'We may not survive' - UN issues dire warning over climate change
A UN report, entitled 'Making Peace with Nature', the organisation outlines threats to the planet including climate disruption,...
World’s protected areas lack connections, recent study finds
The world’s protected areas are largely a jumble of disjointed refuges, separated from each other by the encroachment of human impacts, a...
Study finds a Mexico-sized swath of intact land lost to human pressure
Humans have not treaded lightly on the Earth. Over the centuries, we have left our mark on almost every ecosystem, contributing to a...
Planetary ‘safety net’ could halt wildlife loss and slow climate breakdown
World leaders are preparing to join a key summit on biodiversity being hosted in New York amid mounting evidence that governments are...
Isolation of protected areas a major blind spot in habitat conservation
A mere 10 % of nature protection areas worldwide are connected to each other by green corridors, a study published in Nature...
'Shocking': wilderness the size of Mexico lost worldwide in just 13 years, study finds
Wilderness across the planet is disappearing on a huge scale, according to a new study that found human activities had converted an area...