Biodiversity news/2013-2021

We must take a holistic approach to climate and biodiversity, KRAV, Oct 12, 2021...krav.se

• Climate and nature crises: solve both or solve neither, say experts, Jun 10, 2021...theguardian.com
• End mowing of road verges to create huge wildlife habitat, says UK study, May 26, 2021...theguardian.com
• Just 3% of world’s ecosystems remain intact, study suggests, Apr 15, 2021...The Guardian
• Nature is a blind spot in economics that we ignore at our peril, says Dasgupta Review, Feb 2, 2021...gov.uk

• Humans waging 'suicidal war' on nature, UN chief Antonio Guterres, Dec 2, 2020^[1]
• Bottom-up Biodiversity, John Thackara, Nov 27, 2020^[2]
• Sir David Attenborough makes stark warning about species extinction^[3] Sep 12, 2020
• Tackle UK carbon emissions by working with nature, government urged, Jun 24^[4]
• Pandemics result from destruction of nature, say UN and WHO, Jun 17^[5]

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• 'Sweet City': the Costa Rica suburb that gave citizenship to bees, plants and trees, Apr 29^[1]
• Coronavirus: 'Nature is sending us a message’, says UN environment chief, Mar 25^[2]
• 'Tip of the iceberg': is our destruction of nature responsible for Covid-19? Mar 18^[3]
• 'Astonishing' blue whale numbers at South Georgia, Feb 20^[4]
• Car ‘splatometer’ tests reveal huge decline in number of insects, Feb 12^[5]

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• Insect apocalypse’ poses risk to all life on Earth, conservationists warn.^[1] Nov 13
• More than a quarter of UK mammals face extinction.^[2] Oct 3

For the sake of life on Earth, we must put a limit on wealth, George Monbiot.^[3] Sep 19

• India’s wild tiger population rises 33% in four years.^[4] Jul 29
• Nature crisis: Humans 'threaten 1m species with extinction'.^[5] May 6
• Plummeting insect numbers 'threaten collapse of nature'.^[6] Feb 10
• Chile creates five national parks over 10m acres in historic act of conservation, Jan 29^[7]

References

• Thriving communities and thriving ecosystems through the bee, Jan 22, 2018...^[1]
• Insectageddon: farming is more catastrophic than climate breakdown, George Monbiot, Oct 20, 2017^[2]
• A global view from a mountain town: how conservation became ingrained in Monteverde, Sep 6, 2017^[3]
• Nature gem within the city, Bukit Nana Forest, Aug 31, 2017^[4]
• Saved: the endangered species back from the brink of extinction, Apr 8, 2017^[5]

References

• When I Dream of a Planet in Recovery, March 12, 2016...^[1]
• How 'natural geoengineering' can help slow global warming, Mar 2, 2016...^[2]
• Vancouver moves to protect urban wildlife with new strategy, Feb 2, 2016...^[3]
• Every species counts: Value of biodiversity is particularly high in poor environmental conditions, November 17, 2015...^[4]
• Opinion: Health and biodiversity restored? How farming can rediscover its long-lost roots, November 16, 2015...^[5]
• The Ecozoic City, March 19, 2013....^[6] Over the ages we’ve invested huge amounts of effort and energy to keep cities and nature separate. What would it mean if that were about to change?

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