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Wed, 2013-10-16 10:47 — mdmcdonald
This group focuses on the impact that various species have on the environment and the necessity to have balanced ecosystems in order for humankind to be resilient and sustainable.

This group focuses on the impact that various species have on the environment and the necessity to have balanced ecosystems in order for humankind to be resilient and sustainable. 

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UN biodiversity summit moved from China over COVID-19 policy

Tue, 2022-06-21 09:04 — mike kraft
UN biodiversity summit moved from China over COVID-19 policy BEIJING (AP) — A United Nations summit on biodiversity will be held in Canada instead of China, organizers announced Tuesday, the second major international event to be moved from China because of its strict anti-coronavirus policies. AP NEWS

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Economics' failure over destruction of nature presents ‘extreme risks’

Tue, 2021-02-02 11:03 — mike kraft
Economics' failure over destruction of nature presents ‘extreme risks’ New measures of success needed to avoid catastrophic breakdown, landmark review finds the Guardian
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STUDY: Fear of more coronavirus-like pandemics as land rights 'under siege'

Wed, 2020-09-16 20:36 — mike kraft
Fear of more coronavirus-like pandemics as land rights 'under siege' Governments' failure to recognise the land rights of indigenous communities and their role in protecting biodiversity could lead to more coronavirus-like pandemics, researchers said on Tuesday. Nita Bhalla U.S.
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The world set a 2020 deadline to save nature but not a single target was met, UN report

Wed, 2020-09-16 19:51 — mike kraft
World fails to meet a single target to stop destruction of nature, UN report finds In 2010, leaders from 196 countries gathered in Japan and agreed on a list of goals designed to save the Earth. Jessie Yeung, CNN CNN
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Map - Global Forest Watch Fires

Thu, 2019-08-22 09:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

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https://fires.globalforestwatch.org/map/#activeLayers=viirsFires%2CactiveFires&activeBasemap=
topo&activeImagery=&planetCategory=PLANET-MONTHLY&planetPeriod=null&x=0.000000&y=40.000000&z=2

fires.globalforestwatch.org

Global Forest Watch Fires (GFW Fires) is an online platform for monitoring and responding to forest and land fires using near real-time information. GFW Fires can empower people to better combat harmful fires before they burn out of control and hold accountable those who may have burned forests illegally.

GFW Fires combines real-time satellite data from NASA’s Active Fires system, high resolution satellite imagery, detailed maps of land cover and concessions for key commodities such as palm oil and wood pulp, weather conditions and air quality data to track fire activity and related impacts in the South East Asia region. GFW Fires also offers on-the-fly analysis to show where fires occur, and help understand who might be responsible.

By working with national and local governments, NGOs, corporations, and individuals, GFW Fires is working to quicken fire response time, ramp up enforcement against illegal fires, help ensure those who are illegally burning are held accountable, and coordinate relationships between government agencies.

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Earth’s Largest Freshwater Creatures at Risk of Extinction

Fri, 2019-08-09 19:43 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

A manatee swims in blue-green algae, which has invaded Florida's waterways and put freshwater species at risk. PHOTOGRAPH BY PAUL NICKLEN, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

CLICK HERE - STUDY - The global decline of freshwater megafauna

nationalgeographic.com - by Stefan Lovgren - August 8, 2019

SOME HAVE SURVIVED for hundreds of millions of years, but many of the world’s freshwater megafauna—including sumo-sized stingrays, colossal catfish, giant turtles, and gargantuan salamanders—may soon find themselves on the brink of extinction, according to a new study published.

For the first time, researchers have quantified the global decline of freshwater megafauna—including fish, reptiles, amphibians, and mammals—and the results paint a grim picture. In four decades since 1970, the global populations of these freshwater giants have declined by almost 90 percent—twice as much as the loss of vertebrate populations on land or in the oceans.

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European Union Nations are Living Far Beyond the Earth's Means: Report

Thu, 2019-05-09 09:40 — Kathy Gilbeaux

CLICK HERE - EU Overshoot Day - Living Beyond Nature’s Limits - May 10, 2019 (19 page .PDF report)

reuters.com - by Jan Strupczewski - May 8, 2019

The European Union’s 28 countries consume the Earth’s resources much faster than they can be renewed, and none of them has sustainable consumption policies, a report released on Thursday said, as EU leaders meet to discuss priorities for the next five years.

“All EU countries are living beyond the means of our planet.

The EU and its citizens are currently using twice more than the EU ecosystems can renew,” the report by the World Wide Fund (WWF) and Global Footprint Network said.

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IPBES Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Tue, 2019-05-07 08:55 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

CLICK HERE - Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) - ipbes.net

nationalgeographic.com - by Stephen Leahy - May 6, 2019

The bonds that hold nature together may be at risk of unraveling from deforestation, overfishing, development, and other human activities, a landmark United Nations report warns. Thanks to human pressures, one million species may be pushed to extinction in the next few years, with serious consequences for human beings as well as the rest of life on Earth.

“The evidence is crystal clear: Nature is in trouble. Therefore we are in trouble" . . .

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CLICK HERE - UN Report: Nature’s Dangerous Decline ‘Unprecedented’; Species Extinction Rates ‘Accelerating’

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The Rapid Decline Of The Natural World Is A Crisis Even Bigger Than Climate Change

Mon, 2019-03-18 10:13 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

A three-year UN-backed study from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform On Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services has grim implications for the future of humanity.

CLICK HERE - IPBES - IPBES Global Assessment Preview

huffpost.com - by John Vidal - March 15, 2019

Nature is in freefall and the planet’s support systems are so stretched that we face widespread species extinctions and mass human migration unless urgent action is taken. That’s the warning hundreds of scientists are preparing to give, and it’s stark . . .

. . . The study from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform On Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), expected to run to over 8,000 pages, is being compiled by more than 500 experts in 50 countries. It is the greatest attempt yet to assess the state of life on Earth and will show how tens of thousands of species are at high risk of extinction, how countries are using nature at a rate that far exceeds its ability to renew itself, and how nature’s ability to contribute food and fresh water to a growing human population is being compromised in every region on earth.

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Plummeting Insect Numbers 'Threaten Collapse of Nature'

Tue, 2019-02-12 18:57 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

The rate of insect extinction is eight times faster than that of mammals, birds and reptiles. Photograph: Verein Krefeld

Insects could vanish within a century at current rate of decline, says global review

CLICK HERE - RESEARCH - Worldwide decline of the entomofauna: A review of its drivers

theguardian.com - by Damian Carrington - February 10, 2019

The world’s insects are hurtling down the path to extinction, threatening a “catastrophic collapse of nature’s ecosystems”, according to the first global scientific review.

More than 40% of insect species are declining and a third are endangered, the analysis found. The rate of extinction is eight times faster than that of mammals, birds and reptiles. The total mass of insects is falling by a precipitous 2.5% a year, according to the best data available, suggesting they could vanish within a century.

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