by TNF | Sep 15, 2020 | Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation
UN’s Global Biodiversity Outlook 5 report outlines eight major transitions needed to slow, then halt nature’s accelerating decline Final report card on Aichi Biodiversity Targets, set in 2010: 6 of world’s 20 goals “partially achieved” by 2020 deadline Towards a... 
by TNF | May 28, 2020 | Biodiversity, Climate Change, Ecological Restoration, News
Zoonotic diseases – diseases that pass from an animal to a human – have gained international attention in recent years (UNEP, 2020). Globally, there is a growing concern about the zoonotic origins of many global pandemics. Increasing human-animal interactions are... 
by TNF | Dec 15, 2019 | Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation, News
The Equator Initiative announces a global call for nominations for the Equator Prize 2020. The prize will be awarded to outstanding local community and indigenous peoples’ initiatives that advance nature-based solutions for sustainable development. The winners will... 
by TNF | Jul 5, 2019 | Climate Change, Ecological Restoration, Research
Allowing the Earth’s forests to recover could remove two thirds of all the planet-warming carbon that is in the atmosphere because of human activity, according to a new study carried out by researchers at Swiss university ETH Zurich and published Thursday in the...