Feb 20, 2022 | Biodiversity
Over the course of history, temperate forests have been significantly altered by human activities, including agricultural and urban expansion [1,2]. Historically, humans have maximised the exploitation of resources from temperate forests, with demand increasing for...
Feb 6, 2022 | Biodiversity
What is the Cartagena Protocol? An important intersection in the relationship between international trade and the environment is highlighted in questions of biotechnology, and the trade and movement of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) around the world [4]. GMOs...
Jan 17, 2022 | Biodiversity
In 2020, at the United Nations Summit on Biodiversity, political leaders representing 93 countries from all continents and the EU, committed to reverse biodiversity loss by 2030 [2]. The last few decades and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have indeed demonstrated that...
Sep 19, 2021 | Biodiversity
Peatlands are wetland ecosystems that can be found in many places all over the globe covering a total area of about 4.23 million km² or 2.84% of the Earth’s land surface [1]. In peatlands, the production of organic material exceeds the decomposition,...
Sep 19, 2021 | Biodiversity
What is the RAMSAR Convention? The RAMSAR Convention was introduced in 1975 and is regarded as the oldest intergovernmental environmental treaty of the modern-day [1]. The focus of RAMSAR is on the conservation of wetlands across the globe, with the convention first...
Sep 18, 2021 | Biodiversity
Carson versus the Chemical Industry Before Silent Spring’s publication in 1962, there had been no publication quite as radical and clear in its purpose to call out an entire industry. Consequently, there was no clear idea about what the response to Silent Spring...
