Protecting nature: Climate-hit wetlands lay bare Britain’s biodiversity struggle
As Britain tries to achieve nature-protection goals despite climate change, The Broads National Park is providing a testing ground. RACHEL PARSONS, of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Rich nations urged to pay $US60 billion a year to protect developing-world nature
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Thomson Reuters Foundation As talks on a new global pact to protect nature ramp up this month, international green groups have called on the world’s richest nations to commit at least $US60 billion a year to protect and restore biodiversity in developing countries. Governments are working to finalise an agreement to safeguard the planet’s […]
Postcards: As nature shifts, climate change forces rewrite of US conservation strategy
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that as a warming planet alters natural systems, traditional practices of conserving parks and wildlife refuges are being forced to shift as well…