1+ hour, 5+ min ago  (638+ words) Achieving an international conservation target to protect almost a third of the world's land and sea in the next four years could directly affect the lives of almost half the people on the planet, finds a new report. Planning land-use…...

2+ week, 14+ hour ago  (595+ words) Antonio has spent the past seven years running toward fires that most others run from. A firefighter in the Brazilian Amazon since 2019, he works inside the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve, one of the most biodiverse places on Earth. But things…...

4+ week, 8+ hour ago  (1559+ words) The Student Conference in Conservation Science has connected thousands of young conservationists determined to tackle the biodiversity crisis - and this year celebrates its 25th anniversary. Over the last quarter of a century, something extraordinary has emerged from Cambridge: an annual gathering…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (1384+ words) Professor Mark Brown has devoted decades to defending pollinators from disease, pesticides and parasites. One-third of the food we eat relies on bee-pollinated crops. But in Europe, at least 23% of bee species are in decline. "What happens to pollinators could…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (830+ words) Payments that enable landowners to rewild ecologically degraded land - in the form of biodiversity credits bought by investors wishing to offset their impact on nature - could be an effective component of the emerging market for nature recovery, but will not…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (670+ words) In the largest ever survey of rainforest birdlife, scientists have discovered that deforestation to create pastureland in Colombia is causing around 60% more damage to biodiversity than previously estimated. Researchers have conducted the world's biggest ever bird survey, recording 971 different species…...