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The hope is that the biodiversity targets translate directly into what individual countries, cities, companies and even families can adopt as tangible actions.
Changing weather modifies insect traits and can have an impact on their food, natural enemies and predators.
Scientists are building up a picture of how much carbon can be taken out of the atmosphere and stored in coastal ecosystems.
Wildlife crime is difficult to track but of deep concern since about 60% of primate species are now threatened with extinction.
Unregulated and hazardous lead acid battery manufacturing and recycling plants are often adjacent to residential areas, agricultural and grazing lands.
The unusual weather can be attributed to the Indian Ocean Dipole. This is the difference in sea surface temperatures between the eastern and western tropical Indian Ocean.
Previously undocumented, this tiny extra digit – called a “pseudothumb” – is a structure on each wrist made of bone and cartilage.
A tree-killing beetle that invaded South Africa two years ago and wreaked havoc in the country’s towns and cities still hasn’t been declared an emergency plant pest.
The best way of dealing with desert locust, as other locust species, is to adopt a preventive management strategy.
Centrally switching water heaters on and off at specific times can distribute the demand for electricity and lead to energy saving.
Social tipping interventions have the potential to pave the way for rapid change and avert climate change.
Advancements in data analytics can prevent food wastage and save farmers from significant losses along the fresh produce value chain.
Instead of allocating the Nile waters based on a fixed, perpetual water supply Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt must consider changes in weather patterns, among other factors.
Lake Victoria’s past is key to understanding its future.
Ghana needs to make use of the fact that people are environmentally conscious.
Soil and water conservation projects can create fertile farmlands and change migration patterns linked to land degradation in Burkina Faso.
Countries should promote alternatives to pesticides and more carefully examine how to prevent insect invasions in the first place
Surveys are likely to have missed multiple groups and individuals due to differences in survey techniques.
Despite more rainfall, devastating hot and dry spells are projected to become more frequent in the Upper Nile basin in the future.
The law missed the opportunity to address misuse of mineral royalties and increase transparency as well as accountability in mineral royalty management.
Building connections and grassroots efforts will sustain conservation over the long term.
Most of Kenya’s biodiversity needs protecting outside protected areas in human‐dominated landscapes that are undergoing rapid change.
Smallholder farming might not be able to generate enough value on its own, but farmers still need support.
Understanding invasive trees’ ecology and history is crucial to developing effective management practices.