Biodiversity

Once the motor of European integration, the CAP now rewards productivity and punishes sustainable agriculture.

Once a symbol of coexistence between nature and humans, the Bug River is now a political battlefield, flanked by heavy barriers and fallen trees.

Investigating honeybee losses in rural Ukraine points to farmers and pesticide-treated rapeseed fields. Who is behind the bid to increase yields?

Some claim that higher agricultural productivity is necessary to protect biodiversity. But such an approach can be counterproductive.

Despite their potential for climate conservation, peatlands remain a depleted and overlooked resource.

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

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.

Current food production systems threaten the future of our planet and the need for reform can no longer be ignored.

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.

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.