Tag: species
After the World Nature Summit: Germany’s gaps in species protection
Status: 12/21/2022 11:14 am Environment Minister Lemke brought back a long list of tasks from the World Conference on Nature in Montreal. What to do now to fight species extinction.…
Biodiversity: According to the species protection agreement: environmentalists call for implementation
biodiversity After species protection agreement: environmentalists call for implementation A piece of the Amazon rainforest stands at a crossroads next to soybean fields in Brazil. photo © Leo Correa/AP/dpa Negotiations…
Tiergarten Kleve: Panda painting should finance species protection project
Tiergarten Kleve Panda painting to fund species protection project Panda bear Kamala paints small works of art with finger paint on her paws. photo © Tiergarten Kleve/dpa The Kleve Zoo…
SZ Podcast – UN World Conference on Nature: Species protection is existential – knowledge
Insect biomass has declined by 76 percent over the past thirty years. 41 percent of all amphibian species and almost a third of all mammal species are also threatened. Evolutionary…
UN Biodiversity Conference: How Invasive Species Threaten Diversity
Status: 12/12/2022 3:09 p.m With globalization, many animal and plant species are conquering new habitats. Some of these invasive species can cause massive ecological and economic problems. By Simon Bartoschek,…
Species extinction: Dugong cows partly threatened with extinction
species extinction Dugong cows partly threatened with extinction A dugong swims in the lagoons off New Caledonia. photo © Christian Grondin/Xinhua/dpa They are said to have provided the template for…
Australia: Previously unknown shark species discovered – “incredibly important”
wildlife Previously unknown shark species discovered off Australia – “incredibly important for science” CSIRO staff member Helen O’Neill holds in her hands the striped horn shark discovered in Australia ©…
Protection of species: World conference on nature in Montréal starts with a setback – knowledge
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called on the international community to adopt a strong agreement to protect nature worldwide, despite numerous resistance. A “peace pact with nature” must be…
Environment Minister Lemke: Species extinction also affects Germany
Status: 12/07/2022 3:57 p.m The extinction of species does not only affect the rainforest: In Germany, for example, around 75 percent of all insects have already disappeared. Environment Minister Lemke…
Previously unknown species: New shark discovered off Australia
Status: 07.12.2022 12:19 p.m It’s striped, fairly small, and appears to live at much deeper depths than horn sharks known to science. The specimen found off Australia’s west coast is…