Feb 20, 2025 | Biodiversity
The 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), held in Cali, Colombia, represented a pivotal moment in global biodiversity governance. Building on the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), the summit marked...
Oct 29, 2024 | Biodiversity, October 2024
Other Effective Conservation Methods (OECMs), defined in 2018 by the CBD, are “geographically defined areas distinct from Protected Areas (PAs) managed in ways that yield positive, sustained, and long-term outcomes for biodiversity conservation including...
Oct 29, 2024 | Biodiversity, Climate Science, October 2024
Wildfires – uncontrolled fires in forests, grasslands, or other landscapes – have long been a part of natural ecosystems. However, human activities and climate change have intensified their frequency and severity. The rise in global temperatures, prolonged...
Oct 29, 2024 | Biodiversity, Climate Science, October 2024
Nature-based solutions (NbS) are an approach that involves creating, protecting, restoring and managing ecosystems, and working alongside nature to benefit both humans and biodiversity. This article introduces the concept and origins of NbS, its recent popularity as a...
Jun 28, 2023 | Biodiversity, Food & Agriculture
The Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies for 2030 adopts agroforestry as a nature-based solution. Nature-based solutions help society towards socio-ecological goals, such as climate action and promoting life on land and below water [3]. Carbon-negative...
Jun 26, 2023 | Biodiversity
This article will outline the few policies that do exist, and what steps need to be taken to protect this essential biome. For more information about the boreal forests, the current threats to their survival and how this relates to the climate crisis, please read the...
