Posts tagged biodiversity hotspots
Only Radical Action Will Stop Earth's Sixth Mass Extinction
ConservationBill Lauranceextinction, mass extinction, sixth mass extinction, Bill Laurance, Paul Ehrlich, The Population Bomb, Natalia Ocampa-Penuela, birds, biodiversity hotspots, IUCN Red List, protected areas, human population growth, climate change, wilderness, endangered species
Planet at a Crossroads: Report from the IUCN World Congress
ConservationAlice HughesIUCN World Conservation Congress, endangered species, threatened mammals, climate change, habitat loss, habitat fragmentation, deforestation, IUCN Red List, biodiversity hotspots, illegal wildlife trade, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Bramble Cay Melomys, Paris COP, great apes, protected areas, Aichi Targets, key biodiversity areas, defaunation, mass extinction, Alice Hughes
Australia talks the talk but will it walk the walk for conservation?
Bill Laurancerainforests, Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit, Greg Hunt, Asia-Pacific region, biodiversity hotspots, biodiversity loss, World Parks Congress, deforestation, illegal logging, Tony Abbott government
Study: Global urban footprint will triple by 2030
Bill LauranceKaren Seto, urban expansion, habitat loss, urban sprawl, overpopulation, biodiversity hotspots, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, population growth, urban area, Eastern Afromontane hotspot, Guinean Forests of West Africa hotspot, Western Ghats, Sri Lanka, urbanization, China, Turkey, Mexico
Perils growing for Earth's biodiversity hotspots
Bill Laurancebiodiversity, biodiversity hotspots, endemic species, local endemics, endangered species, biogeographic regions, habitat destruction, habitat fragmentation, climate change, Madagascar, locally endemic species
Species disappearing "1000 times faster than normal"
Bill Laurancebiodiversity, biodiversity hotspots, species extinctions, unknown species, local endemics, missing species, habitat destruction, Stuart Pimm, tropical forests, endangered species, species losses
