Would a nature repair market really work? Evidence suggests it’s highly unlikely

2023-03-01T09:38:01-08:00March 1st, 2023|News|

Why should governments do all of the heavy lifting to arrest the steep decline of many ecosystems? Endangered species live on private land too – so why not give farmers and landholders incentives to look after them and restore habitat?

From: The Conversation
https://theconversation.com/would-a-nature-repair-market-really-work-evidence-suggests-its-highly-unlikely-199975

How does biodiversity change globally? Detecting accurate trends may be currently unfeasible

2023-02-15T11:37:21-08:00February 15th, 2023|News|

Existing data are too biased to provide a reliable picture of the global average of local species richness trends. This is the conclusion of an international research team led by the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) and the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU).

From Phys,Org
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-biodiversity-globally-accurate-trends-unfeasible.html

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Small isolated wetlands are pollution-catching powerhouses

2023-02-15T11:09:51-08:00February 15th, 2023|News|

Small isolated wetlands that are full for only part of the year are often the first to be removed for development or agriculture, but a new study shows that they can be twice as effective in protecting downstream lake or river ecosystems than if they were connected to them.

Source: Waterloo University

From Science Daily:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230202112716.htm

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New Report on How Grassroots Movements Are Transforming the Food & Energy Sectors

2023-01-25T11:51:30-08:00January 25th, 2023|News|

The Climate Leaders in Movement Action (CLIMA) Fund released a new body of evidence demonstrating the efficacy of grassroots climate justice movements in transforming the two largest polluting sectors globally: food and energy.

The report, Soil to Sky: Climate Solutions That Transform, connects the dots between specific stories of change and global impact, demonstrating how grassroots movements are already forging transitions from extractive agriculture and energy production to agroecological systems and equitable energy generation.

Download the report from the CLIMA Fund:
https://climasolutions.org/resource/soil-to-sky-climate-solutions-that-transform/

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Harnessing light reflections from leaves to learn more about biodiversity and the characteristics of plants

2023-01-19T11:29:45-08:00January 19th, 2023|News|

The folded leaf of an oak tree, faded yellow, dotted with dark spots. We pick up on the information contained in leaves almost subconsciously when strolling through the forest. But the researchers at UZH’s Remote Sensing Laboratories are taking this ability to the next level.

From Phys.Org

https://phys.org/news/2023-01-harnessing-biodiversity-characteristics.html

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