Tag: Biodiversity
In Tanzania, fear of a rice “Covid”
In Tanzania, a disease is ravaging rice crops. An epidemic that is gaining momentum, about 20% of the country’s rice fields would be affected according to the Tanzanian agricultural research…
Chile strengthens protection for its biodiversity
After thirteen years of debate, the Chilean Parliament has just approved a law to create a public body that will be dedicated to the protection of biodiversity and protected areas…
She calls herself Plantenbiebmiep and has a Heuvelrug garden: Annelies from Driebergen is a plantfluencer
Annelies’ garden now also looks like in the photo book of the famous Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf, one of her great examples. There are mainly native plants such as…
United Kingdom: to protect biodiversity, the British are invited not to mow
It is a British initiative that is being emulated in Canada, Germany and the United States: throughout the month of May, garden owners are invited not to mow. Launched by…
in the Massane reserve, all biodiversity is threatened by drought
In France, two thirds of the water tables are at a low or very low level and 20 departments are already experiencing restrictions on water use. In the eastern Pyrenees,…
a farm of 2000 white rhinos sold at auction
In South Africa, a farm that brings together nearly 2,000 white rhinos – or 13% of the world’s population of this species – has been put up for sale by…
‘Residential district brings more biodiversity to the Oude Tempel forest’, Soest and the construction company promise
The municipality and construction company Ter Steege admit: ‘nature-inclusive living’ sounds very green, but it does not alter the fact that nature disappears under the line. The natural value of…
Municipality and real estate company reassure Soesterbergers: ‘New residential area actually brings more biodiversity’
The municipality and construction company Ter Steege admit: ‘nature-inclusive living’ sounds very green, but it does not alter the fact that nature disappears under the line. The natural value of…
The schooner “Tara” leaves to explore the impact of pollution on European coasts
From north to south, in different seasons, at all scales, the Tara Europa scientific expedition aims to analyze and understand all the functioning of the immense diversity of life on…
The agreement at the UN on the protection of the high seas “aims to address several legal loopholes”
After fifteen years of negotiations, the Member States of the United Nations agreed this Sunday March 5 on the first international treaty for the protection of the high seas. Interview…