Agriculture and biodiversity are closely interlinked. Scientist often comment on agricultural practice, but these advices are rarely translated into their practice. A study looks into why that may be. Read more at www.sciencedaily.com or in Maas et al. (2021) Photo taken from www.thesciencebreaker.org by Matthias Tschumi
During the last 30 years, insects and spiders of protected natural areas of the UK suffered a great decline, that seems to be hard to halt. This fact has initiated a study focusing on the nature reserve in the UK and their comparison to unprotected areas. The results showed that nature reserves protect more species…
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It was not very clear how many wetlands were left until recently. Some estimates suggested between 28 – 87% has been destroyed since 1700. For the first time, researchers combined global historical records with maps of today’s wetlands to create a more accurate global picture and found an estimated 20% of all wetlands destroyed. Europe, however,…
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The new IPPC report was released and you can read it there. Problem of the land degradation is highlighted there, same as deforestation and we should act now, before it’s too late.
Conservationist from Butterfly Conservation succesfuly brought back once extinct butterfly Carterocephalus palaemon back to England nature. Read more at The Ecologist
After 150 years, the wildcats coming back to England. Conservationist Derek Gow, who is an expert on mammal reintroductions, is building England’s first wildcat breeding complex in Devon. In three years there should be first wildcats back in the wild. Read more in Independent’s Return of England’s wildcats: animals to be reintroduced after being declared…
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Nature reveals terrible news about intensive olive farming in southern countries in the article Stop harvesting olives at night — it kills millions of songbirds
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