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In the news, 2021: Our clients’ most noted science news releases of the year

Terry Collins & Assoc., Toronto Of the 18 science news releases produced in 2021, 16 were environment-themed: food waste, e-waste, oceans, biodiversity, dams, and floods.

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UNEP synthesis of scientific assessments provides blueprint to secure humanity’s future

UN Environment Programme, Nairobi Meeting ramped-up climate and biodiversity targets, cutting deadly pollution and achieving SDGs needs an all-society push for sustainabilityShifting world views and

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Nature: Humanity at a crossroads, UN warns in new Global Biodiversity Outlook report

UN Convention on Biodiversity, Montreal 11-month-old Sumatran orangutans. (c) Joel Sartore/National Geographic Photo Ark, natgeophotoark.org Global Biodiversity Outlook 5 report outlines 8 major transitions needed

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Nature’s dangerous decline ‘unprecedented,’ species extinction rates ‘accelerating’

IPBES, Bonn (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) Current global response insufficient; ‘transformative changes’ needed to restore and protect nature; opposition from vested interests

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Worsening worldwide land degradation now ‘critical,’ undermining well-being of 3.2 billion people

IPBES, Bonn 26 March,  2018 Main cause of species loss; driver of the migration of millions of people by 2050 In landmark 3-year assessment report,

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IPBES: Biodiversity and nature’s contributions continue dangerous decline, scientists warn

IPBES, Bonn 23 March 2018 Human well-being at risk; Landmark reports highlight options to protect and restore nature and its vital contributions to people Biodiversity —

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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 for Safeguarding Pollinators Kuala Lumpur

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Titans of biodiversity science call for united, authoritative voice to inform decision-makers

19 July 2006 DIVERSITAS, Paris Robert Watson Warning that Earth is on the verge of “a major biodiversity crisis,” 19 of the field’s most distinguished

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