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New research finds nearly 30% of land animals could disappear form their local area by 2100 due to climate change and habitat destruction. This is more than double previous predictions.
Climate conferences provide platforms for collaboration among countries, venues for interaction across levels of governance and critical events to mobilize civil society and media coverage.
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There have been 27 UN COP meetings. Despite these negotiations, the planet is on target to exceed emission thresholds for global warming. Given these failures, why continue with this process?
In some African countries, lion trophy hunting is legal.
Riaan van den Berg
Debates centred on the role of recreational hunting in supporting nature conservation and local people’s livelihoods are among the most polarising in conservation today.
La nueva Estrategia para la Conservación y Gestión del Lobo en España puede generar nuevas tensiones entre los grupos sociales involucrados, relacionadas frecuentemente con procesos poco participativos.
The keeper of hundreds of Kwakwaka’wakw songs, Kwaksistalla Wathl’thla (Clan Chief Adam Dick), chanting at a feast (qui’las) with Mayanilh (Dr. Daisy Sewid-Smith).
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Ancestral Indigenous songs often encode territorial responsibilities and rights, such as in relationship with ‘lokiwey’ (coastal clam gardens) on the Pacific Northwest Coast.
Los movimientos de ganado contribuyen a la mitigación de incendios forestales, a la dispersión de semillas y a la conservación de polinizadores y otros insectos de gran valor ecológico.
Our work represents the first assessment of what social and economic factors are connected to environmental degradation across the entire African continent.
Contact with nature is a crucial part of sustainability education in preschool.
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The global environmental crisis is overwhelming, but showing children how they can take care of their immediate environment can empower them to feel like they can make a difference.
Illegal trade in wildlife has now moved onto social media.
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A new map shows that more than 25% of all land outside Antarctica is held and managed by Indigenous peoples. This makes these communities vital allies in the global conservation effort.
Brenda Fassie performing in her hey day.
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Metal detecting enthusiast Derek McLennan’s recent discovery of Viking-age artefacts at a site in Dumfries and Galloway is both spectacular and impressive. Not only did he uncover a hoard of Viking-age…
Austerity programs were put in place after European governments bailed out their banks. But are they fair on the everyday citizen?
Ben Andreas Harding
Governments are reining in spending on welfare, education and health care right across the western world. With the Commission of Audit recommending austerity measures that seemingly point to a tough federal…
This little tyke is already hard at work studying.
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Human foetuses begin to hear sounds outside the womb at about 27 weeks. But whether foetuses can learn from these sounds in ways that shape speech perception and development during infancy has remained…
Chief Scientist Ian Chubb’s report, released today, presents some serious concerns for the future of Australian science.
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Chief Scientist Ian Chubb’s Health of Australian Science report, launched today at the National Press Club, starts on an optimistic note. Australian science is generally in good health: school students…