Bottom-up Biodiversity
By John Thackara, John Thackara blog
Whether connecting schools to farms in France, daylighting rivers in Mexico, or rewilding grasslands in Patagonia, we’re learning how to ‘do’ biodiversity well.
Tag: biodiversity
Ransomware attacks and biodiversity: A possible lesson from nature
By Kurt Cobb, Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights
Every student of biology—which naturally includes doctors and health care workers—ought to be aware of the advantages of biodiversity in natural systems.
Bushfires: Can Ecosystems Recover from Such Dramatic Losses of Biodiversity?
By Darren Evans, The Conversation
All species are embedded in complex networks of interactions where they are directly and indirectly dependent on each other. A food web is a good example of such networks. The simultaneous loss of such large numbers of plants and animals could have cascading impacts on the ways species interact – and hence the ability of ecosystems to bounce back and properly function following high-severity wildfires.
We are Nature’s Best Guardians, Not the State
By Gabriella Rutherford, Intercontinental Cry
Located in the Bocas del Toro region of Panama, the Naso have held steadfast to their goal. Like the nearby Ngäbe-Buglé kingdom, they want to create a comarca indígena or demarcated territory that would cover 160,000 hectares of their ancestral homeland. Unfortunately, they have encountered some resistance; because their vision of a secured territory conflicts with the government’s interests in the land the Naso call home.
On Endangered Species Day — and Every Day — Here’s How to Save the Animals
By Maggie Dewane, Medium.com
If you’re already toting a canvas bag or your home is running on renewables, you need to do more. And if you’re brand new to the world of conservation, welcome to the fight.
Hedgerows
By Brian Kaller, Restoring Mayberry blog
Hedgerows offer fields a needed balance, a wild river through human land that can soak up our excesses and give us a reservoir of food and fuel for lean times. They give your garden a third dimension, a vertical salad bar that middle-aged and elderly can reach with a minimum of back pain.
Safeguarding Native Genetics
By Christopher Price, Sustainable Food Trust
We need the diversity that rare breeds represent. Today’s generation needs to understand how relevant traditional breeds are to modern food production.
To Solve Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss, We need a Global Deal for Nature
By Greg Asner, The Conversation
In a new study titled “A Global Deal for Nature,” led by conservation biologist and strategist Eric Dinerstein, 17 colleagues and I lay out a road map for simultaneously averting a sixth mass extinction and reducing climate change.
Bees Brought Bavarians Together. And They Have a Lesson for us All
By Christian Bock, The Guardian blog
Bavaria’s remarkable campaign to save the bees can give us all cause for optimism. Where politicians failed to protect the environment and put corporate profits first, Bavarians stood up
Bison are Back, and That Benefits Many other Species on the Great Plains
By Matthew D. Moran, The Conversation
Today some 500,000 bison have been restored in over 6,000 locations, including public lands, private ranches and Native American lands. As they return, researchers like me are gaining insights into their substantial ecological and conservation value.
My Great-Great-Grandfather, a City Park and Some Monarch Butterflies
By Adrian Ayres Fisher, Ecological Gardening
There is enough land, more than enough land, throughout the Midwest (and beyond) to support monarchs and still grow more corn and soy than we need. There is enough land, along the highways, in the grassy green circles and triangles of interchanges, in yards and parks, on campuses, in vacant lots—anywhere, really—to grow a patch of three-season-blooming wildflowers, including milkweed.
Insects are Disappearing. Why Should We Care? What Can be Done?
By Ryan Sandford-Blackburn, Permaculture Association
The sudden loss is a sign of ecosystem health, or should that be illness? A warning sign. So, why should we care? Plain and simply, as far as we know, this planet is the grand sum of life in the universe. We have a duty to cherish and nurture it.