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Biodiversity – or biological diversity – is the foundation of nature, defined as the different characteristics of all living organisms. It is Earth’s genetic heritage; the variety of living organisms in terrestrial, marine and water habitats as well as the ecological systems they’re part of. It is diversity both between and within nature’s species. Genetic resources constitute the biological basis for agriculture and farming and, essentially, humans’ present and future sustenance. Unfortunately, this genetic heritage is increasingly being threatened: industrial farming, which favours large quantities and regular harvests, has limited crop varieties to a few thousand; and climate change and human encroachment on natural habitats are threatening the Earth’s biological wealth. The net result is that the natural world is deteriorating rapidly, with dire consequences for many plant and animal species (and beyond), which increasingly face the prospect of extinction. Follow news and updates about nature and biodiversity on LifeGate.

New studies reveal unexpected melting patterns of the Thwaites Glacier

New studies reveal unexpected melting patterns of the Thwaites Glacier

Two new studies have revealed that the retreat of the Thwaites Glacier is happening in a different, more complex way than previously understood.

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Toxic chemicals found in endangered killer whales in British Columbia

Toxic chemicals found in endangered killer whales in British Columbia

A study of tissue samples from killer whales in Canada was the first to find a dangerous toxic chemical, known as 4NP, in the animals’ flesh.

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South Africa plans to ban captive lion breeding and bone trade

South Africa plans to ban captive lion breeding and bone trade

The South African government is clamping down on the controversial multimillion-dollar lion-breeding industry, thanks to pressure from activists.

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Swiss glaciers are now half the size they were in 1931

Swiss glaciers are now half the size they were in 1931

Switzerland’s glaciers are shrinking, with a new study finding that they have lost more than half their total volume since the early 1930s.

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Drought and overexploitation dried up a lake in Spain’s Doñana National Park

Drought and overexploitation dried up a lake in Spain’s Doñana National Park

Santa Olalla, the last permanent lagoon in the park, has disappeared under the pressure of drought, overexploitation, and illegal wells.

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The tale of the disappearing vultures

The tale of the disappearing vultures

Vulture populations in southern Asia experienced a 99% collapse and for a long time nobody knew why. Then, a historic discovery saved them.

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Cheetahs return to India after seventy years

Cheetahs return to India after seventy years

The Indian government has pledged to reintroduce cheetahs, classified as a “vulnerable” species by the IUCN, into the wild. The animals will be transferred from Africa.

Nature
There’s still time to save platypuses from plastic

There’s still time to save platypuses from plastic

In Australia, more and more platypuses are getting caught in plastic waste. Efforts to protect this species need to be increased.

Nature
Despite successes in Indonesia, we can’t let our guard down in fighting deforestation

Despite successes in Indonesia, we can’t let our guard down in fighting deforestation

Six years ago, Indonesia was shrouded in smoke from ravaging wildfires. Today, it is cited as a successful case in the fight against deforestation. Yet the balance remains delicate.

Nature
Water defender Olsi Nika is fighting for Albania’s Vjosë River

Water defender Olsi Nika is fighting for Albania’s Vjosë River

Europe’s last wild river, the Vjosë in Albania, is threatened by hydroelectric development. Activist Olsi Nika tells us about the international campaign to protect it.

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Many believe sustainability is becoming an urgent need, whilst others see it first and foremost as a duty. Often it is brandished as an accessory, sometimes it is used as a gateway, others still it is considered merely a credential. To us, environmental and human sustainability represent an authentic lifestyle that defines our way of being in the world; an attitude centred around conscientiousness and concrete actions. For 20 years we have operated to catalyse social change, to awaken and feed a new state of ecological awareness, to inspire and promote new business and consumption models for people as well as companies. We are the space in which education becomes determination, feeling becomes action, the goal becomes solution and result. We favour those who choose to be guided by ethical values, who respect ecosystems and all their life forms. We are on the side of those who decide to live with passion and purpose, acting to make the world a better place.