Pesticides aren’t always necessary: researchers at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, have conducted a comprehensive field study showing that damage from herbivores can be reduced by using biodiversity within a plant…
An international team of researchers has revealed practical and effective methods for assessing the impact of hunting on wildlife in African tropical forests. The study focuses on understanding how overhunting affects…
Many tree species are threatened with extinction, impacting ecosystems and human livelihoods. Islands face the highest risk due to deforestation and climate change. Urgent conservation, habitat protection and community…
It was not possible to settle the crucial issue of finance at the Biodiversity Conference in Cali. However, resolutions were adopted which are to focus more attention on Indigenous Peoples and ensure fairer use of…
Colombia, one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, is home to an enormous range of ecosystems. Through its work, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is helping to protect these…
A new international study shows that increasing plant diversity in agriculture can be used to improve the carbon sequestration potential of agricultural soils. As the agricultural sector strives to reduce its carbon…
Germany’s funding for international biodiversity projects reached a new record high in 2023, totalling 1.36 billion euros. The funding is being used to support countries world-wide in protecting, restoring and…
In late October 2024, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault received a deposit of more than 30,000 new seed samples from 23 depositors across 21 countries, including seven international genebanks. This marks the largest number…
The Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net) is a collaborative initiative dedicated to synthesising and translating available knowledge on biodiversity into actionable measures for sustainable ecosystem…
Global biodiversity declined between two and eleven per cent during the 20th century due to land-use change alone, according to a large multi-model study published in Science. Projections show that climate change could…
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