Researchers from academic, governmental and international organisations have identified five large-scale ‘megatrends’ that are likely to have a large impact on forests and forest communities over the coming decade
The Great Green Wall initiative works towards reducing land degradation and deforestation through science-led natural resource management and intervention.
Deborah Goffner, research director for the...
CNRS’s Deborah Goffner spoke to The Innovation Platform’s International Editor, Clifford Holt, about how desertification in the Sahel is being addressed.
The impacts of climate...
Researchers from the Arizona State University, USA, have generated a global coral reef extent map using an Artificial Intelligence (AI) model capable of predicting...
In preparation for the launch of the EU Bioeconomy Monitoring System, the BioMonitor project participated in this year’s Community of Practice Workshop hosted by...
The European Commission has published its latest assessment of European biodiversity and a comprehensive overview of the most vulnerable habitats protected under EU law.
Intensive...
A large part of the Amazon rainforest is approaching a tipping point where it could soon become a savanna-type ecosystem, according to new research.
The...
Today, the British Prime Minister will commit to protecting 30% of the UK’s natural environment and biodiversity by 2030.
National parks, ‘areas of outstanding natural...
Will Simonson, Senior Programme Officer for Climate Change and Biodiversity at the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), discusses some of the...
Investigating emerging pathogens in amphibians and reptiles at the Centre for Fish and Wildlife Health of the University of Bern in collaboration with info...
Kusuto Nanjo from the National Fisheries University, Japan, explains why mangroves and their ecosystems must be conserved and managed.
Mangroves are salt-tolerant trees and shrubs...