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Biodiversity

Nearly 200 Countries Approve a Biodiversity Accord Enshrining Human Rights and the ‘Rights of Nature’

The nonbinding agreement nods to a growing understanding that future conservation efforts must promote the well-being of Indigenous peoples—and that forests, mountains and rivers have rights of their own.

By Katie Surma

Delegates applaud after reaching an agreement during the plenary for the tail end of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on Dec. 19, 2022. Credit: Andrej Ivanov/ AFP via Getty Images
The Karwendel Mountain Range in Germany. Credit: Martin Zwick/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Proposed EU Nature Restoration Law Could be the First Big Step Toward Achieving COP15’s Ambitious Plan to Staunch Biodiversity Loss

By Bob Berwyn

Maasai homes in in Tanzania. Credit: Roger de la Harpe/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Conservation has a Human Rights Problem. Can the New UN Biodiversity Plan Solve it? 

By Katie Surma

Smoke rises from an illegally lit fire in a section of Amazon rainforest, south of Novo Progresso in Para state, Brazil, on Aug. 15, 2020. Credit: Carl De Souza/AFP via Getty Images

In the Amazon, the World’s Largest Reservoir of Biodiversity, Two-Thirds of Species Have Lost Habitat to Fire and Deforestation

By Georgina Gustin

Land clearing of peatland forest to make way for a palm oil plantation in Aceh province, Indonesia, the habitat of the Sumatran orangutan, on November 1,3, 2016. The orangutans in Indonesia have been on the verge of extinction as a result of deforestation and poaching. Credit: Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images

New Report: Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss Must Be Tackled Together, Not Separately

By Georgina Gustin

Warming Trends: Google Earth Shows Climate Change in Action, a History of the World Through Bat Guano and Bike Riding With Monarchs

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Waste grain is left in harvested fields on Staten Island in the California Delta as forage for greater sandhill cranes, a state listed endangered species. Credit: Liza Gross

California Farmers Work to Create a Climate Change Buffer for Migratory Water Birds

By Liza Gross

Waste pickers show Coca-Cola branded plastic waste collected in South Africa. Photo Courtesy of Break Free From Plastic

Warming Trends: The Top Plastic Polluter, Mother-Daughter Climate Talk and a Zero-Waste Holiday

By Katelyn Weisbrod

A voter walks toward a polling location on election day in Austin, Texas on Nov. 3, 2020. Credit: Sergio Flores/AFP via Getty Images

Warming Trends: A Climate Win in Austin, the Demise of Butterflies and the Threat of Food Pollution

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Tule Elk. Credit: Julia Kane/InsideClimate News

California Ranchers and Activists Face Off Over a Federal Plan to Cull a Beloved Tule Elk Herd

By Katelyn Weisbrod

A planned restoration of the forest, meadows and wetlands in this floodplain near Leipzig, Germany, will boost biodiversity by improving wildlife habitat, and bolster climate mitigation by increasing carbon storage. Credit: Hendrik Schmidt/picture allianc

Targeted Ecosystem Restoration Can Protect Climate, Biodiversity

By Bob Berwyn

Beaver.  Credit: Steve Hillebrand/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

The Newest Threat to a Warming Alaskan Arctic: Beavers

By Bob Berwyn

Mule deer starting their spring migration in the Colorado Rockies browse for new growth just below the snowline. Credit: Bob Berwyn

Global Warming Shortens Spring Feeding Season for Mule Deer in Wyoming

By Bob Berwyn

In Eastern California, the U.S. Forest Service is using controlled fires in Jeffrey pine forests to try and make them more resilient to climate change. Credit: Bob Berwyn

‘We Need to Hear These Poor Trees Scream’: Unchecked Global Warming Means Big Trouble for Forests

By Bob Berwyn

Unchecked Global Warming Could Collapse Whole Ecosystems, Maybe Within 10 Years

By Bob Berwyn

Robin. Credit: Bob Berwyn

In a Race Against Global Warming, Robins Are Migrating Earlier

By Bob Berwyn

White cattle spread on pastures cultivated in the rainforest next to the Xingu river in Sao Felix do Xingu in Para state, northern Brazil. Credit: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images

Our Growing Food Demands Will Lead to More Corona-like Viruses

By Georgina Gustin

A turtle swims over bleached corals. Coral reefs are critical habitats for young fish and other sea life. Credit: NOAA

Ocean Warming Is Speeding Up, with Devastating Consequences, Study Shows

By Bob Berwyn

Ring-tailed lemurs are on IUCN's endangered species list. Credit: Mathias Appel/Flickr

UN Proposes Protecting 30% of Earth to Slow Extinctions and Climate Change

By Phil McKenna

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