Biodiversity
In the simplest terms, biodiversity refers to the variety of animal and plant life that exists in the natural environment.
Biodiversity
The levels of biodiversity found in different societies and communities is bound up with economic activity i.e. the development of the built environment that encompasses economic and social infrastructure, alongside housing. The development of policy for preserving biodiversity is an increasingly important consideration for decision-makers, with a United Nations Summit held bi-annually to discuss international action to achieve this.
Featured Biodiversity articles
UK Business Biodiversity Forum launched
Businesses from across the UK’s economy have come together to launch a new forum aimed at mainstreaming biodiversity throughout the private sector.
Business initiatives on climate change are now being repurposed to prevent the destruction of nature, reports Catherine Early
The world has failed to meet any of the Aichi biodiversity targets for 2020 agreed 10 years ago, a UN report has revealed.
A new set of interlinked and ambitious biodiversity goals is needed to tackle nature's alarming decline, an international team of scientists has warned.
Less than a quarter of the world's largest companies at risk from biodiversity loss are disclosing these threats in their corporate reporting, a global study by KPMG has uncovered.
We must be prepared to embrace complexity and note the interconnectedness of sustainability issues, argues Stephanie Wray
As summer faded, ecologists returned home and IEMA hosted a masterclass on biodiversity net gain (BNG).
The world must adopt new metrics for economic success that account for the benefits of investing in nature, an independent review on global biodiversity has concluded today.
