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Crocodile being sold in a market in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Ollivier Girard, CIFOR

‘No wildmeat in cities,’ says a new campaign in the Congo Basin

CIFOR wildlife management expert Nathalie van Vliet speaks on the perils of wildmeat in urban markets.

 

What will it take to prevent the next pandemic?

Renowned epidemiologist Jonna Mazet speaks on the funds, research and environmental protection needed to prevent the next pandemic.

 
Enfermeras del Servicio Nacional de Salud del Reino Unido en Sierra Leona durante un brote de ébola. Simon Davis, DFID

One Health, one cure

The history of the approach to health that promises to prevent future pandemics

 
Ruiz points to a fire burning in Chaparri. Courtesy of Javier Ruiz

A year later, still entrenched in the fight for Peru’s Chaparrí forests

Environmental defender Javier Ruiz Gutierrez continues battling agribusiness and criminal networks to protect the Chaparrí reserve.

 
Thijs, Flickr

Mushroom coffins, high-flying hydrogen and out-of-control orcas

In this news roundup: 40% of plant species at risk of extinction, China pledges carbon neutrality by 2060, and mushroom coffins from Delft.

 

How can we save biodiversity from mass extinction?

GLF Live with Rebecca Shaw, Joji Carino and Tim Hirsch

 
The vaquita porpoise is the smallest cetacean species, most easily distinguishable by its tall dorsal fin. Paula Olson, NOAA

For these 6 species, there could be fewer than 100 left

From Indonesian rhinos to tiny mice and hairy wombats, here are six of the most critically endangered species on Earth, according to IUCN.

 
An Eastern Lowland Gorilla, endemic to the mountainous forests of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Chris Martin Bahr, WWF

Global vertebrate populations have plunged by two-thirds, says World Wildlife Fund

2020 report declares global vertebrate populations have plunged by two-thirds, among other new findings on the importance of biodiversity.

 
Con el 5 % de toda la biodiversidad de la Tierra, el Cerrado es uno de los ecosistemas tropicales más ricos y cubre el 21 % del Brasil. Carlos Ebert, Flickr

The Brazilian Cerrado: the upside-down forest on the frontlines of agriculture

Welcome to the Brazilian Cerrado, the wettest savanna on Earth that holds around 5% of the world's biodiversity.

 
A journey through the Russian Arctic, where David Quammen traveled in 2013 to report for National Geographic. Christopher Michel, Flickr

“I tell the story of the heroic and suspenseful work that goes into the doing of science.”

Journalist and award-winning author David Quammen on his career of writing to change human perspective on the natural world.

 
The amount of high-value metals and materials, including gold, thrown away last year in electronic devices is estimated to value at least USD 57 billion, which is higher than most countries' GDP. Pea Chesh, Flickr

Coming soon: peak human population! Plus, biodiversity worth USD 10 trillion and why we throw away gold

In this roundup of climate news, half of Oklahoma recognized as Native land, carbon dioxide at 15-million-year high, and biodiversity worth USD 10 trillion.

 
The miombo woodlands in northern Zambia. Jeff Walker, CIFOR

Miombo woodlands: the vast southern African dryland forests hiding in plain sight

In Southern African, the miombo is a belt of expensive timber and African wildlife. But can it survive population growth?

 
Lavender fields in France, one of the members states of the E.U., which collectively pledged to spend EUR 20 billion annually on biodiversity conservation. stezz, Flickr

Plant-based beer bottles, lifesaving llamas and billion$ for biodiversity

In this news roundup: global carbon emissions down 17%, virtual conferences go mainstream, and locusts wreak havoc in India

 
A chimpanzee in Gombe National Park, the site of Jane Goodall's research. Afrika Force, Flickr

What the genetics of COVID-19 mean for the survival of wild great apes

New research examines what genetic resemblances among primates means in the context of pandemics, and why this sounds alarm bells for great apes.

 
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.

 

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