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‘Extinction crisis’ could see 500 bird species vanish within a century – report

Researchers say urgent conservation efforts will be needed to mitigate the ‘shocking statistic’ that threatens to unravel ecosystems

The Guardian

Set aside (no pun intended) the absurdity of offsetting ecological destruction by promising to not destroy different places and systems…

But a scheme where developers can gain credit for offsets by paying into a fund that will only later try to actually invest in ecological protection seems designed to fail.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/19/nsw-pricing-watchdog-recommends-overhaul-of-biodiversity-offsets-scheme

#biodoversity #markets #ecology

NSW pricing watchdog recommends overhaul of biodiversity offsets scheme

Tribunal found developers were paying into fund five times faster than the Biodiversity Conservation Trust was able to find required offsets

The Guardian

@IndigenousFoodSov I like this add. Why?

Because of its message? Yes.

But especially because we should continuously be reminding us each other that other living beings are the ones we owe our existence to.

We need to develop gratitude to these other beings and to those who sustain them.
More and more I believe that we would be better off once we understand and accept these facts in our set of values.

#ecology #sustainability #biodoversity #ecolibertarianism #ecospirituality

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/02/hundreds-of-lynx-to-be-hunted-in-sweden-following-biggest-ever-wolf-cull

“This is a trophy hunt, just like going to Africa to hunt lions…
Hundreds of foreign hunters come to Sweden for lynx hunting because they think it is exciting.”

Deeply depressing.

#sweden #lynx #biodoversity #wolf

Hundreds of lynx to be hunted in Sweden following biggest ever wolf cull

Conservationists condemn latest cull as ‘trophy hunting’, while hunters admit it is ‘about the excitement’

The Guardian
Countries (🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇨🇷 🇨🇵 +?) pledging to protect 30% of land for #nature #biodoversity, I have ?s. Water & air pollution, micro plastics, noise, critters, plants... don't recognize "protected" boundaries. Lines drawn on a map don't do enough. If we wish to continue with our current standard of living, & share that luxury with all our brothers & sisters, we will need to protect the entire planet, & 4 more as well, to keep the place habitable. Bigger changes are needed. Ideas?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/06/canada-leads-calls-to-reverse-nature-loss-as-cop15-opens-in-montreal
Humanity has become ‘weapon of mass extinction’, UN head tells Cop15 launch

António Guterres calls for end to destruction of nature as Canada pushes proposal to protect 30% of Earth

The Guardian