Tag: Biodiversity
fierce battle around the issue of pesticides in Montreal
This is one of the most sensitive points of the negotiations on biodiversity at COP15 in Montreal: the reduction of pesticides. These chemicals, used in large quantities in agriculture to…
in Montreal, the conference on biodiversity gets into trouble with the question of funding
Cop15, the UN conference on biodiversity, enters the tough negotiations this Thursday with the arrival of ministers from different countries. They will tackle the most sensitive points of the discussions…
in Montreal, protesters demand “actions” for biodiversity
In Montreal, thousands of people marched to the call of some sixty environmental defense organizations as well as indigenous organizations from Canada and the Americas to demand that the decision-makers…
Covid-19, Mpox, avian flu… The decline of biodiversity threatens us all
Animals of all kinds locked up in a market, a confined city, an invisible enemy raging, the world soon to its knees… The beginning of the script for a disaster…
Nicolas Mouquet: “The climate is an almost daily subject of discussion, not biodiversity”
Less known than the great masses dedicated to the climate – such as the one that has just ended in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt – the COP15 devoted to the…
environmental DNA, a tool against the obsolescence of marine protected areas
Faced with the decline of life due to human activities, more than a hundred countries are pleading for the adoption of a common objective of 30% of land and seas…
To the rescue of the wild vine, in danger in Île-de-France
An ancestor of the cultivated vine, the wild vine is the only one native to Europe and risks disappearing as man intervenes on the banks of the Seine and dries…
Financing the preservation of biodiversity in Africa, a major challenge for COP15
The findings of scientists are alarming: three quarters of the land and two thirds of the seas are degraded because of human activities and one million animal and plant species…
Nicolas Mouquet: “The climate is an almost daily subject of discussion, not biodiversity”
Less known than the great masses dedicated to the climate – such as the one that has just ended in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt – the COP15 devoted to the…
the Great Barrier Reef soon to be recognized as heritage in danger?
Victim of global warming, the Great Barrier Reef, which runs along the north-east of Australia, could find itself on the list of World Heritage in Danger. This is at least…