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How genetic engineering and weed killers accelerate capitalism’s assault on insect life
“Plants are, of course, the basis of almost every food chain, and by developing methods of farming that almost entirely eradicate weeds from arable fields, such that crops are often close to pure (...)
A new generation of superkillers is destroying billions of essential insects worldwide Between December 2018 and February 2019, more than five hundred million honeybees were found dead by beekeepers in southern Brazil. If wild bees had been counted, the death toll would likely have been many (...)
Many people saw their eating habits change during the COVID-19 lockdowns. Some ate more frequently or experimented with healthier recipes. Others ordered more deliveries.
But human diets weren’t the only ones to change. In a recent study, we found that lockdown triggered changes in the diets of (...)
The world’s insects are among the principal victims of capitalist agricultural concentration
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In the years following World War II, global capitalism went into overdrive, with devastating effects on the biosphere. Powered by fossil fuels (...)
The rapid decline of Earth’s most numerous animals is a major threat to the biosphere
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“The question is whether any civilization can wage relentless war on life without destroying itself, and without losing the right to be called (...)
Green Left’s Susan Price spoke to Canadian ecosocialist Marc Bonhomme about the 2022 United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15), which took place in Montreal from December 7‒19.
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Susan Price: COP15 in Montreal received far less media attention than COP27 in Egypt. Why is (...)
Who would have bet that the COP15 on biodiversity, which ended in Montreal this Monday (December 19), was going to stumble on the question of funding, would have risked nothing. The problem of the final sprint is understood as follows:
“The main objective of the Montreal conference is to reach (...)
A statement from a variety of campaigning organisations about the debates at COP 15 on biodiversity in Montreal from December 7-19 issued during the debates there
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1. At the UN Biodiversity Conference, or (...)
“At the front of the gathering, Indigenous delegations from Quebec and Western Canada, but also from South America and Africa, led the way. […] The march brought together 3,500 people, according to the Collectif COP15, the CBD Alliance and the Global Youth Biodiversity Network, as well as (...)
After China withdrew last summer due to covid, COP15 on biodiversity was transferred to Montreal, where its permanent secretariat is located. It will be held from December 7 to 19. This COP is much less publicized than the one on climate, although the current catastrophe it is supposed to (...)
Species will endure intolerable conditions long after the global average temperature stabilises.
The history of climate change is one of people slowly coming to terms with the truth. None but a small minority still question whether it’s real and caused by humans. Now most grapple with the (...)
With the world losing species at an alarming rate, a conservation biologist explains how ideas about protecting biodiversity have evolved over the past 40 years.
Extinction is part of life on Earth. Through much of our planet’s history, species have been forming, evolving and eventually (...)
Speed read
• The world may be facing a devastating “hidden” collapse in insect species due to the twin threats of climate change and habitat loss.
• UCL’s Centre for Biodiversity & Environment Research has carried out one of the largest-ever assessments of insect declines around the world – (...)
Study finds natural regrowth yields better results than human plantings and offers hope for climate recovery
Tropical forests can bounce back with surprising rapidity, a new study published today suggests.
An international group of researchers has found that tropical forests have the (...)
Experts call for solutions to be enforced immediately to halt global population collapses
The “fates of humans and insects are intertwined”, scientists have said, with the huge declines reported in some places only the “tip of the iceberg”.
The warning has been issued by 25 experts from around (...)
Scientist Brad Lister returned to Puerto Rican rainforest after 35 years to find 98% of ground insects had vanished.
“We knew that something was amiss in the first couple days,” said Brad Lister. “We were driving into the forest and at the same time both Andres and I said: ‘Where are all the (...)
The number of vertebrates (mammals, birds, fish and reptiles) declined by more than 60 percent between 1970 and 2014, according to a report released by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Zoological Society of London.
Complex multi-cellular life has existed for around 500 million years. (...)
I know it may be hard to convince you, but let me try: Don’t kill the next spider you see in your home.
He comes in peace. Matt Bertone, CC BY-ND
I know it may be hard to convince you, but let me try: Don’t kill the next spider you see in your home.
Why? Because (...)
In a new study showing that the timing of species’ natural events is failing to synchronize, “everything is consistent with the fact it’s getting warmer”.
The warming of the Earth over the past several decades is throwing Mother Nature’s food chain out of whack and leaving many species struggling (...)
Birds are not just diverse, vivid and extraordinary. They can also save our souls – let’s protect them.
For most of my life, I didn’t pay attention to birds. Only in my 40s did I become a person whose heart lifts whenever he hears a grosbeak singing or a towhee calling, and who hurries out to (...)
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