The Last Tepui: Biodiversity On The Earth’s Sky Islands
Biodiversity takes center stage on the flat-topped “islands in the sky” that lurch out of the Amazon in South America.
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Nature-Based Solutions Can Tap The Earth’s Carbon-Sequestering Powers
Biodiversity is the diversity of life from the level of gene to the level of the ecosystem. The newest IPCC report cites the value of nature in reducing vulnerability across multiple sectors.
Regenerative Agriculture: A Way To Sequester Carbon
Sustainable food is an important part of preserving the environment. But farmers might actually improve the environment by adopting agricultural practices that reduce pollution and capture carbon.
New Tools to Map Genetic Data Improve Marine Protection
Originally published on NRDC Expert Blog. By Francine Kershaw Maps help us make sense of the world. They reveal patterns and relationships and bring together different kinds of information in an easily understandable format. In a new scientific paper, my coauthors and I present a “geospatial genetics” approach to mapping genetic data so it … [continued]
Boston Redlining Visible In Concrete, Ecocide Needs Definition, Climate Threatening Indigenous Food — Nexus Media…
Below are three recent Nexus Media news briefs combined into one article. Boston Redlining Past Visible In Concrete Today The racist legacy of redlining and other inequities, exacerbated by continued greenspace disparities, are disproportionately heating — and thus harming — low-income Boston neighborhoods, the Boston Globe reports. Previously redlined neighborhoods, those … [continued]
UN: Climate Change & Biodiversity Crises Actually One Big Crisis
To address climate change without also protecting biodiversity, or vice versa, is to court failure in both fights, two UN bodies warned Thursday. Jointly issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, the report for the first time declares that … [continued]
Biodiversity & Climate Crises Demand Transformative Change
Five top takeaways from a new report on biodiversity and climate change.
Biden: Be Monumental for Public Lands & Ocean Conservation
Originally published on the NRDC Expert Blog. By Valerie Cleland & Kabir Green On his first day in office, President Biden signaled his commitment to our public lands and waters when he issued an executive order directing the Interior Department to review President Trump’s illegal rollbacks of three national monuments: Bears Ears, Northeast … [continued]
How Wolves & Other Wildlife Help Us Fight for the Climate
Courtesy of NRDC. By Jennifer Sherry This blog is the first in a four-part series that explores the role wildlife play in boosting ecosystem resilience — and how thriving biodiversity supports our own efforts to mitigate climate change. With what we’re learning about the way wildlife influences ecosystems and the carbon … [continued]
Despite Protecting Nature, Indigenous People Will Be Left Out Of UN Biodiversity Talks
By Jeremy Deaton Aiming to preserve 30 percent of the world’s land and water by 2030, dozens of countries will take part in a UN biodiversity conference later this year — but Indigenous people won’t have a seat at the table. Indigenous communities have repeatedly mobilized to block logging, mining … [continued]
