Landscapes are showing signs of losing their ability to absorb the amount of carbon they once could, a new study revealed. That would pose serious obstacles to the fight against climate change.
Scientists often study the grim impacts of losing wildlife to hunting, habitat destruction and climate change.
Managing Marine Plastic Debris in Asia and the Pacific
Countries in East Asia and the Pacific are at the center of the marine plastics crisis with some countries in the region representing the biggest contributors and others disproportionately affected by the impacts of marine plastic debris on their shores. Call Number: [EL]Physical Description: 38 p.
Protecting Connectivity Promotes Successful Biodiversity and Fisheries Conservation
The global decline of coral reefs had led to calls for strategies that reconcile biodiversity conservation and fisheries benefits. Still considerable gaps in our understanding of the spatial ecology of ecosystem services remain. We combined spatial information on larval dispersal networks and estimated of human pressure to test the importance of connectivity for ecosystem service provision. We found that reefs receiving larvae from highly connected dispersal corridors were associated with high fish species richness.
Scientists’ warning – The outstanding biodiversity of islands is in peril
Despite islands contributing only 6.7% of land surface area, they harbor ~20% of the Earth's biodiversity, but unfortunately also ~50% of the threatened species and 75% of the known extinctions since the European expansions around the globe. Call Number: [EL]Physical Description: 19 p.
The Samoa Government has endorsed the Pacific UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework 2023-2027 with Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa signing the framework...The Framework will contribute to a Pacific region where all people, leaving no place behind, are equal and free to exercise the
News headlines on extreme weather, melting ice caps, and threatened species are daily reminders of our changing environment.
We have a slow food movement and a slow travel movement. But we’re missing something, and its absence contributes to our escalating crisis. We need a slow ecology movement, and we need it fast.
In June 2018, 180 cars fanned out across Denmark and parts of Germany on a grand insect hunt.
CABI scientist Dr. Arne Witt has shared his expertise on invasive alien plant species as part of a new paper which argues that healthy ecosystems are vital in reducing the risk of future pandemics—such as coronaviruses (including COVID-19) - that threaten human health.