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Here’s the basic problem for conservation at a global level: food production, biodiversity and carbon storage in ecosystems are competing for the same land. As humans demand more food, so more forests and other natural ecosystems are cleared, and farms intensify and become less hospitable to many wild animals and…

With the dust still settling on the UN climate change summit in Egypt, another round of international talks is beginning in Montreal, Canada. The UN biodiversity conference, otherwise known as COP15, will assemble world leaders to agree on new targets for protecting nature.

Conference aims to lay out plan to tackle ‘unsustainable rate’ of global biodiversity loss. Here’s all you need to know.

Montreal's rising music star Fernie has been making a name for himself with beautiful, sensitive pop and a voice that has been compared to the likes of Frank Ocean. He tells us about bringing his first album to France and working with Patrick Watson. We also chat to Gaz Coombes…

Scientists around the world warned governments who will be gathering in Montreal this week for the United Nations biodiversity summit to not repeat past mistakes and urged officials to “avoid trade-offs” between people and conservation needs in a report Monday

After 700 days, he was back on the field.

At the United Nations biodiversity conference that opens in Montreal on Dec. 7, 2022, nations aim to create a new global framework for transforming humanity’s relationship with nature. The conference logo features a human reaching to embrace a panda – but from an ecological perspective, a weasel or badger would…

Protests against oil and mining have been planned, as thousands of delegates arrive for UN biodiversity summit

The world is losing its biodiversity. An estimated 41,000 animal species are now threatened with extinction. World leaders will convene at the UN COP15 biodiversity conference in Montreal this month to discuss ways of reversing this decline.