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Biodiversity is under siege, with greatly enhanced rates of local and global extinction and the decline of once-abundant species. Current rates of human-induced climate change and land use forecast the Anthropocene as one of the most devastating epochs for life on earth.

An international team of scientists has developed a global scenario called Low Energy Demand, arguing that humanity’s appetite for things like electric cars and cellphones, as well as the development of better building standards, can drive a revolution in efficiency that could help lower energy d

Despite ongoing social and environmental crises driven by human population increase, public concern has instead focused on demographic aging as the greater challenge, even suggesting that population growth should be rekindled to combat it. Click on the link below to access the full paper. 

A hopeful vision of the future is a world in which both people and nature thrive, but there is little evidence to support the feasibility of such a vision. Click on the link below to access the full paper. 

In Oceania, there is a resurgence of ocean management that incorporates customary local practices and governance.

In Tonga, no-take marine reserves designed with, and managed by, local communities are predicted to achieve a conservation impact... The result suggests that community-based marine management can be highly effective, in this case because reserves are located near villages that exert fishing press

How will the global pledge to 'protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems' shape the global economy? Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Funding opportunity from the US Fish and Wildlife Service under its Marine Turtle Conservation Fund, intended to fund conservation in turtle ranges that are outside of the US and its territories. Click on the link below for further information. 

Good governance may be viewed as applying a set of internationally accepted principles for governing protected areas... MPAs that effectively apply these good governance principles can have sustained support and resiliency, and can meet multiple community and conservation goals.

Under current greenhouse gas emissions rates, climate change will alter ocean ecosystems dramatically in the coming decades.