Biodiversity is most simply defined as the variety of plant and animal life in the world or in a particular habitat. Human livelihoods, and even industrial production, are also dependent on what are ...

The largest biodiversity time-series database on the planet—created by the University of St Andrews—has had a major new release. The BioTIME database offers unprecedented insight into how biodiversity ...

The project was enabled by the larger Tree Diversity Network, which is the world's largest network of tree diversity experiments consisting of 34 different sites. The resulting study, published in the ...

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework is a historic agreement committing nations to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030. The agreement, which was adopted in Montreal on 19 December 2022, ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Global Biodiversity Standard (TGBS) is a certification scheme for forest restoration projects that show positive outcomes for biodiversity.

6% of the planet's oceanic area, yet houses 76% of all known coral species in the world. This massive marine region spans approximately six million square kilometers across the western Pacific Ocean, ...

The committee will develop a booklet intended to be a resource for general and policy audiences that summarizes the state of knowledge of global biodiversity declines and answers common questions. The ...

The Mediterranean Sea covers less than 1% of the world’s ocean surface, yet hosts more than 18% of its known marine species, while being beset by unresolved maritime boundaries plus growing pressure ...

Cattle ranching is the biggest driver of tropical deforestation, but it is also a key livelihood for nearly 1 billion smallholder farmers. A global study by Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU) ...