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An offshore wind farm in North Wales. Doug Scobie, Flickr

Social distancing tips from the platypus, renewable records and enzymatic scissors

In this bi-weekly digest of climate news: long-term costs of climate change revealed, commodity prices wobble, and animals that practice social distancing.

 
The monsoon forests of the Western Ghats in India. Navaneeth Kishor, Flickr

Monsoon forests: the tropics’ little-known lands of extremes

The dwelling grounds of jade, amber, elephants and teak, monsoon forests are the world's most threatened major forest type.

 

Forgotten Forests

Landscape News' Forgotten Forests series explores the planet’s most precious – yet neglected – tropical forests, and why they must be remembered.

 

How can biodiversity loss lead to global pandemics?

On World Health Day 2020, a conversation between two zoology experts on the emergence and spread of disease among wildlife in relation to COVID-19.

 
At the foothills of the Atewa Forest. Ahtziri Gonzalez, CIFOR

Yes, Ghana should mine bauxite, but not in critical ecosystems like Atewa Forest

A lawsuit against the West African government over the Atewa Forest landscape elucidates the need to balance development and biodiversity.

 
Environmentalist, educator and environmental activist Fachruddin Mangunjaya in his office in Jakarta. Courtesy of Fachruddin Mangunjaya

“Eco-pesantren” movement takes Islamic perspective on nature conservation

Indonesian conservationist Fachruddin Mangunjaya's fusion of faith, education and nature conservation is changing Southeast Asian landscapes.

 
Forest elephants in the Great Rift Valley, Kenya. Prashanth Raghavan, Flickr

The carbon sequestration powers of the near-extinct forest elephant

The extinction of the forest elephant in Central Africa would prevent 3 billion tons of carbon from being stored in forests.

 
A pair of 6-week-old penguin chicks, left on their own by their parents, huddle together for warmth in Atka Bay, Antarctica. Photograph copyright Stefan Christmann

Best of Landscape News 2019: Biodiversity

From a new BBC series to a black-and-white photo esssay of African lions, here are the top 10 Landscape News stories on biodiversity from 2019.

 
Tarvurvur volcano in Papua New Guinea, one of two countries to support a proposed decade-long moratorium on Pacific Ocean seabed mining. Taro Taylor, Flickr

Should we mine the Pacific Ocean’s seabed?

Island states the weigh the financial revenues of mining the Pacific Ocean for minerals against biodiversity and environmental impacts.

 
A butterfly in Peru. Governments should create more economic incentives to protect biodiversity, an OECD report urges. Jeffrey van Lent, CIFOR

Report makes the business case for governments to protect biodiversity

A new report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development presents a business case for governments to protect biodiversity through taxes.

 
"Proof of love," Kenya, 2014. Photo © 2019 Laurent Baheux. All rights reserved.

Photographer Laurent Baheux on his intimate ode to the African lion

17 years of footage from wildlife photographer Laurent Baheux show the "king of animals" in its native – and disappearing – habitat.

 
An orchid in Gunung Simpang, West Java, Indonesia. Yayan Indriatmoko, CIFOR

100 questions to prevent biodiversity loss in Southeast Asia

Scientists identify the top research questions needing answers in preventing biodiversity loss and aiding conservation in the region.

 
Roloway monkey

Species loss is a loss for landscapes

Thousands of species are becoming increasingly endangered due to human activity, according to the latest update to the IUCN Red List.

 
Delegates at the Global Landscapes Forum New York 2019 at the U.N. headquarters. Justin K. Davey, GLF

To combat climate change this decade, restore the Earth

Efforts to restore the Earth's degraded ecosystems, from forests to oceans, rises as a solution to climate change at the Global Landscapes Forum NYC 2019.

 
Along New York City's Newtown Creek, a new mural depicts the endemic wildlife returning to the restored ecosystem. Gabrielle Lipton, GLF

A street art mural helps restore one of the dirtiest waterways in U.S. history

The biodiversity returning to Newtown Creek after a century of toxic waters inspires a new street art mural from a duo of Brooklyn artists.

 
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