The Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted their new post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework on Dec.19, 2022.
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As protected and conserved areas increase, an equity-based approach that respects Indigenous rights can help bring the transformative changes we need to halt and reverse biodiversity loss.
Overfishing leads to the deaths of millions of sharks each year.
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Carbon offsetting is often met with scepticism, but a new report suggests that if correctly designed it can be an important part of the net zero transition.
The role of beavers in safeguarding against our heating climate has become an interesting point of discussion. But just how important remains subject to debate.
Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland features around 40,000 exposed polygonal columns of basalt in perfect horizontal sections.
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Wilderness gives our mental health a real boost. But growing private interests in national parks are stopping those less well off from free nature therapy.
Houseplants can be an essential link to nature – especially for those without access to a garden.
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The recent State of the Environment report assessed nature’s impact to Australians’ wellbeing for the first time. Here’s what it found.
Community vegetable gardens, such as this one in Pickering, Ont., support health and should be seen as part of the city’s food system.
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Publicly accessible gardens are an essential part of our food system. It’s important for policymakers to understand that growing food in city gardens is central to health, food security and culture.
For Wiccans, celebration of summer solstice is a spiritual practice.
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As a major conference on the global biodiversity crisis opens in Montreal, a conservation biologist explains how ideas about protecting nature have evolved over the past 40 years.
The more new housing a neighbourhood has, the less of the local area is dedicated to green space, which has knock-on effects for wellbeing and the climate crisis.