Did you know? The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) adopted the Marseille Manifesto on September 10, 2021, calling for collaborative action to secure the future of life on the planet by halting the loss of biodiversity by 2030 and achieving ecosystem recovery and restoration by 2050. The IUCN also urged governments and…
Did you know? Last July 26 we celebrated International Mangrove Day. Did you know that mangroves help regulate our planet’s climate by storing large amounts of carbon, often called ‘blue carbon’? According to the IUCN, mangroves, together with tidal marshes and seagrasses, store more carbon per unit area than terrestrial forests. This ability of these…
In October 2021, the parties of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will meet in Kunming, China to agree on a new plan to safeguard the planet by 2050. In preparation for this, scientists, nongovernmental organizations, and government leaders have called for the need to protect at least 30% percent of the ocean…