Every year, a team led by Cambridge University biologist William Sutherland conducts a scan to identify the key technological, political, economic and related trends most likely to have a substantial effect on biodiversity around the world in the coming year. .
Researchers have developed arrays of cameras and microphones, controlled by artificial intelligence (AI), to identify animals and birds and monitor their movements in the wild – technology, they say, that should help solve Britain's growing biodiversity problem.
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Turkey has withdrawn from hosting COP16, the major international summit on biodiversity that would take place in the country in 2024, due to the recent earthquakes that shook the country, the UN announced.
Türkiye withdraws from hosting COP16 on biodiversity in 2024 Read more »
The European Parliament approved, this Wednesday (12), by a narrow margin a biodiversity bill that aims to restore the European Union's terrestrial and aquatic habitats, despite conservative opposition.
Loss of species, replacement of rare plants by more general ones and homogenization of 40% of the landscape are the main consequences of climate change in the Caatinga, a biome that tends to have an even more arid climate in the future.
By 2060, 40% of Caatinga biodiversity could be affected by climate change Read more »
On this International Biodiversity Day, the Curto has separated four productions for you to enjoy and marvel at the natural riches of our world, its species and wildlife – so threatened by human activities. Grab the 🍿 and enjoy the tips!
On May 22nd, International Biodiversity Day is celebrated. The date, created by the United Nations (UN) on May 22, 1992, aims to raise awareness among the population around the world about the importance of biological diversity and preservation of biodiversity in all ecosystems.
International Biodiversity Day: the 'war against nature' must end Read more »
Researchers from the Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (Esalq) at USP, in Piracicaba, analyzed information from environmental restoration areas in the Atlantic Forest and found that the process uses less than 8% of the tree flora existing in the original. This means that the recovered area has fewer species. The study helps guide work and improve the recovery of degraded areas of the Forest.
In Carta da Terra, published this week by Earth News, Lourival Sant'Anna talks about her conversation with Bráulio Dias, representative of the transitional government at COP15 on Biodiversity in Montreal, professor in the Department of Ecology at UnB (University of Brasília), director of the Scientific Panel for the Amazon and secretary of the UN Biodiversity Convention between 2012 and 2017. He reports that, in the chat, the professor made a very positive assessment of the Summit results and stated that Brazil played a central role in preventing the meeting of 195 countries ended without an agreement.
'Earth Charter' talks about the results achieved at COP15 on biodiversity Read more »
Countries approved on Sunday (18) a historic agreement to reverse decades of environmental destruction that threaten the world's species and ecosystems, at a UN summit on biodiversity (COP15).
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