Sunday Abiodun, 40, a former poacher turned forest ranger, armed with a sword, looks for poachers inside the Omo Forest Reserve in Nigeria, 2023. Abiodun is now part of a team working to protect the Omo Forest Reserve, which is facing expanding deforestation from excessive logging, uncontrolled farming and poaching.
(AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Environmental success depends on social connections. So if you want to start a new group, you need to think about the people as much as the problem.
The mental health benefits of biodiversity can be experienced by everyone – not just those who live in green, rural areas.
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Among the poisons found in 36% of the frogs tested, rodenticide was detected for the first time. Pesticides are considered a threat to hundreds of amphibian species.
Nita Dyola, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC) e Sergio Rossi, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
The Himalayas are a beautiful and fragile ecosystem that both humans and non-humans have relied upon for millennia. Protecting them will require careful conservation efforts.
We compiled maps of bushfires and prescribed burns in southern Australia from 1980 to 2021 to see how fire activity is changing habitat for 129 threatened species such as mountain pygmy possums.
An end to extinctions. An environmental cop on the beat. Labor promised a great deal on the environment. But yesterday, they backed away from the main challenge.
L'IPBES, ou GIEC de la biodiversité, appelle à des changements transformateurs de nos modes de vie pour préserver la planète.
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Dirk S. Schmeller, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
Rather than just a small change here or there, taking real action on climate change and biodiversity requires a fundamental, system-wide reorganisation.
Kelp forests around the world, and in Canada, are under threat. New research sheds further light on the health, and resilience, of these crucial ecosystems.
South Africa’s new biodiversity economy strategy aims to make the benefits from biodiversity available to more people.
Hayley Clements
The strategy aims to conserve biodiversity while also contributing to the creation of jobs and economic growth.
Pumpjacks draw oil out of the ground as a deer stands in a canola field near Olds, Alta., in July 2020. Standard agricultural systems in Canada and around the world achieve high yields, but at times at great ecological costs. Agroecology aims to address these issues.
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Not all types of ground are the same and understanding how varied ground types react to environmental stresses is key to achieving true sustainability.
Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Models Theme Leader for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University