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"Brazil’s expanding offshore oil frontier puts biodiversity at risk: study"
#Brazil #Biodiversity

Brazil’s expanding offshore oil frontier puts biodiversity at risk: study
In late August 2019, fishing communities along the northeast coast of Brazil reported black oily stains washing up on beaches, with crude clumping between the roots of mangroves, on the shells of turtles and on growing numbers of beached fish. The origin of the spill was never confirmed: Then-president Jair Bolsonaro first blamed a Venezuelan […]

"Birdsong data from Merlin ID app to help global biodiversity project"
#Birds #Biodiversity

Birdsong data from Merlin ID app to help global biodiversity project
Cornell Lab for Ornithology plans data linkup between app and population monitoring on eBird platform

"Report links biodiversity collapse to risks for financial systems and food security"
#Biodiversity #Food
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Report links biodiversity collapse to risks for financial systems and food security
A new report from Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) and the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) warns that biodiversity loss, alongside climate shocks and geopolitical conflict, is disrupting our food system, risking catastrophic impacts for the financial system and for society as a whole.

Report links biodiversity collapse to risks for financial systems and food security #biodiversity

Report links biodiversity collapse to risks for financial systems and food security
A new report from Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) and the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) warns that biodiversity loss, alongside climate shocks and geopolitical conflict, is disrupting our food system, risking catastrophic impacts for the financial system and for society as a whole.

RE: #bookstodon and all lovers of nature and #biodiversity

"Bees and Biodiversity at Arcadia Ecohome Microforest"
#Bees #Biodiversity
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Bees and Biodiversity at Arcadia Ecohome Microforest | Happy Eco News
CIEDM celebrated four overlapping awareness campaigns at Arcadia Ecohome Microforest through urban beekeeping maintenance, Pineapple Guava planting funded by Upper Water's voucher program, and citizen science contributions to iNaturalist, SciStarter, and Project Noah.

🪲 Soil microbes. Birds. Pollinators. Trees.
Climate solutions grow in living systems.
Biodiversity is resilience.
#BiodiversityDay #NatureBasedSolutions

International Day for Biological Diversity | United Nations
Biological diversity — or biodiversity — is the term given to the variety of life on Earth and the natural patterns it forms. The biodiversity we see today is the fruit of billions of years of evolution, shaped by natural processes and, increasingly, by the influence of humans. It forms the web of life of which we are an integral part and upon which we so fully depend.

"Reversing biodiversity loss by 2030 is critical to avoid disastrous effects on human well-being, researchers warn"
#Biodiversity #Environment

Reversing biodiversity loss by 2030 is critical to avoid disastrous effects on human well-being, researchers warn
Halting and reversing the global decline in biodiversity is now urgent to avoid destabilizing Earth's vital systems that support human well-being. That's the stark message of a new paper published today in Frontiers in Science. The authors warn that without protecting remaining intact biomes and ecosystems, climate and development goals will be impossible to achieve.

"National Grid launches mechanism to boost biodiversity across the grid"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Energy #Biodiversity

National Grid launches mechanism to boost biodiversity across the grid
The new market initiative will help National Grid meet Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) requirements across new transmission projects.

"Urine From Music Festival Toilets is Fertilizing a New Biodiverse Forest With Odor-Free Nutrients'
#Festivals #Biodiversity

Urine From Music Festival Toilets is Fertilizing a New Biodiverse Forest With Odor-Free Nutrients
In a UK first, a new forest is set to be grown with fertilized nutrients recovered from urine collected at music festival toilets.

"French Polynesia Protects Biodiverse Ocean Area Twice the Size of Arizona Teeming with Life"
#FrenchPolynesia #Biodiversity #Animals

French Polynesia Protects Biodiverse Ocean Area Twice the Size of Arizona Teeming with Life
30% of French Polynesia's waters— in total, an area twice the size of Texas—will be protected from all extractive activities.