Human society is in jeopardy from the accelerating decline of the Earth’s natural life-support systems, the world’s leading scientists have warned, as they announced the results of the most thorough planetary health check ever undertaken. Click on the link below to read the full article.&nbs
“Investing in biodiversity for people and planet” is the theme of the world’s largest biodiversity conference in 2018 hosted in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Click on the link below to read the full article.
Although the amount of manufactured products in the Pacific is low, it still has a negative impact on our biodiversity. Conversely, because of the relatively low level of locally manufactured products, we import much more from countries outside the Pacific islands region.
The world has two years to secure a deal for nature to halt a ‘silent killer’ as dangerous as climate change, says biodiversity chief. Click on the link below to read the full article.
40% of the world’s 230 major watersheds have lost more than half of their original tree cover and more than 2 billion people lack access to reliable safe drinking water. Click on the link below to read the full article.
Groundbreaking assessment of all life on Earth reveals humanity"s surprisingly tiny part in it as well as our disproportionate impact. Click on the link below to read the full article.
Pests already cause losses of around $220 billion a year, or around 10 - 16 percent of harvests...Click on the link below to read the full article.
Reversing biodiversity loss by 2020 is the objective of the 193 countries that are party to the global Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). In this context, the Aichi Biodiversity Targets 2020 were agreed upon by the CBD in Nagoya, Japan in 2010.
Hunting is a major driver of biodiversity loss... As the human population grows and increasingly encroaches on remaining wildlife habitat, hunting threatens many species... Bird and mammal populations were considerably lower in areas where hunting occurred.
