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Embrace neobiodiversity and focus on the big problem: climate change

October 16, 2018 by Roger Harris Leave a Comment

Embrace neobiodiversity and focus on the big problem: climate change

No-one doubts that life on Earth is undergoing a mass extinction. Estimates of species loss vary. Nonetheless, it is clear that human impacts are taking their toll. There are numerous examples of extinctions due to human activities, whether directly (e.g., hunting) or indirectly (e.g., introducing invasive species). Human activities may promote speciation We applaud the […]

Filed Under: climate change, conservation issues, mass extinction Tagged With: biodiversity, Chris Thomas, environment, extinction, global warming, human activities, neobiodiversity, speciation, University of York

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Climate drives link between forest biodiversity and productivity ow.ly/2Nd030nqHPp #biodiversity #climatechange #ecology #extinction #environment #nature #science #research #conservation #deforestation

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"We need to re-think vegetation management regulations and policies that allow small patches of vegetation to be destroyed." Small & isolated habitat patches crucial to species survival ow.ly/K8IO30mX9Lv #biodiversity #science #research #endangeredspecies #fragmentation

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Web-based tool to explore how businesses depend on the environment. Project aims to help financial institutions to better understand, assess and integrate natural capital risks. #capital #business #nature #conservation #naturalcapital #resources ow.ly/vZHP30mQyGy

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Researchers @UConn @Yale @NCBS_Bangalore & @stri_panama find that ‘cryptic’ interactions drive biodiversity decline at edge of forest fragments ow.ly/972A30mxy4O #biodiversity #ecology #science #research #conservation #deforestation #indian #bangalore #indianscience

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Even if we save species, the fact is that Earth is running out of space for wildlife. Check out Sir David Attenborough series Dynasties, which tackles nature's 'lack of space' ow.ly/3PNl30mx6Ez via @BBCNews #wildlife #nature #plastic #documentary #DavidAttenborough #TV

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60% of world's wildlife has been wiped out since 1970 according to @WWF report ow.ly/lj2q30mqgQB via @CBC #extinction #environment #wildlife #nature #science #research #conservation #deforestation #Anthropocene #deforestation

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Researchers find that lion conservation efforts are severely underfunded ow.ly/iGn130mmFNR via UCBerkeleyNews #wildlife #nature #science #research #conservation #endangeredspecies #lions #bigcats #panthera #Africa #extinction

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Researchers at @ASU & @USFWofficial develop new tool to helps align investment with objectives in biodiversity conservation -- via @ScienceDaily ow.ly/97tL30mkCm6 #biodiversity #science #research #conservation #economics #investing

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Is CITES an effective tool for protecting endangered species? "CITES’ power lies in the fact that it is binding international law. Even so, noncompliance is rampant." #wildlife #nature #conservation #endangeredspecies #CITES twitter.com/ensiamedia/sta…

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