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Africa: Climate Change Could Cause Abrupt Biodiversity Losses This Century
The Conversation Africa, 9 April 2020
The impacts of climate change on species and ecosystems are already evident. Poleward shifts in the geographic distributions of species, catastrophic forest fires and mass… Read more »
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Africa: When Biodiversity Fails, Human Health Is On the Line
African Arguments, 6 April 2020
We governed nations hit by the Ebola crisis. We must tackle disease outbreaks, but also their root causes. Read more »
When Biodiversity Fails, Human Health Is On the Line
The rapid rise of disease caused by a new coronavirus seems to have caught much of the world by surprise. It shouldn't have, write Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Ernest Bai Koroma. The two former presidents have expounded on the role of biodiversity in the Covid-19 outbreak, writing: Research also shows that many of the most serious outbreaks - including Ebola, and the Zika and Nipah viruses - have been linked to biodiversity loss, and to deforestation in particular.
Flowering fynbos, Tylecodon grandiflorus (a crassula), looking North East over False Bay from the Cape of Good Hope section of Table Mountain National Park (file photo).
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Africa: Africa Biodiversity Endangered By Man and Climate Change
East African, 2 June 2019
A UN study published recently paints a gloomy picture of the future of humanity as unprecedented pollution and decimation of ecosystems push more than one million species to the… Read more »
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Africa: 'We Need Development That is Good for People AND Good for the Planet'
allAfrica, 27 May 2019
allAfrica's Melissa Britz spoke with an expert on the state of our planet's biodiversity and what we can do about it. Belinda Reyers, is a Professor of Sustainability Science at… Read more »
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Africa: Fighting for Biodiversity, One Plant At A Time
allAfrica, 27 May 2019
A small group of people are gathering with spades, buckets and plants at a local wetlands on a sunny autumn morning in Cape Town, South Africa. They're here to help the Princess… Read more »
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Africa: Loss of Biodiversity Puts Current and Future Generations At Risk
IPS, 7 May 2019
An alarming report about the massive loss of biodiversity around the world warns that future generations will be at risk if urgent action isn't taken to protect the more than one… Read more »
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Nigeria: Govt to Increase Allocation for Biodiversity Preservation
Daily Trust, 9 October 2019
Minister of State for Environment Barr Sharon Ikeazor has assured that the federal government will increase budgetary provision for the preservation of the nation's biodiversity. Read more »
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Africa: Climate Change and Loss of Species - Our Greatest Challenges
IPS, 19 November 2019
Mottled and reddish, the Lake Oku puddle frog has made its tragic debut on the Red List, a rapidly expanding roll call of threatened species. It was once abundant in the Kilum-Ijim… Read more »
InFocus
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The oceans and its critters have been among the foundations of human societies. Approximately three billion people around the world depend on marine and coastal biodiversity for ... Read more »
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Covering 31 percent of the planet, forests play a fundamental role in conserving biodiversity and sustaining life for millions of people, but poor forest management practices are ... Read more »
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This goal looks at a number of targets that include: to integrate the principles of sustainable development, to reduce biodiversity loss and to improve the lives of people who live ... Read more »
