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Researchers lead policy briefing on Nature-based Solutions for climate and biodiversity crises
As societies face the triple challenge of avoiding the worst effects of climate change, protecting remaining biodiversity and improving human wellbeing, there are calls to end siloed thinking and design solutions that address these problems simultaneously.
Nature-based Solutions (NbS) – solutions to societal challenges that involve working with nature – are such a solution. Examples include tree planting to sequester atmospheric carbon and restoring coastal habitats to mitigate floods.
Now, a group of researchers led by Professor David Coomes and Rogelio Luque-Lora from the University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute, have published a policy briefing outlining the underlying concepts of NbS as well a list of strategies and policy recommendations to take NbS to their full potential, in advance of the United Nations Climate Change Conference which will be held in
Just 3 percent of terrestrial habitat is ecologically intact
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In Africa, there is a surprising amount of usable habitat, but due to poaching threats, elephants only utilize a small percentage. File Photo by Daniel Irungu/EPA
April 15 (UPI) For more than 30 years, conservationists and policy makers have prioritized the protection of wilderness and intact habitat, acreage undisturbed by human activities.
More recently, scientists and policy makers have called for more concrete definitions of wilderness. In its efforts to combat climate change and preserve biodiversity, the United Nations has highlighted the importance of ecosystem integrity.
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As new research proves, intact habitat doesn t guarantee ecosystem integrity. In fact, the new analysis published Thursday in the journal Frontiers in Forests and Global Change suggests an overwhelming majority of the planet s terrestrial ecosystems are compromised.
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