Assessing risks to marine ecosystems with the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems
Posted by: Provita in Publications, RLE - Sept. 20, 2018, 10:27 a.m.
Researchers conducted the first IUCN-RLE assessment of an offshore marine ecosystem and listed the southern Benguela of South Africa as Endangered.
Fighting for Trash Free Seas: The world opens two battlefronts against ocean plastic
Posted by: Provita in Plastic clean-up - Sept. 15, 2018, 12:46 p.m.
Either from land or at sea join the global trash free seas movement and help end plastic pollution worldwide!
Nature-based Solutions: Inspiring Sustainable Innovation in Ecosystem Conservation
Posted by: Provita in IUCN, NbS, RLE - Sept. 7, 2018, 10:30 a.m.
Nature-based solutions - ecosystem-based approaches to societal challenges and development goals.
Seagrass meadows: the marine powerhouses
Posted by: Provita in Planeta Tierra - Aug. 29, 2018, 10:51 a.m.
Seagrass meadows are among the world’s least known ecosystems. Yet these underwater gardens are crucial to our survival — they are among the most important blue carbon reservoirs on the planet.
Deforestation is making the world a hotter, drier place
Posted by: Provita in Planeta Tierra - Aug. 22, 2018, 10:32 a.m.
Predicting how tropical forests will affect climate is a complex challenge. While stabilizing the global climate is contingent on saving the world’s forests, saving the forests is also contingent on stabilizing the global climate.