Source: Marine Life in the Galápagos Gets a New Protected ‘Ocean Highway’
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Expanding the world’s largest protected boreal forest
Government Alberta
Alberta’s government has expanded Kitaskino Nuwenëné Wildland Provincial Park, nearly doubling the land area dedicated to conservation, recreation and supporting Indigenous People’s traditional activities…
How Preserving Agave Could Help Save an Endangered Bat
Yale Environment 360
Drought linked to climate change, along with overgrazing, is destroying the agave plants on which the Mexican long-nosed bat depends. Now, an initiative is trying to restore the balance between the agaves, the bats that feed on them, and the people who live on these lands…
Global count estimates Earth has 73,000 tree species – 14% more than reported
The Guardian
There are an estimated 73,300 species of tree on Earth, 9,000 of which have yet to be discovered, according to a global count of tree species by thousands of researchers who used second world war codebreaking techniques created at Bletchley Park to evaluate the number of unknown species…
Message to mayors: cities need nature
Nature
There are an estimated 73,300 species of tree on Earth, 9,000 of which have yet to be discovered, according to a global count of tree species by thousands of researchers who used second world war codebreaking techniques created at Bletchley Park to evaluate the number of unknown species…
Why Nature is More than a Carbon Sink
Jakarta Globe
In landscapes like Indonesia’s tropical swamp forests, where the protection of natural forests is vital to biodiversity and wildlife, sustaining the communities who rely on forests for ecosystem services and livelihoods is also an imperative. ‘While the relationship between the two is complex in science…
The Conversation
The most widely publicized threat to the Amazonian rainforest is deforestation. Less well understood is that public lands are being converted to private holdings in a land grab we’ve been studying for the past decade. Much of this land is cleared for cattle ranches and soybean farms, threatening biodiversity…
Marine Life in the Galápagos Gets a New Protected ‘Ocean Highway’
Atlas Obscura
Endangered turtles, sharks, and manta rays now have more room to roam in the pristine waters of the Galápagos Islands. In January 2022, Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso decreed a new marine reserve called Hermandad-“Brotherhood”-in the volcanic island chain famous for its impressive biodiversity…
Scotland hopes to save wild salmon by planting millions of trees next to rivers
The Guardian
River Dee initiative comes as rising water temperature from climate heating threatens species’ survival. Millions of trees are being planted beside Scotland’s remotest rivers and streams to protect wild salmon from the worst effects of climate heating. Fisheries scientists have found rivers and burns in…
Recent notifications from the Convention on Biological Diversity
Further information: Resumed sessions of SBSTTA 24, SBI 3 and WG2020-3, Geneva, Switzerland
Taking into account the needs related to COVID-19 preventive measures and regional preparatory work, the dates of the official meetings of the bodies are 14-29 March 2022, with registration and regional meetings scheduled to take place on 13 March 2022…
I am pleased to inform you that, after due consideration of all nominations received by the Advisory Selection Committee, and in consultation with the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention (COP), the selection of representatives of indigenous peoples and local communities who will receive support for their participation in the above-mentioned meetings has been completed…
