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<p>A new study published online today, April 25, in the scientific journal <em>Science </em>provides the strongest evidence to date that not only is nature conservation successful, but that scaling conservation interventions up would be transformational for halting and reversing biodiversity loss—a crisis that can lead to ecosystem collapses and a planet less able to support life—and reducing the effects of climate change.</p>

In these areas, protections “exist in name only."

New research reveals that 88 per cent of African raptor species have declined over the past 20 to 40 years, with 69% now meeting the criteria for being threatened with extinction. Raptors, such as eagles and vultures, play crucial ecological roles as apex predators and scavengers. Habitat loss is the biggest threat to their survival, along with poaching, poisoning, and climate change. Even national parks are not safe, with significant population losses observed. To address this crisis, the resea...

The talking is over, and a text has been agreed on the next decade of targets to save the natural world. Here are the highs and lows of the Convention of Biological Diversity’s (CBD) agreement

The world is losing species alarmingly fast. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), an independent science and policy group, says a million species face extinction. Few animals bring these unsettling losses into sharper focus than birds: Populations of 49% of avian species are decreasing, according to a September 2022 report by […]

One month later, the Partner stands are packed up, the videos and photos taken have been organised and shared, and the discussions and presentations from the…

Birds tell us a lot about the state of the environment and the health of the planet, so the report calls for swift action to protect bird species that are being threatened by climate change, agricultural expansion, invasive species (like domesticated cats), logging, and hunting.

New Zealand has the fifth largest proportion of birds at threat of extinction globally, in the grimmest release of The State of the World's Birds report yet.

State of the World’s Birds report warns human actions and climate crisis putting 49% in decline, with one in eight bird species under threat of extinction

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology and BirdLife International have joined forces to monitor bird populations around the world using the Lab of Ornithology’s massive eBird citizen science database.