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Verra lifts suspension of troubled Kasigau REDD projects following review
‘Nemo’ clownfish drive away species with same stripes, study suggests
Researchers say they have found how anemonefish identify unwelcome guests of their own kind, by counting white markings
Unlike the star of Disney’s Finding Nemo, real-life common clownfish are not keen on sharing their home with members of their own species.
Researchers say they have discovered how they kick unwelcome guests out, by counting the stranger’s vertical white markings.
Continue reading...Horses, camels and deer get a bad rap for razing plants – but our new research shows they’re no worse than native animals
Consulting firms provided low-quality research on crucial water policies. It shows we have a deeper problem
Biodiversity Pulse: Thursday February 1, 2024
Watchdogs and water bosses had dinner at private London club to discuss future
Exclusive: Meal attended by Environment Agency and Ofwat chairs attacked as outrageous example of ‘regulatory capture’
Water company bosses and the chairs of the regulator Ofwat and the Environment Agency went for dinner at an exclusive private members’ club to discuss how to quell public anger over bill rises and sewage spills, the Guardian can reveal.
Campaigners have said the private meeting is an outrageous example of “regulatory capture” as Ofwat and the Environment Agency are supposed to hold water companies to account, rather than help with their public relations.
Continue reading...Diddy DAC: US firm launches small-scale containerised carbon removal tech
Right-wing in Germany threatens nature conservation, says minister
No new climate funding in revised EU budget
Experts divided on role for remote sensing in carbon project MRV
NGO releases handbook of nature-based carbon credits to promote integrity
INTERVIEW: Better to include industrial carbon removals, not land-based, in EU ETS, says chair of EU’s scientific advisory board
CDC Biodiversite takes first marine step for Global Biodiversity Score
German finance ministry warns against ‘biodiversity leakage’ risk
Gold Standard launches offshore shipping voluntary carbon methodology
Destruction of ozone-depleting gases to yield high-priced carbon credits, says developer
IMO “more and more confident” of agreement on pricing mechanism for shipping -briefing
Seventeen landfills in England make toxic liquid hazardous to drinking water
Exclusive: Investigation finds banned chemicals at levels up to 260 times higher than that deemed safe to consume
Seventeen landfills across England are known to be producing a highly toxic liquid substance containing some banned and potentially carcinogenic “forever chemicals”, in some cases at levels 260 times higher than that deemed safe for drinking water, it can be revealed.
However the government says it does not know where these landfills are.
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