Biodiversity Loss Climate change is playing a critical role in the rapid loss of biodiversity, threatening countless species ...

Understanding Deforestation Deforestation is an ongoing environmental issue that involves the large-scale clearance or ...

The tropics are celebrated as hotspots of biological diversity and renowned as supply houses for food, fiber and pharmacies.

The consequences are severe, resulting in habitat loss, biodiversity decline, and disruption of ecosystems ... plants and fungi are quietly and resiliently adapting to deforestation-induced changes.

Rapid deforestation in parts of the Himalayas could lead to the extinction of hundreds of plants and dozens of bird and animal species, a biodiversity and conservation expert warned Friday. In a new ...

Fragmentation occurs over time as deforestation proceeds ... there has been a long-standing focus on local biodiversity as measured by the number of species in a fragment (termed α-diversity ...

The East African coastal forests, ranked among the top-ten most threatened biodiversity hotspots in the world, are particularly vulnerable. The effects of climate change are already apparent on the ...

"Deforestation is not a policy issue but a police issue," Arango says ... Silvopasture systems can increase the biodiversity of plants and invertebrate animals, says María Paula Escobar, a researcher ...

Governments last week reached agreement on a strategy to raise an additional $200 billion each year to better protect the world’s flora and fauna by 2030.

Michigan State University and the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research among others, examined 4,006 species of vertebrates, invertebrates and plants sampled at 37 sites around the ...

Mar. 13, 2025 — Recovered grasslands need more than 75 years of continuous management to regain their biodiversity because specialized pollinators are slow to return. A new finding underscores ...