Our lives are inextricably linked with biodiversity. Ultimately, its protection is essential for our survival.
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature helps the world find
pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges
The average Canadian uses about 500 plastic bags every year for an average of 12 minutes before they are discarded. Check out the trailer for “Bag it: Is Your Life Too Plastic?” a new film by Susan Beraza.
Bag It Intro from Suzan Beraza on Vimeo.
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U. MICHIGAN (US) — Forests are more economically and ecologically beneficial when local residents have a say in how they are managed.
The findings are particularly relevant for small forest patches in regions with high population density—instances that present special challenges for achieving sustainability.
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To support the Global Tiger Initiative, visit www.globaltigerinitiative.org
To learn more about the Save Tigers Now campaign, visit www.savetigersnow.org.
Twenty years ago elephants were being wiped out by poachers. International outcry halted the trade in ivory and elephant herds started to recover. Now, elephants are in crisis once again. The ivory trade continues to flourish and seizures of illegal ivory are skyrocketing. Recently, stockpile sales to Japan and China sent a signal to poachers that it is open season on elephants. The lesson is crystal clear: any legal ivory trade leads to illegal killing.
Join the fight to help free elephants from the threat of ivory poaching. Please sign the petition to urge the European Union to protect the world’s remaining elephants by opposing any further international trade in ivory.
Please visit www.savetheelephants.org to learn what YOU can do to save elephants.
In 1972, there were more than 1.5 million elephants roaming the Earth. Today, there are few than 500,000 left.
Join the fight to help free elephants from the threat of ivory poaching.
Save the Elephants has been working for two decades to protect elephants from human and environmental threats, including drought. Drought in Mali is increasing due to climate change. Learn more at http://www.google.com/cop15
Four Javan rhinos, among the Earth’s most endangered species — and possibly the rarest mammal — have been captured on a motion-activated camera deep inside Indonesia’s Ujung Kulon National Park. The two adults and two calves were caught on two separate videos taken in December and released this week by the World Wildlife Fund.
Please click here to join our campaign to save endangered rhinos from extinction.
“We need a new business model,” says Dr. Gretchen C. Daily. “What we need to start doing is recognizing the value of many other types of benefits [from nature], like water purification, climate stabilization, and biodiversity.”
Daily recently spoke at a special ceremony at the United Nations University in Tokyo where she received the 2009 International Cosmos Prize. (PDFs of her remarks and slide presentation can be downloaded here.) (more…)
