Vicious circle of cheap but damaging food is biggest destroyer of nature, says UN-backed report Damian Carrington Environment editor @dpcarrington Read more here: https://www.theguardian.com/ [...]
Read Full Article HERE Indigenous peoples are critical guardians of biodiversity. Here’s what we can learn For thousands of years, Indigenous communities have been caretakers of the environment, protecting their lands, respecting wildlife and utilizing traditional knowledge passed down through generations. Today, they continue to safeguard some of the most [...]
Race against time to save plants and fungi that underpin life on Earth, global data shows Damian Carrington Environment editor @dpcarrington Two in five of the world’s plant species are at risk of extinction as a result of the destruction of the natural world, according to an international report. Plants and [...]
Experts call for legislation and trade deals worldwide to encourage green recovery Damian Carrington Environment editor @dpcarrington Pandemics such as coronavirus are the result of humanity’s destruction of nature, according to leaders at the UN, WHO and WWF International, and the world has been ignoring this stark reality for decades. The [...]
Many plants on the island of New Guinea are being threatened with extinction. The indigenous languages and customs associated with the plants run the same risk of disappearing. An international team of biologists, including from Naturalis Biodiversity Center, have done research into the biocultural links between indigenous peoples and nature. [...]
Comprising less than 5% of the world’s population, indigenous people protect 80% of global biodiversity. Their role is under discussion by world leaders this week. ORIENTE REGION, ECUADOR, https://www.nationalgeographic.com/ Pushed forward by a chugging long-tail motor, an old dugout canoe carries us down the languorous Conambo River, a tributary of [...]
SCIENTISTS around the world, especially in France, are astonished by PNG’s large rainforest and its biodiversity, says France’s Ambassador Philippe Janvier-Kamiyama. Janvier-Kamiyama was speaking at Government House in Port Moresby after presenting his credentials to acting Governor-General and Speaker Job Pomat. “Your country has the third largest primary rainforest in [...]
Endemik adalah suatu istilah untuk sebutan sebuah peristiwa yang menjadi unik pada satu lokasi geografi tertentu, seperti pulau, negara, atau zona ekologi tertentu. Untuk dapat dikatakan endemik suatu organisme harus ditemukan hanya di suatu tempat dan tidak ditemukan di tempat lain. Nah, kalau berbicara mengenai hewan endemik yang unik-unik di [...]
Sorong, Jubi – Terdapat lebih dari 250 jenis burung ditemukan di Kepulauan Raja Ampat, Papua Barat. Fauna and Flora International (FFI) mencatat bahwa di Pulau Waigeo terdapat 173 spesies burung; 11 diantaranya adalah burung endemik Pulau Papua, seperti cenderawasih merah dan cenderawasih kecil yang sangat menarik yakni cendrawasih botak. Enam [...]
Jayapura, Jubi – Gubernur Papua Lukas Enembe meminta dukungan semua pihak dalam pelaksanaan Konferensi Internasional Keanekaragaman Hayati/Bio Diversity Ekowisata dan Ekonomi Kreatif (ICBE) 2016, yang akan berlangsung pada Rabu (7/9/2016), di Jayapura. “Minggu ini ICBE 2016 sudah digelar, kami mohon dukungan dari semua pihak,” kata Enembe, di Jayapura, Senin (5/9/2016). [...]