Pangolin trafficking: Iceberg tip of Nigeria's illegal trade revealed
04 November 2021New findings on Nigerian-linked pangolin seizures suggest that current global estimates for trafficking of the animal are far too small, say researchers.
New findings on Nigerian-linked pangolin seizures suggest that current global estimates for trafficking of the animal are far too small, say researchers.
Bill Sutherland has started a revolution in conservation. Put simply he鈥檇 鈥渓ike us to stop doing the things that we know don't work and do more of the things that do鈥 鈥 and with global collaborators is building the tools to help people achieve this.
探花直播largest study of its kind finds that in most cases economic value is higher when habitats are conserved or restored, rather than converted to uses such as farming.
COVID-19 is comparable to climate and extinction emergencies, say scientists from the UK and US 鈥 all share features such as lagged impacts, feedback loops, and complex dynamics.
We are laying waste to the biosphere. If we're serious about saving millions of species, then it's our own that must change how it thinks about, lives off and values the planet it inhabits.
Plans to save biodiversity must take into account the social impacts of conservation if they are to succeed, say 探花直播 of Cambridge researchers.
Forests burn, glaciers melt and one million species face extinction. Can we humans save the planet from ourselves? Here, Sir David Attenborough speaks to us about the climate crisis and his hopes for the future. His words聽begin our new focus on聽Sustainable Earth, looking at聽how we transition to a future, protect the planet's resources,聽reduce waste聽and build resilience.
First major study on 鈥渘udging鈥 people towards sustainable diets shows replacing a meat or fish dish with another veggie option in college cafeterias dramatically increases聽herbivorous dining.
Research reveals rifts within global movement 鈥 from economic approaches to protected areas 鈥 while confirming support for aims underpinning it.聽
Collaboration between government and startups could help meet the climate challenge while growing small businesses. Findings could inform discussions on Green New Deal or any 鈥渇orward-looking policy package鈥 say researchers.