Biodiversity: one way to help countries stick to their commitments to restore nature

Human rights law could be used to make sure countries abide by the agreement made at the COP15 summit.

Claudia Ituarte-Lima, Leader of the Human Rights and Environment Thematic Area at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Lund University • conversation
Dec. 20, 2022 • ~7 min

UN biodiversity conference: what does living in harmony with nature look like?

Human-wildlife conflict can undermine public support for conservation.

Alexandra Zimmermann, Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford • conversation
Dec. 16, 2022 • ~6 min

China's Belt and Road infrastructure projects could help or hurt oceans and coasts worldwide

China’s international lending projects have big potential impacts on oceans and coasts. By cooperating more closely with host countries, Beijing can make those projects more sustainable.

Rebecca Ray, Senior Academic Researcher in Global Development Policy, Boston University • conversation
Dec. 8, 2022 • ~10 min

Is China ready to lead on protecting nature? At the upcoming UN biodiversity conference, it will preside and set the tone

China has rich natural resources and is seeking to play a leadership role in global conservation, but its economic goals often take priority over protecting lands and wildlife.

Vanessa Hull, Assistant Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida • conversation
Nov. 29, 2022 • ~10 min

Linking protected areas from Yellowstone to the Yukon shows the value of conserving large landscapes, not just isolated parks and preserves

Parks and refuges are important for conservation, but without connections, they’re like islands. Linking them by protecting land in between makes it possible for wildlife to move over bigger areas.

Mark Hebblewhite, Professor of Ungulate Habitat Ecology, The University of Montana • conversation
April 26, 2022 • ~10 min

China is financing infrastructure projects around the world – many could harm nature and Indigenous communities

Through its Belt and Road Initiative, China has become the world’s largest country-to-country lender. A new study shows that more than half of its loans threaten sensitive lands or Indigenous people.

Rebecca Ray, Senior Academic Researcher in Global Development Policy, Boston University • conversation
Sept. 20, 2021 • ~11 min

Just 3% of Earth's land ecosystems remain intact – but we can change that

One-fifth of Earth's land could be restored to wilderness by reintroducing animals and improving management.

Andrew Plumptre, Key Biodiversity Areas Secretariat, Cambridge Conservation Institute, University of Cambridge • conversation
April 15, 2021 • ~6 min

Biodiversity: where the world is making progress – and where it's not

The world missed all 20 targets for stemming the tide of biodiversity loss. But there has been some progress over the last decade.

Tom Oliver, Professor of Applied Ecology, University of Reading • conversation
Sept. 30, 2020 • ~8 min

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