This high-level roadmap provides guidance and recommendations for various stakeholders in the financial sector, including financial ministries, financial supervisory entities, public development banks, private financial institutions, and investors. Its purpose is to help these actors incorporate the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) into their policies and decision-making processes. The roadmap takes into account the content...Read More

Divers and scientists who visit shipwrecks know these sunken sites are often teeming with life, as historical wrecks provide habitat for a wide variety of marine animals. Now, new research shows that old harbor infrastructure and sea walls offer a similar boost to biodiversity. Researchers in the United Kingdom found that many kinds of wildlife make their...Read More

Tropical mammals residing even in protected areas are not safe from the impact of human activities happening outside their boundaries, new research has found. Anthropogenic stressors such as habitat fragmentation, human population density and others impacted 159 mammals in 16 protected areas in different biogeographic locations around the world, the decade-long study found. The research...Read More

Tropical forest birds, which tend to have wings that are short and round relative to their body length and shape, are more sensitive to habitat fragmentation than the long-, slender-winged species common in temperate forests, according to an international collaboration that included scientists from Oregon State University. OSU’s Matt Betts and Christopher Wolf teamed with...Read More