CBD News Headlines

• The European Search For A Strategy To Help Both Farmers And Biodiversity
  [released on: 27/02/2020]
  European Union member states are trying to adopt more sustainable agriculture practices, amid debates over subsidies and protests from the sector.
• Climate-Smart Agriculture means More Time for Eswatini Women Farmers
  [released on: 27/02/2020]
  n the southern African nation of Eswatini, women, who already have too many household chores, have had to spend many hours for days on end in the fields, tilling and weeding the soil. But thanks to the gradual introduction of Climate-Smart Agriculture, some are beginning to harvest the gains of more time for their families.
• Climate change: Pressure on big investors to act on environment
  [released on: 27/02/2020]
  Ever wondered if your bank or insurance company is funding the coal industry? Or whether your pension fund is backing oil companies drilling new wells in the Arctic?
• Air New Zealand's new safety video highlights New Zealand's biodiversity crisis
  [released on: 27/02/2020]
  Air New Zealand?has launched its latest safety video that highlights?the impact of New Zealand's biodiversity crisis.
• 10 common myths about climate change - and what science really says
  [released on: 26/02/2020]
  If you've ever engaged in a discussion about climate change, in person or online, you've probably encountered some arguments about what the science says. Some of those claims may sound logical but are actually misleading or inaccurate.
• The World's Best Natural Defense Against Climate Change May Soon Make Things Worse
  [released on: 27/02/2020]
  As extreme weather rocks the Southern Ocean, a tumultuous mix of carbon dioxide, winds and warming waters could reach an environmental tipping point
• Putting climate change on school curriculums is imperative, says UN
  [released on: 27/02/2020]
  Children need to learn about climate change as soon as possible, is the consensus, but it must be done in a way that isn't distressing
• Why coronavirus could help save China's endangered species
  [released on: 27/02/2020]
  The novel coronavirus outbreak in China may end up saving one of the world's most trafficked animals after Beijing announced a total ban on the sale and consumption of the pangolin.
• The evolving story of India's forests
  [released on: 27/02/2020]
  From covering 640,819 square kilometres (19.49 percent) of India's total land area in 1987 to covering 712,249 sq. km. (21.67 percent) of the country's geographical area in 2019, India's forest sector has had a roller coaster journey with many twists and turns.
• China may send ducks to battle Pakistan's locust swarms
  [released on: 27/02/2020]
  China could deploy 100,000 ducks to neighbouring Pakistan to help tackle swarms of crop-eating locusts, according to reports.
• Climate campaigners win Heathrow expansion case
  [released on: 27/02/2020]
  Controversial plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport have been thrown into doubt after a court ruling.
• Helpful interactions can keep societies stable
  [released on: 27/02/2020]
  For half a century, scientists who have developed models of how ecological communities function have arrived at an unsettling conclusion.
• Biodiversity 'fundamental' for global food systems, at "heart' of development
  [released on: 27/02/2020]
  Because the production of everything we eat transforms the environment, the United Nations agriculture chief told a high-level UN meeting on biodiversity that careful discussions are needed to decide on the scale of acceptable transformations.
• We're coming up with a new set of targets to protect the natural world. Here's how
  [released on: 27/02/2020]
  Science and scientists are converging around the knowledge that our planet, with us in the driver's seat, is moving into the Anthropocene. This is a new geological epoch in which humanity's actions are changing the face of the earth and how planetary systems - such as global nitrogen and phosphorus cycles - work.
• ANALYSIS-Governments face pressure to protect nature in biodiversity 'super year'
  [released on: 27/02/2020]
  Green groups hope 2020 will see countries commit to a 'Paris agreement for nature' which offers a chance to halt shocking declines in animal and plant life
• Roadmap to a win-win against invasive weeds
  [released on: 27/02/2020]
  Researchers at Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa, have created the world's first framework, to better guide the management of terrestrial invasive species.
• Billions lost as illicit fisheries trade hurting nations who can afford it least
  [released on: 27/02/2020]
  More than eight million to 14 million tonnes of unreported fish catches are traded illicitly every year, costing the legitimate market between $9 billion and $17 billion in trade each year, according to new UBC research.
• Antarctic ice walls protect glaciers from warm ocean water
  [released on: 27/02/2020]
  Feb. 27 (UPI) -- The planet's oceans are capable of storing a lot more heat than Earth's atmosphere.
• Ottawa introduces new rules to protect right whales in Canadian waters
  [released on: 27/02/2020]
  The Liberal government said Thursday it is enhancing measures to reduce risks to North Atlantic right whales, an endangered species largely due to human activity.
• Study: To curb biodiversity declines, protect land in the tropics
  [released on: 27/02/2020]
  Feb. 26 (UPI) -- If world leaders, land managers and other policymakers can find a way to limit global warming to less than 2 degrees Celsius and conserve a third of the land in the tropics, global species loss could be cut in half.