Brazil’s Biofuel Boom: Green Growth or Greenwashing?

Brazil's current push to expand biofuels is central to its strategy to "drive the decarbonisation agenda" and build a

Comparative genomics provides insights into chromosomal evolution and immunological adaptation in horseshoe bats - Nature Ecology & Evolution

A comparative analysis of bat genomes, including five newly assembled chromosome-scale genomes, provides insights into the diversification of horseshoe bats and reveals molecular adaptations with a potential role in antiviral immune response.

Seven practical ways to stop a species wipeout

One million plant and animal species are now threatened with extinction. Biodiversity is at a critical juncture before being wiped out forever and pressure is mounting on the international communit…

Don't write off logged tropical forests -- converting to oil palm plantations has even wider effects on ecosystems

A research team has carried out the most comprehensive assessment to date of how logging and conversion to oil palm plantations affect tropical forest ecosystems.

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Amazon Clarion Call: Pandemics Emerging in the Rainforest

The Amazon’s diverse ecosystem is under threat from rampant deforestation, degradation, a biodiversity crisis, and the climate crisis – jeopardising its ability to act as a carbon sink. This degrad…

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Brazil biofuel boom: green growth or good old greenwashing?

Brazil biofuels push is central to its strategy to "drive the decarbonisation agenda" - but is it all that it actually seems?

Want food security? Eat less meat, major report says.

Europe’s top farming university is calling for smaller livestock herds and a shift toward plant-based diets.

Cop16 ends in disarray and indecision despite biodiversity breakthroughs

Conservation summit agrees to global levy on drugs from nature’s genetics, but developing nations furious at unmet funding promises

Cote d'Ivoire has lost 'nearly 80 percent of its forest and wildlife cover'

How can we protect wild animals when the world's forest cover continues to shrink? This is just one of the many issues under discussion at the Cop16 biodiversity summit in Cali, Colombia.

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Heb je zin om mee te werken aan internationale onderzoeksprojecten op het gebied van biodiversiteit en digitaal beheer? Als je beschikt over sterke scripting vaardigheden of ervaring hebt met biodiversiteitsdata, dan kan deze job voor jou interessant…

Deforestation ‘roaring back’ despite 140-country vow to end destruction

Demand for beef, soy, palm oil and nickel hindering efforts to halt demolition by 2030, global report finds

Deforestation ‘roaring back’ despite 140-country vow to end destruction

Demand for beef, soy, palm oil and nickel hindering efforts to halt demolition by 2030, global report finds

Protect Nature to Avoid Future Pandemics

Research from University of Queensland and published in The Lancet: Planetary Health finds that the COVID-19 pandemic is linked to the decline of ecosystems and biodiversity, creating a cycle that …

Shifting the Paradigm | Aspen Proposal

The Aspen Proposal provides a description of a sustainable human civilization 200 - 500 years in the future. This is a goal that will focus our efforts, allow us to backcast and provide hope for those working for change.

Stop APRIL, Indonesia’s ruthless paper and pulp giant!

The paper giant APRIL/Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) and other companies owned by billionaire Sukanto Tanoto have been destroying the Indonesia's rainforests and the livelihoods of local communities for half a century.

Deforestation harms biodiversity of the Amazon's perfume-loving orchid bees

A survey of orchid bees in the Brazilian Amazon, carried out in the 1990s, is shedding new light the impact of deforestation on the scent-collecting pollinators, which some view as bellwethers of biodiversity in the neotropics.

Converting rainforest to plantation impacts food webs and biodiversity

Every day, new areas of rainforests are converted into plantations, drastically changing tropical biodiversity and the way the ecosystem functions.

‘To kill a program’: Duke to close herbarium after over 100 years of operation

The Duke Herbarium is the second-largest private university herbarium in the U.S. and is home to more than 825,000 plant specimens, including some specimens almost 200 years old.

Dutton commits to defunding Environmental Defenders Office under Coalition government

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says he would end funding to the Environmental Defenders Office if the Coalition wins government at the next federal election, accusing the group of engaging in unethical "lawfare" that frustrates mining and energy proj…

Guard Old-Growth Forests from Logging

Mature and old-growth forests are a vital part of a healthy planet. They fight climate change, support healthy watersheds and withstand wildfire better than young forests. Sadly, most old-growth forests have been logged. Help save what’s left.

How human and ecosystem health are intertwined: Evidence from vulture population collapse in India

The collapse of vulture populations in India due to accidental poisoning prevented the scavenging of carcasses, worsening sanitation, and thus increasing human mortality

Lepidothelphusa menneri n. sp. (Crustacea: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae), first record of the genus from Kalimantan, Indonesia

The gecarcinucid freshwater crab genus, Lepidothelphusa Colosi, 1920, is known only from Sarawak in northern Borneo, with six recognised species i.e. Lepidothelphusa cognettii (Nobili, 1903); L. flavochela Grinang & Ng, 2015; L.

Tom Cavalier-Smith prize DEADLINE EXTENDED

We are extending the deadline for Tom Cavalier-Smith prize nominations to January 31st

Ecosystems as Infrastructure: A New Way of Looking at Climate Resilience

Landscape architect Kate Orff works on rebuilding natural systems to help communities and cities reduce their climate risks.

Beef, soy and palm oil products linked to deforestation still imported into UK

Campaigners accuse government of failing to stick to promises made at Cop26 climate summit in 2021

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Instead of Risky Palm Oil in India, Indigenous Trees Should Get More Attention

In an effort to combat India’s edible oil shortage, the Indian government has heavily promoted the cultivation of exotic palm oil trees. This is a decision mired in controversy due to the ass…

Earth ‘well outside safe operating space for humanity’, scientists find

First complete ‘scientific health check’ shows most global systems beyond stable range in which modern civilisation emerged

Speak Up for Our Coral Reefs! | Take Action @ The Rainforest Site

We must cut our carbon dioxide emissions to save this biologically diverse ecosystem!