Global terrestrial biodiversity hotspots are among the most ecologically important regions on Earth. These 36 regions, which ...
Charophytes are extremely beneficial to lakes, improving water quality and biodiversity. However, their abundance was found ...
UK ecosystems continue to deteriorate or show no change, rather than improvement, the latest data from the biodiversity ...
New study finds over a quarter of species in the world’s most fragile ecosystems wiped out, India’s Western Ghats among ...
Fund managers across the globe have launched new biodiversity strategies, crediting schemes and restoration deals – even as ...
Soil biodiversity is increasingly recognized as providing benefits to human health because it can suppress disease-causing soil organisms and provide clean air, water and food. Poor land-management ...
A powerful milestone for our shared ocean is about to be achieved,” writes columnist. “The United Nations’ High Seas Treaty will go into effect on Jan. 17 after two ...
From policy to practice, Kenya’s updated biodiversity strategy shows how countries can align national action with the Global ...
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Protecting biodiversity is protecting human rights

Protecting biodiversity is not only about saving nature for its own sake; it is fundamentally about safeguarding human rights. From the right to food and water, to health, culture, and even life ...
CONTRARY to conventional thinking, climate and biodiversity are not separate worlds but are two sides of the same coin.
Annapurna Vancheeswaran, former MD, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) India, and former senior director, The Energy and Resources ...