03.03.2023
Global Biodiversity Governance Has a Big Blindspot

A biodiversity crisis is underway despite stronger global rules for nature.

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26.01.2023
On the Edge of the Sixth Mass Extinction: How Can We Prevent It?

Postponing action on biodiversity could be a death sentence for many species on the planet and costly for humankind. Here’s what we can still do.

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21.12.2022
“We were close to a political tipping point” – Interview with George Monbiot

Livestock farming is one of humanity’s most destructive activities to the environment. Yet when measures to protect biodiversity and combat climate change are discussed, addressing this is rarely high on the political agenda. George Monbiot calls for decisive policy responses and mass mobilisation to change the way we produce and consume our food. We spoke with him about his new book Regenesis, the right moments for change, the current state of climate activism, and the threats posed by right-wing politics.

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02.08.2022
More Harm than Good: The Misuse of European Biodiversity Funds

The case of a small town in Lithuania shows how funding earmarked for the protection of biodiversity is being used in ways that undermine this goal.

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23.06.2021
“No Good Choices Left”: Our Dilemma Under a White Sky

After her Pulitzer-winning The Sixth Extinction, Elizabeth Kolbert’s new book, Under a White Sky, describes the world of “techno-fixes” to the damage we have inflicted on nature.

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18.02.2021
Capital Versus Biosphere: An Eco-social Agenda Fit for the Times

For a Covid-19 recovery that addresses both present and future needs, Europe will need to prioritise three key elements.

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30.11.2020
Roots in Nature: The Pathogen and the Politics of Biodiversity

Biodiversity has not full broken onto the political agenda even though its mismanagement drive pandemics and disease outbreaks.

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03.07.2020
Agroecology as the Answer to Global Food and Climate Crises

The moment is now to redefine our food systems around principles of sustainability and justice.

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10.06.2020
Facing Megafires: Forests as Commons

Uncontrollable fires rage across the world. What does it mean to live in the Pyrocene epoch?

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11.03.2020
All Ground Is Fertile Ground: Attitudes to Ecology across Europe

Selected infographics offer a data-driven snapshot of ecological perceptions and realities and across Europe.

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