Biodiversity—the vast variety of life on Earth—forms the foundation of healthy ecosystems, stable climates, and resilient societies. From microscopic organisms to towering forests and complex animal ...

As far as the causes of global biodiversity loss are concerned, there are evidently perception gaps among students of environment-related subjects worldwide, as a survey conducted by Goethe University ...

The most comprehensive global environment assessment ever undertaken calls for a new approach to jointly tackle the most pressing environmental issues including climate change and biodiversity loss ...

Halting and reversing the global decline in biodiversity is now urgent to avoid destabilizing Earth's vital systems that support human well-being. That's the stark message of a new paper published ...

The world is facing unparalleled changes in climatic conditions and drastic loss of biological diversity, putting humanity at risk. The breakdown of the earth’s climate and the rapid loss of wildlife ...

That figure originates from a non-peer-reviewed report based on a 2017 World Food Programme study - and the original study examined refugee flows from armed conflict, not general migration or ...

Vora is a practicing physician, senior adviser for One Health at Conservation International, and executive director of the Preventing Pandemics at the Source Coalition. Walzer is a wildlife ...

New research carried out in Colombia by the University of Cambridge suggests that local surveys assessing the effect of land clearances on biodiversity may be underestimating the impact by as much as ...

ICMM’s ‘Good Practice Guide’ outlines a seven-step process to help companies establish baselines, apply the mitigation hierarchy and transparently disclose progress towards improving biodiversity.

If invasive species - such as the lionfish in the Atlantic - are not a major problem in the respondents' countries, the respondents tended to underestimate their significance for biodiversity loss.