In 2001, South African-born couple, Genevieve and Ian Giddy traveled to Costa Rica to climb Mount Chirripó, one of Central America’s highest peaks, protected within Chirripó National Park. Coming down from the 3,821-meter (12,536-foot) summit, the couple viewed a stark divide between the protected biodiverse high-altitude cloud forest and the deforested cattle pasture and farms...Read More
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) released the fourth beta version of its risk management and disclosure framework today. This is the final beta framework before the full release for market adoption slated for September 2023. “The TNFD is a market-led, science-based, government-backed initiative which aims to create a robust and global framework for organizations...Read More
In December 2022, the resumed fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted the Kunming-Montreal global biodiversity framework, including a monitoring framework. The present Guidelines for developing national strategies to use biodiversity monitoring help make biodiversity monitoring a practical tool for environmental policy. The guidelines offer advice on...Read More
It’s been 5 years since new laws for biodiversity conservation and native vegetation clearing were introduced in NSW. It is time to ask – are those laws working to protect biodiversity and appropriately regulate land clearing? In the last 5 years we have seen species added to our threatened lists; a significant increase in rural...Read More
The COFO working group, the FAO Forestry Division and the FAO elearning Academy (FAO-PSU) are extremely pleased to announce the publication of the certified elearning course “Transforming dryland forests and agrosilvopastoral systems” available free of charge, as a global public good, through the FAO elearning Academy: https://elearning.fao.org/course/view.php?id=945 The course is the result of a huge collaborative...Read More
More than 85% of the world’s bird, mammal, and amphibian species live in mountains, particularly in forest habitats, but researchers report in the journal One Earth on March 17 that these forests are disappearing at an accelerating rate. Globally, we have lost 78.1 million hectares (7.1%) of mountain forest since 2000 — an area larger than the...Read More
Secretary-General António Guterres has congratulated UN member countries for finalizing a text to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction, calling it a “breakthrough” after nearly two decades of talks. “This action is a victory for multilateralism and for global efforts to counter the destructive trends facing ocean health,...Read More
The Global Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR), the only blended finance vehicle dedicated to coral reefs globally, has launched a new monitoring and evaluation framework to track progress on coral reef biodiversity and community resilience to climate change with the aim of enabling replication and scaling of successful interventions in the long run. The framework has been...Read More
Southeast CASC researchers explore how different urbanization strategies may benefit communities, ecosystems, and conservation goals as cities continue to grow. When it comes to urbanization (increased urban development), researchers have yet to reach a consensus on whether densely packed or sprawling cities are best for biodiversity and conservation efforts. While urban growth may lead to...Read More
How well species can move among habitat ‘islands’ in human transformed landscapes is key to their survival, a study finds. When natural habitats are cleared to make way for cities, roads and agriculture, this often leaves behind “islands” of fragmented habitat that can place species at risk of extinction. Species are at risk when they...Read More
