Forest & Bird says this Government’s new Fast-track process has prevented proper public scrutiny of a project that could cost taxpayers billions of dollars ....
"Nature Investment Pathways brings those two needs together, to unlock new economic opportunities that give back to people and place, channelling the value straight into the restoration that makes it all possible." ....
LONDON — A group of puffins sit on the mouth of a waterfall that plummets 30 meters off the cliff edge into the sea, before taking off one by one into the breeze. Behind, wood-paneled houses in red or black ....
Nations are steeling for a disappointing report card at this month's UN biodiversity summit, with governments falling short on their commitments to protect the plants, animals and ecosystems that sustain life on Earth... .
War, economic pressure, budget strain -- United Nations biodiversity chief Astrid Schomaker is under no illusions that the upcoming UN nature summit (COP17) is taking place "in some kind of geopolitical vacuum" ... .