Climate change poses a formidable challenge to our planet and demands innovative solutions and collaborative efforts across society. With the surge in greenhouse gases, soaring temperatures, and extreme weather events, addressing climate change has become more crucial than ever before. Technology, particularly AI, plays a pivotal role in this fight. With its ability to process...Read More

Establishing financial goals without the necessary revenues and systems to fulfill them is a potential source of disappointment. However, this year holds a historic and distinct significance. Climate finance has perennially been a key focus at the start of each year, but the current circumstances present a unique opportunity for either significant success or failure....Read More

Fire ants, considered one of the world’s most invasive species, are exploiting floodwaters to form rafts and spread across storm-affected areas in Australia, particularly in south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales. The Invasive Species Council (ISC) warns that this unusual rafting behavior indicates a surge in fire ant densities in the region, prompting communities...Read More

Scotland’s forestry sector is raising alarm over potential budget cuts that could severely impact the country’s climate change targets related to new woodland development. Both Woodland Trust Scotland and the industry body, Confor, highlight concerns that a grant scheme designed to incentivize tree planting faces cuts exceeding £32 million or 41%. Despite the Scottish government...Read More

People’s Park Complex, built in the 1970s as South-east Asia’s first multi-use complex, may be proposed for conservation in view of its high heritage significance, said the urban planning authorities. The move was welcomed by heritage groups, which have urged that the building be saved, but it may impact a second attempt at a collective...Read More

Otters are sometimes described as the “tigers of the mangrove” in Southeast Asia, where they’re well-known to display extraordinary resilience and adaptability to human activity and urbanization. A new camera-trap study now highlights the importance of expanses of natural habitat, such as coastal forests and wetlands, for two species of otter living along southern Thailand’s...Read More

In the pursuit of setting conservation priorities and assessing protection activities, detailed species conservation statuses play a crucial role, often relying on assessments such as the International Union for Conservation’s Red List of Threatened Species. However, these assessments typically demand extensive data, substantial time, and expertise. de Lima et al. introduced an innovative, quantitative method...Read More

Awarding above and beyond the management of soil health, water quality and wildlife habitat. Nominations and applications are now being accepted for the 2024 Illinois Leopold Conservation Award. The award honors farmers and forestland owners who go above and beyond in their management of soil health, water quality and wildlife habitat on working land. Sand...Read More