As Germany scrambles to find a way to lower its reliance on Russian natural gas, the country has announced a move to the second phase — “alarm” level — of its three-stage emergency gas plan, possibly leading to higher prices for consumers. The third phase could involve gas rationing. And the energy crisis couldContinue Reading
Looking to nature for inspiration, for drug research, genetically modified crops or other products, is nothing new — research groups and major corporations do it all the time. But discoveries based on traditional Indigenous knowledge or the wealth of biodiversity in developing countries can end up being exported and patentedContinue Reading
We need to fundamentally change how we view nature and other species to effectively address our extinction crisis, a team of experts say. Viewing nature and other species as objects and resources for human ends will never ensure effective conservation. The best way forward is to broaden the focus ofContinue Reading
This article is sponsored by Pure Strategies Although half of global GDP is reliant on nature, more funds are directed to environmentally harmful subsidies (PDF) than is spent on protecting the nature needed for business and humanity. Despite growing interest from companies to fund interventions for climate strategies and businessContinue Reading
Every spring for the past 30 years, conservationists at the Tuzly Lagoons national park on the Black Sea in Ukraine have been digging shallow channels from the coastal lagoons down to the shoreline, linking the bodies of water together. The rivulets, which used to occur naturally until industrial agriculture pluggedContinue Reading
In May this year, a group of scientists and conservation experts from across the world lay bare an unfolding catastrophe: Almost 50% of the world’s birds are undergoing population decline. The group released a report titled The State of the World’s Birds which statedContinue Reading
Plastic has long had the planet in its grip. All too often it is found piled up on beaches and floating as “plastic islands” in the ocean. But it also clogs the stomachs of birds and other animals, and has even made it into the human bloodstream. To date, just 9% of theContinue Reading
NOIDA, India–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HCL Group and UNLEASH, a global innovation program for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), announced a year-long collaboration to mobilize youth and develop innovative solutions to promote aquatic ecosystem conservation. These solutions will aim to tackle challenges from Source (mountains & glaciers) to Sink (oceans and seas)Continue Reading
At least three far-right massacres in recent years have been allegedly perpetrated by people who identify as eco-fascists. The accused murderer of 10 Black people in a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, on Saturday, entwined antisemitic conspiracy theories with a form of natural conservation. In a 180-page racist diatribe the 18-year-oldContinue Reading
Humanity has clogged the atmosphere with so much heat-trapping gas that four critical measures of the health of the planet broke records last year, according to a report published Wednesday by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Razing forests and burning fossil fuels had already pushed the climate into a precariousContinue Reading
