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Climate change solutions not always good for biodiversity
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Climate change solutions not always good for biodiversity

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Some approaches to tackling global warming can have unintended knock-on consequences for nature and the protection of biodiversity, say scientists urging a more coordinated effort on these challenges. The IPBES and the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned in 2021 that a siloed approach risked "actions which, inadvertently, prevent the resolution of one or the other problem, or even …

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Up to 850,000 animal viruses could be caught by humans, unless we protect nature: UN report
4 years, 2 months ago

Up to 850,000 animal viruses could be caught by humans, unless we protect nature: UN report

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The report says an estimated 1.7 million currently undiscovered viruses are thought to exist in mammal and avian hosts. A major report released today says up to 850,000 undiscovered viruses which could be transferred to humans are thought to exist in mammal and avian hosts. Without preventative strategies, pandemics will emerge more often, sp The report says, on average, five …

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Treat nature right or future pandemics will wreck more havoc than COVID-19 did says UN panel
4 years, 2 months ago

Treat nature right or future pandemics will wreck more havoc than COVID-19 did says UN panel

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Seventy percent of emerging diseases — such as Ebola, Zika and HIV/AIDS — are zoonotic in origin, meaning they circulate in animals before jumping to humans. “There is no great mystery about the cause of the Covid-19 pandemic — or any modern pandemic,” said Peter Daszak, president of the Ecohealth Alliance and chair of the IPBES workshop that drafted the …

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Indigenous and local communities are key players in preventing the sixth mass extinction
5 years, 8 months ago

Indigenous and local communities are key players in preventing the sixth mass extinction

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The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services’ warned on 7 May of one million species at the risk of going extinct at least in part due to humankind’s activities. “An average of around 25 percent of species in the assessed animal and plant groups are threatened, suggesting that around 1 million species already face extinction — many within …

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UN holds first global study of nature and human race: 100,000 species on path to extinction
5 years, 8 months ago

UN holds first global study of nature and human race: 100,000 species on path to extinction

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With many species on Earth dying, the UN has released a study that was three years in the making. Hidden impacts “We need to recognise that climate change and loss of Nature are equally important, not just for the environment, but as development and economic issues as well,” Watson said. “But our goal is to make sure that governments and …

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