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Forty Percent of World Population Threatened by Ongoing Land Degradation

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Andrew Burger | 1 Comments

More than 75 percent of the Earth’s land surface had suffered severely as a result of human land degradation as of 2014, IPBES highlights. Experts estimate that less than one-tenth of the Earth’s land surface will have escaped substantial impacts of human activity come 2050.

Earth Overshoot: Living Large in the 21st Century

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

Buying on credit Today is Earth Overshoot Day. As of today, the year is done for planet Earth, she has given a year’s worth of natural resources. It may seem counter-intuitive at first. Obviously, we aren’t done with 2017 yet. How can we take more than the Earth makes, for decades on end? Have you ever run out of money…

Information is Power: Böll Foundation Releases Inaugural World Ocean Atlas

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

Highlighting the threats and costs climate change and human activites are having on the world ocean, the Heinrich Böll Foundation released its inaugural “Ocean Atlas 2017.”

Kenyans Turn to Foraging as Californians Bail Out from Torrential Rains

Posted on February 21, 2017 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

Kenyans are foraging for plants and instects that contain toxic chemicals and cooking them in unsafe water as Californians are struggling to cope with record breaking rains.

A Study in Contrasts: Honey Bees and Mega Malls in Mexico’s Riviera Maya

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

Forest has finally begun to reclaim land at the $200mm Dragon Mart mega-mall proect site in the Riviera Maya, while the local chapter of Mexico’s beekeeper association expects a bumper honey harvest this year,

Mangroves for the Future, FAO Launch Regional Sustainable Financing Project

Posted on December 21, 2016 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

With field projects under way in South and Southeast Asia, the MFF-FAO program aims to develop a low-cost mechanism for mangrove conservation and sustainable development to supplement the sale of carbon credits.

Nations Accelerate Plans to Realize UN Biodiversity Conservation Goals

Posted on December 6, 2016 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

Mexico established four new biological reserves and five other protected areas as representatives from more than 190 UN member nations adopted the Cancun Declaration, stepping up their efforts to conserve biological diversity. Will it be enough to curtail a Sixth Great Extinction?

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In Peru, pink river dolphins are tagged with transmitters for the first time https://t.co/vg7lxabODx