Alejandro Nadal, a Giant in Global Conservation
A tribute to Alejandro Nadal, who fought for elephants and against wildlife trafficking and environmenal degredation.
Read more...Category Archives: Species loss
The Dead Zone Downstream: Gulf Edition
The cost of modern agriculture, as measured by a growing oxygen-free patch in the Gulf of Mexico.
Read more...New Songbirds Discovered in Indonesia
Scientists announce discovery of ten new types of songbirds on a cluster of tiny Indonesian islands close to the Wallace Line.
Read more...A Theory or Two of These Grim Times
A theory about why things are a mess.
Read more...For National Cat Day: The Very Latest in Feline Science
What Is The Best Way To Pet a Cat? What Is It With Cats and Boxes? And so forth.
Read more...North American Bird Populations Plunge 30% Since 1970
Study reports 30% drop in North American bird populations since 1970 – a loss of 3 billion birds.
Read more...UN High Seas Treaty Looks Set to Founder
Stage three of UN negotiations on a conservation treaty for the high seas would up last week without “a serious commitment”; prospects for a final agreement remain weak.
Read more...The U.N. Says 1 Million Species Could Disappear. Pacific islands Have a Solution
A proposal to stem species loss.
Read more...Happy Earth Day 2019
Today is Earth Day, the theme: Protect Our Species. Much has changed since the first Earth Day: April 22, 1970. Individual action alone won’t save the planet, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing one can do.
Read more...EU Plastics Ban: “Doesn’t Go Far Enough”
Jerry-Lynn on TRNN!
Read more...Where Are All the Bugs Going and What Can I Do About It?
Insects are the waste management contractors of ecosystems.
Read more...Agribusiness Is the Problem, Not the Solution
Why agribusiness isn’t well positioned to address hunger.
Read more...New Review of Dozens of Studies of Insect Population Decline, the Causes, and Things You Can Do
A review of the massive new study on insect population decline and its drivers.
Read more...UN Backs Seed Sovereignty as Defense Against Multinational-Led GMO Projects
The anti-GMO UN declaration was written by and for peasants from every continent.
Read more...New Study Highlights Collapse of Insect Populations
Very sobering news on the insect front. Species die-off is progressing faster than you probably thought.
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