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Solar Energy Development Doesn’t Have to Destroy Vital Habitat (but It Could)
A new study emphasizes that the goals of solar energy development and biodiversity conservation should be addressed together by incorporating […]
Energy Matters: The Importance of Mitigating the Land Impacts of Energy and Extraction
Energy and mining could convert nearly as much land as agriculture by 2050 – including nearly 80% of all projected expansion into the world’s most intact natural lands.
Saving Animals by Mapping Their Migrations
Maps that display migration data with the human connections and livelihoods can help advance sustainable conservation.
Four Steps for the Earth: Mainstreaming the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
The upcoming Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) meeting, and adoption of the new Global Biodiversity Framework, represent an opportunity to […]
Moving from Biodiversity Offsets to a Target-Based Approach for Ecological Compensation
Country-level contributions that contribute to an overall no-net-loss goal of biodiversity is one of the issues that groups are pushing […]
Global No Net Loss of Natural Ecosystems
Published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, “Global no net loss of natural ecosystems,” examines what the concept of no net […]
Earth Transformed: Mapping of Global Human Modification from 1990 to 2017
Between 1990 and 2015, humans have modified an area of land greater than the size of Russia.
Tropical Deforestation Is Making the Worst Climate Predictions A Reality
Industrial-scale tropical deforestation is altering local climate as much as 100 years of global warming under a worst-case emissions scenario.
A New Way of Mapping Global Ecosystems
Scientists have created the first standardized, fine-scale map of global ecosystems, allowing them to better measure the effectiveness of protected areas and identify ecosystems in need of additional protection.
New Map Shows Hotspots of Species Under Threat
A new analysis identifies global hotspots where the most species are threatened by human impacts.
Intense Human Pressure Threatens One-third of Protected Areas
Protected areas are the most common tool used by conservationists to protect biodiversity. But what if they don’t actually work?
Wind’s Big Footprint: Clean Energy Still Needs Safeguards for Nature
Wind turbines are a vital part of a clean energy future, but we can we site them in a way that minimizes impacts to birds, bats and natural habitats?
