With sea-level rise threatening more frequent and higher coastal surges a brave and innovative project has been completed that uses ecological infrastructure to protect the land and people of the […]
A new publication by UNEP on developments around REDD+ makes interesting reading. The original Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) proposition emerged from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change […]
Back in April I reported on the criticism by the Westminster Environmental Committee of the Secretary of State for Environment. This was in regard to the reluctance of the English […]
The threat of the collapse in pollinating insect populations is confirmed as a worldwide problem according to the latest meta-review of research literature. Threats to an ecosystem service: Pressures on […]
“More research is needed to monitor pollinator populations and establish the impact that particular pesticides are having, but Defra must not use this as an excuse to avoid urgent precautionary […]
The UN Convention on Biological Diversity at its meeting in Nagoya in 2010 identified as its first strategic goal the need to mainstream biodiversity understanding by 2020. Achieving this will […]
Hardly known in the west a revolution is taking place across the rice-producing world – and the secret lies in enabling soil biodiversity to thrive. The method, known as the System of Rice […]
A recent article in Plos One highlights how organic farming favours insects, and therefore insect pollinated plants in meadows and wheat fields. The study explored nine different landscapes under different levels […]
