Pollinators Vital to Our Food Supply Under Threat
IPBES, Bonn / Office of the Science Advisor to the Prime Minister of Malaysia 26 Feb 2016 Assessment Details Options […]
Biodiversity
World loses trillions of dollars worth of nature’s benefits each year due to land degradation
UN University – INWEH, Hamilton, Canada 15-SEP-2015 To better inform the tradeoffs involved in land use choices around the world,
Over 1,000 new ocean fish species identified in past eight years, including 122 sharks, rays
World Register of Marine Species, Belgium 12-Mar-15 World registry, nearing completion, confirms 228,450 known marine species; consolidation relegates 190,400 other
World losing 2,000 hectares of farm soil daily to salt damage
United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton CANADA 28-Oct-2014 Salt-spoiled soils worldwide: 20 percent of all irrigated lands
Human health, wealth require expanded marine science, experts say
European Marine Board, Oostende, Belgium 9-Oct-2014 Some 340 European scientists, policy-makers and other experts representing 143 organizations from 31 countries spoke
Zone tropical coastal oceans; manage them more like land resources: Scientists
United Nations University – Institute for Water, Environment and Health 2-Jul-2014 Business-as-usual management policies risks well-being of 2 billion+ people
Keeping whales safe in sound: Marine species and seismic surveys
International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Geneva 20 January, 2014 Unique collaboration between oil/ gas industry, scientists, conservationists proves
Indigenous knowledge: preserving biodiversity, ecosystem services
UN Intergov’l Platform on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services (IPBES), Bonn 8 December 2013 IPBES experts cite importance of ‘co-production’ of
Deep Carbon Observatory scientists discover quick recipe for producing hydrogen
Deep Carbon Observatory, Washington DC 8 December 2013 New formula for fast, abundant H2 production may help power fuel cells,
Most nations lack means to assess biodiversity, key ecosystem services and their value: Experts
UN Intergov’l Platform on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services, Bonn 5-Nov-2013 Most of the world’s nations — unanimously committed to protecting
Scientists sequence genome of high-value grape, seek secrets of wine’s aroma
United Nations University – BIOLAC (Biotechnology for Latin America and the Caribbean) 2 Sept. 2013 Marking 25th year, UNU-BIOLAC also
Potentially ‘catastrophic’ changes underway in Canada’s northern Mackenzie River Basin
Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy, University of California Berkeley 10-Jun-2013 Biodiversity in watershed covering roughly 20% of Canada compared
Harvard expert: “Agricultural innovation offers only path to feed Africa and the world”
Harvard Kennedy School, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Cambridge MA 3-Jun-2013 The world can only meet its future
Even farm animal diversity is declining as accelerating species loss threatens humanity
Chair IPBES / Science Advisor to the Prime Minister, Malaysia / Malaysian Industry‑Government Group for High Technology 27-May-2013 Founding Chair of
Deep Carbon: Quest underway to discover its quantity, movements, origins and forms in Earth
Deep Carbon Observatory, Carnegie Institution of Washington DC 4-Mar-2013 Probing the secrets of volcanoes and diamonds, sources of gas and oil,
Preserve the services of mangroves — Earth’s invaluable coastal forests, experts urge
United Nations University, Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Canada 14 Nov 2012 Loss of mangroves to fish farms, other
Sea-surfing ‘wave glider’ robot deployed to help track white sharks in the Pacific
Block Lab, Stanford University, Monterey Bay, CA, USA 16-Aug-2012 New high-tech ocean observers debut above ‘The Blue Serengeti’; ‘Shark Net’ app
Beyond GDP: Experts preview ‘Inclusive Wealth’ index at Planet under Pressure conference
Earth System Science Partnership, Paris 28-Mar-2012 Brazil and India pay a high price for rapid economic growth, according to experts
Top priorities in biodiversity science agreed: Paris-based DIVERSITAS to spearhead global investigation into the ‘5 Ws’ of biodiversity loss and how to mitigate it
DIVERSITAS, Paris 26-Mar-2012 Concluding a four-year global consultation, international experts have agreed on key efforts needed to reduce the on-going
State of the Planet: Scientists describe humanity’s global impact as ‘The Great Acceleration’ and offer ominous outlook: An uncertain future on a much hotter world
Earth System Science Partnership, Paris 26-Mar-2012 Time is running out to minimize the risk of setting in motion irreversible and
Quack medicines, insect immigrants, and what eats what among secrets revealed by DNA barcodes
Consortium for the Barcode of Life, Smithsonian Institution 27-Nov-2011 Global ‘barcode blitz’ accelerates; 450 experts converge on Adelaide Nov. 28-Dec.
Major threats foreseen due to Europe’s changing marine environments
Project CLAMER (Flanders Marine Institute, (VLIZ) Oostende, Belgium, and Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ),