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Capital in the forms of cash and credit might be hard to come by in these economically constrained times, but natural capital could soon prove rarer still if we don’t start accounting for nature’s valuable services to society. That’s the message underpinning GLOBE International’s “Natural Capital
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Declared biologically dead in the 1950s, Britain’s River Thames today is teeming with fish and home to returning populations of salmon, otter and sea trout. That recovery has come through years of effort by the UK’s Environment Agency and numerous other organisations and individuals. The work has paid
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How should we react to news that the world’s fourth largest lake is rapidly dying before our eyes and that practically nothing is being done to stop it? Horror and outrage seem appropriate. However, the lead researcher tracking this particular slow-motion death says the response he’s gotten is
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In yet another sign that the future will be led by countries outside of the US and Europe, a new report finds that corporate leaders in Latin America and Africa are far more concerned about biodiversity-friendly business than their counterparts in the EU. The finding should ring alarm bells for
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While many of us might worry about the dwindling bee populations across the UK, US and other places, a British supermarket chain is testing a unique strategy to help bring bees back: rooftop bee “hotels” on its stores. Sainsbury’s has recruited what is says is “retail’s first ever
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Both birds and the climate could benefit if rainforests cut down by loggers are properly restored, according to new research from the University of Leeds. In fact, a properly rainforest can — within just 15 years — support as much bird diversity as virgin forest, according to David Edwards with the university’
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A fungal disease that’s killing frogs throughout Central America is also dramatically reducing the diversity of frog species, leading to what one researcher is calling “the McDonaldisation of the frog communities.” While it’s already well known that frogs are in trouble in spots around the globe, an analysis
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While Iraq’s conflict and political developments have dominated the headlines since it was invaded in 2003, the nation has quietly been making progress on a host of environmental issues … and today was announced as the 192nd Party to the Convention on Biological Diversity. First adopted in 1992, the biodiversity
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Researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) say coral reefs throughout the Caribbean have been comprehensively “flattened” over the past 40 years. The collapse of reef structure has serious implications for biodiversity and coastal defences — a double whammy for fragile coastal communities in the region. While scientists already knew
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Under a process backed by the World Bank, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has cancelled 91 of 156 timber contracts, stating they were wrongly granted during a moratorium enacted during the nation’s 1998 to 2003 war. The government’s decision affects some 130,000 square kilometers of rainforest,
