Concern over nature loss surging in developing nations, online trends show
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation Awareness of nature loss and calls to address it are growing in developing nations, not just richer parts of the world, researchers said on Tuesday, urging governments and businesses to speed up efforts to make economies more eco-friendly. Research by the Economist Intelligence Unit analysed the popularity of nature loss and […]
Drive for goal to protect 30 per cent of planet by 2030 grows to 50 nations
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation A global coalition to protect at least 30 per cent of the planet’s land and ocean by 2030 has swelled its ranks to about 50 countries, as governments said at a summit hosted by France Monday that biodiversity loss and climate change should be tackled jointly. First launched in 2020, the High […]
David Attenborough leads call for world to invest $US500 billion a year to protect nature
London, UKReuters British broadcaster David Attenborough led a call from conservation groups on Wednesday for the world to invest $500 billion a year to halt the destruction of nature, warning that the future of the planet was in “grave jeopardy”. Attenborough, whose new film A Life on Our Planet documents the dangers posed by climate […]
ENVIRONMENT: GOVERNMENTS FACE PRESSURE TO PROTECT NATURE IN BIODIVERSITY “SUPER YEAR”
THIN LEI WIN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on plans for a new global framework to safeguard the Earth’s eco-systems and biodiversity…
Protected status not enough to guard threatened nature reserves, scientists find
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Expanding the planet’s protected natural areas to safeguard vanishing forests and other ecosystems, and the species they protect, is unlikely to be effective on its own as human encroachment into reserves grows, scientists warned Tuesday. A study by Cambridge University researchers, which looked at thousands of conservation areas in more than […]
Don’t dismiss regenerated forests as “green deserts”, scientists say
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation Replanted forests and those left to recover after logging activities can preserve vital insect and plant life in a similar way to old-growth forests, scientists have found, as interest grows in expanding the world’s forests to curb climate change. A 13-year study led by researchers at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University in […]
Rising heat stress could cost 80 million jobs by 2030 – UN
London Thomson Reuters Foundation Rising heat due to climate change could lead to the loss of 80 million jobs by 2030, with poor countries worst hit, the United Nations said on Monday, as Europe sweltered in record temperatures. A temperature rise of 1.5 Celsius by the end of century could lead to a 2.2 per […]
Future of food under ‘severe threat’ as species diversity disappears – UN
Thomson Reuters Foundation The future of food supplies is under “severe threat” because of the number of animal and plant species fast disappearing, a United Nations report said on Friday, as the world grapples with how to feed a growing population. People are depending on fewer species for food, said the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, […]