biodiversity
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10 Years Ago, World Leaders Set Biodiversity Goals. They have Haven’t Met a Single One.
A major United Nations (UN) report shows that world leaders have largely shrugged off important biodiversity goals, and the planet’s ecosystems are suffering as a result. Now, to save the planet, we need to fundamentally rethink our relationship with the natural world.
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Australia’s Smallest Fish Among 22 at Risk of Extinction Within Two Decades
The tragic fish kills in the lower Darling River drew attention to the plight of Australia’s freshwater fish, but they’ve been in trouble for a long time. Many species have declined sharply in recent decades, and as many as 90 of Australia’s 315 freshwater fish species may now meet international criteria as threatened. No Australian…
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The World’s Tree Cover Is Headed in the ‘Wrong Direction’
The world is failing to protect its new hotspots are popping up within the Brazilian Amazon where indigenous communities are struggling to protect their homelands from emboldened illegal land-grabbers.
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Entire Ecosystems Could Abruptly Go Extinct Within This Decade
The world is undergoing its sixth major extinction crisis, and as many reports have shown, our warming planet puts many more species at risk of annihilation. A new study published in Nature on Wednesday takes an even deeper look at the crisis and what ecosystem-wide changes could look like.