Nature Needs Half represents a goal at a minimum that we must strive for - a starting point to protect biodiversity. While nature deserves more than half, saving half provides a critical foundation.
This is a collective space for people to share ideas, information and science.
Our goal is to raise awareness and increase literacy on biodiversity loss in Canada while emphasizing the need for immediate action. Our planet is currently facing a sixth mass extinction. Scientists have estimated that a number of species are at risk of disappearing 1,000 to 10,000 times their natural extinction rate with nearly 1 million species already threatened with extinction. If WE LIVE IN HARMONY WITH BIODIVERSITY and WORK WITH NATURE’S SYSTEMS, species will thrive, including humans.
The WWF 2024 Living Planet Report reveals a 73% average decline in global wildlife populations over the last 50 years. What does this alarming loss of wildlife mean for life on earth?
With 2024 now at a close, how did Canada’s GHG emission levels and targets measure up, and what does this mean for the country’s climate goals as we head into 2025?
At a time where habitat destruction is cited as the primary cause of global biodiversity decline, it’s worth asking: why settle for a landscape that contributes so little to the environment?
As people push further into wildlife habitats, they threaten biodiversity and increase the chance of future pandemics.
A new fund that shifts some of the profits from nature’s DNA to global conservation efforts.
Global leaders meet at COP16 as biodiversity loss accelerates at an alarming rate
The vulture crisis demonstrates the connections between wildlife health and human health.
Crop losses due to pollinator declines are already causing an estimated 427,000 excess deaths annually.
Last year, a photo of a mountain gorilla and her caretaker touched hearts worldwide and inspired wildlife protection.
A recent study dived into the question, can biodiversity evolve fast enough to survive the changing environment?
Once described by West Moberly Elders as being as abundant as “bugs on the landscape,” caribou populations are now rapidly disappearing.