Tag: biodiversity
UN Biodiversity Conference: Money for Animals
The World Nature Conference in China aims to stop species extinction. The question is: How much should the rich countries pay – and how much can they have a say…
COP15 biodiversity opens in Kunming
The international community faces a “moment of truth” in the protection of nature, warned on Monday the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, at…
How to stop the extinction of species – knowledge
More protected areas, less plastic: at the UN Biodiversity Conference, which starts this week, a strategy is to be developed to stop the global extinction of species. Is there any…
One million species threatened with extinction. Where does this number come from? – Knowledge
One number will always resonate when government representatives from all over the world discuss species conservation for the next ten years at the UN biodiversity summit: one million. So many…
Biodiversity: The ax in the protected area
Two thirds of the forest area in Germany is under protection, but wood can be felled almost everywhere. Should more forests be left to their own devices? But it is…
Climate change: big ears, long tails – knowledge
Show me your ears and I’ll tell you where you live. More precisely: which climatic conditions prevail in your home country. Because there is a principle known among biologists as…
“The preservation of biodiversity also requires education”
They were 10,000 delegates in Hawaii in 2016 at the last World Congress of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 2016. Heads of State, political leaders,…
Almost every third bird of prey species threatened worldwide – knowledge
Around 30 percent of all birds of prey worldwide are threatened – 166 of the total of 557 species. Most of the bird of prey species can only be found…
Biodiversity: melting peaks
In the Alps, temperatures rise twice as fast as the global average due to climate change. How does that change the animal and plant world? A mountain tour with two…
Raw materials: precious lumps in the depths
At the bottom of the Pacific are manganese nodules that contain valuable metals and rare earths. Companies want to get to the raw materials with deep-sea mining. That could endanger…