Extreme climate events pose an ever-increasing threat to savannahs around the world. However, the ability of these mixed woodland-grassland ecosystems to resist periods of drought can be improved with a higher number of…
Over the past decades, insect numbers have been declining in many parts of the world. Researchers are encouraging decision-makers to give them more consideration in implementing the new goals of the UN Convention on…
Nations adopted four goals and 23 targets for 2030 to foster biodiversity conservation and counter acceleration in the global rate of species extinction at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15).
Inland waters usually count as terrestrial areas, as was also the case at the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP 15), held in Montreal/Canada in December 2022. But here, their relevance is not sufficiently taken into…
Never has there been a more urgent need to revive damaged ecosystems than now. The healthier our ecosystems are, the healthier the planet and its people. At COP15, ten initiatives have been declared World Restoration…
Is the presence of a high number of species within an ecosystem a sign of its stability? Is it always true that population fluctuations over time reflect poor health or threats to biodiversity? No, according to a new…
To support decision-makers in taking action to strengthen biodiversity, experts have published 10 Must Dos from Biodiversity Science. The recommendations range from protecting areas and restoring ecosystems to expanding…
Protected areas are one of the most effective tools for safeguarding biodiversity, but most Asian countries failed to achieve a global minimum target of protecting at least 17 per cent of land by 2020.
By using advanced machine learning techniques an international team led by researchers at the University of Göttingen in Germany has reconstructed the distribution of plant diversity around the world and made…
Without world-wide crop diversity and its conservation, there would be no food and nutrition security. This is why efforts have to be made to preserve as many species and genetic variants as possible. These were the core…
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