infrastructure is the main reason. Speaking at the launch in Berlin, German premier Angela Merkel urged the establishment of a new...
Threats and Conservation Strategies for Overlooked Organisms: The Case of Epiphytic Lichens Chapter© 2020 Quantifying the anthropocene loss of bioindicators for an early industrial region: an equitable baseline for biodiversity restoration Article31 March 2018 ...
Results indicated that a rubber agroforest eco-certification scheme could reduce carbon emissions and species loss better than alternative scenarios. However, the suggested premiums were too low to compete with income from other land uses. Nevertheless, integrating our understanding of household agent ...