2020年5月22日 · Biodiversity is critically important to human health, economies and livelihoods. Humans have caused the loss of 83% of all wild animals and half of all plants. To mark the International Day for Biodiversity, here are five reasons why biodiversity matters to humans – and why we need to protect it.

2021年5月21日 · Biodiversity benefits business. There is great potential for the economy to grow and become more resilient by protecting biodiversity. Global sales of pharmaceuticals based on materials of natural origin are worth an estimated $75 billion a year, while natural wonders such as coral reefs are essential to food and tourism.

2023年9月5日 · The people who live here depend on the area’s rich biodiversity for their livelihoods, but the ecosystems in these hotspots have much wider benefits for the whole of humanity. Experts say they account for 35% of the “ecosystem services” needed …

2023年9月4日 · Urban forests bring many benefits to communities beyond their impact on biodiversity. Green spaces can help to improve people’s mental health, reduce the harmful effects of air pollution, and even counter the phenomenon of heat islands in cities, where expanses of concrete and asphalt raise temperatures unnaturally high.

2022年12月9日 · A 'biodiversity credit' is an economic instrument used to finance activities that deliver net positive biodiversity gains. Unlike carbon or biodiversity offsets, which are payments made by a business to compensate for its damaging impacts on location-specific ecosystems, biodiversity credits allow companies to support nature-positive action ...

2024年4月23日 · Envisioning a climate-stable future requires a dual strategy as far as the world’s forests are concerned: protecting and restoring natural forests for all of their ecological and climate benefits while also sustainably managing working forests to drive the global transformation to a sustainable, circular bioeconomy.

2025年1月3日 · Here are 3 examples of incredibly resilient species that bring huge benefits – but which are all under threat from human activity. The World Economic Forum's Centre for Nature and Climate encourages corporate pledges for forest conservation and restoration.

2024年6月5日 · Tackling deforestation is a core component of credible net-zero plans, and businesses and investors are better equipped than ever to place nature at the core of their decision-making processes, thanks to milestones such as the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, the Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), the …

2023年1月11日 · Biodiversity. More diverse rotation and reduced pesticide usage supports biodiversity on farms while, in some cases, higher crop yields mean more natural habitats can be protected rather than cleared for agriculture.

2022年10月10日 · Biodiversity – the variety of species on Earth – provides the world with food, medicines, clean air and water but is already in crisis, says conservation organization the True Nature Foundation. In Europe, for example, more than 80% of land is degraded and less than 30% of rivers are regarded as healthy.