Monday, 24 February 2025

Focus on Biodiversity

Research suggests climate change, not habitat loss, may be the biggest threat to the survival of threatened caribou herds. A caribou moves through the Algar region of northeastern Alberta in September 2017 in a handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-University of British Columbia-Cole Burton MANDATORY CREDIT
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Climate change, not habitat loss, may be biggest threat to caribou herds: study

The lead author of the study says simply replanting and restoring damage to the boreal forest isn't going to be enough to keep...

A turtle entangled in a net (Philipp Kanstinger/University of Exeter/PA)
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Conservation efforts lending a helping hand to global biodiversity

Decade-long research into efforts to protect nature around globe shows that conservation work is generally slowing a decline in biodiversity.

Broadcaster Chris Packham and members of the Axe Drax campaign group protesting outside the Drax AGM (Merry Dickinson/PA)
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Climate protesters target BP and Drax shareholder meetings

Drax and BP climate protests see British activists target shareholder meetings to make their point.

The London skyline is seen shortly after sunrise from Richmond Park in London, Britain, August 10, 2023. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
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Nature loss could slow UK growth 12% by the 2030s, report says

Biodiversity loss and environmental degradation create major risks for the UK economy and financial sector, says Green Finance Institute.

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US advances review of Nevada lithium mine amid wildflower concern

Environmentalists vow to fight lithium mining project as Bureau of Land Management released 2,000 pages of environmental impact statement.

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Opinion: Global coral bleaching caused by global warming demands a global response

The Conversation: How fast the world acts to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions driving global warming will determine which reefs, marine species and...

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Biden administration moves to make conservation an equal to industry on US public lands

The rule from the U.S. Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management will allow public property to be leased for restoration in the same...

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UN envoy says of the threat to coral reefs: ‘Are we faced with a colossal ecosystem tragedy? Yes’

The prime cause driving events such as global bleaching of coral reefs is the burning of fossil fuels, which leads to greenhouse gas...

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Global ocean summit nets $10 bn in pledges: Greek PM

"Our ocean is literally sending us distress signals. Of course, long before we understood climate change, the ocean was already under attack from...

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France plans subsidies for tree felling to help exterminate bark beetle

Since 2018, successive droughts and high temperatures in northeast France have made trees more vulnerable to beetle attacks.

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