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10 species that will thrive on a warming world

On Monday, June 9th, 2014   /   Environment   /   Leave a comment
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JellyfishWe have all read news on how our civilization with deforestation, pollutions of all kinds and climate change – and more – is wiping off entire species of animals to the point that we may be on the verge of a great extinction.

But don’t worry, some animals have no problem with global warming temperatures : cockroaches, fire ants, asian tiger mosquitoes jellyfish, ticks… You see, our civilization is endangering biodiversity in another big way.

Yes, you read that right, you just found yet another reason to fight climate change. So we’d better start decreasing our energy consumption NOW !

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New Caledonia and France create huge Marine Protected Area

On Friday, May 23rd, 2014   /   Environment   /   Leave a comment
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le-nouveau-parc-naturel-de-la-mer-de-corailMore good news people ! New Caledonia – and France - are creating a marine protected area (MPA) of huge size : 1.3 million square kilometers : the parc naturel de la mer de Corail.

This park will be amongst the largest MPAs in the world. Thanks to that, 16 percent of the waters under French jurisdiction are now under an MPAs status, compared to just four percent before.

The management and the financing will be done by the local government, while France will care about the security and police of this critical hot spot for biodiversity. Read more →

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Biodiversity, the importance of protecting the right areas

On Wednesday, September 25th, 2013   /   Environment   /   Leave a comment
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MadagascarTo TreeHugger and Science Daily, protecting a mere 17 percent of the land surfaces against human exploitation would protect two third of the plant species. However, there is a catch as we have to protect the right places…

So if we have to protect the most of our biodiversity, we have to find a way to help developing nations in protecting these natural areas. Financing these efforts by the global community will have to be done. This has failed recently in Ecuador.

But as Treehugger notes,  ” that doesn’t mean the global community can’t and shouldn’t try again. “ Given how biodiversity is crucial to Mankind, it has to be hoped that we will succeed the next times.

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WWF : Stop wildlife crime

On Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013   /   Environment   /   Leave a comment
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WWF : Stop Wildlife CrimeWWF : Stop Wildlife CrimeAccording to the WWF : ” In 50 years of conservation, we have never seen wildlife crime on such a scale. Wildlife crime is now the most urgent threat to three of the world’s best-loved species—elephants, rhinos and tigers. “

” The global value of illegal wildlife trade is between $7.8 and $10 billion per year. It is a major illicit transnational activity worldwide—along with arms, drugs and human trafficking. High-level traders and kingpins are rarely (…) punished for their crimes.”

” Even more worrying, these species cannot survive high levels of poaching for long.”  Please check out their page for more details on how you can help.

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Major company to stop deforestating Indonesia

On Friday, February 8th, 2013   /   Environment   /   Leave a comment
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Deforestation in IndonesiaTo the Agence France Presse : ” The world’s third-largest paper producer Asia Pulp and Paper said Tuesday it had stopped using logs from Indonesia’s natural forests, after fierce campaigning by green groups against the company.”

” The firm has in recent years lost packaging contracts with big brands such as foodmaker Kraft and Barbie’s Mattel after Greenpeace accused APP of clearing carbon-rich forest, home to endangered Sumatran tigers and orangutans. “

These are truly good news. We have seen time and again that deforestation in Brazil is at its lowest levels in decades and keep on decreasing. Read more →

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Marine Protected Areas increase tenfold

On Wednesday, December 12th, 2012   /   Environment   /   Leave a comment
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Chagos islands, Indian ocean, largest MPA to dateHere are good news for marine conservation.To the BBC : ” A report to a UN meeting on biodiversity in Hyderabad reports that more than 8.3 million sq km – 2.3% of the global ocean area – is now protected.”

” The percentage is small but the rapid growth in recent times leads to hope that the world will hit its target of 10% protected by 2020. This would have looked most unlikely prospect just a few years ago.”

Ten percent doesn’t seem much, but it is a good start. Let’s hope Marine Protected Areas (MPA) will keep growing until 2020 and decades afterwards.

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The world’s 100 most endangered species

On Wednesday, September 19th, 2012   /   Environment, Sustainable development   /   Leave a comment
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The Hainan gibbon, one of the most endangered speciesAs CNN reported : ” Announced during the IUCN of Nature’s World Conservation Congress, the list is the culmination of work by 8,000 scientists who identified the animals, plants and fungi that are most in danger of extinction.

” Animals like the Hainan gibbon, pygmy three-toed sloth and Luristan newt are critically endangered but perhaps better placed to survive than many of the less charismatic species on the list, said the report’s authors. “

” There is a fear among some conservationists that many of the plants and fungi listed will not be saved or gain public attention because they don’t benefit humans. ” Read more →

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Australia creates world’s largest marine reserve

On Saturday, June 23rd, 2012   /   Sustainable development   /   Leave a comment
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I haven’t brought many good news lately. Likewise, I have blogged little on conservation issues. So please let me present you some good news on conservation, straight from Australia. To the WWF :

” WWF welcomed the new system of marine parks that would now cover more than one third of the Commonwealth waters of Australia – a milestone that WWF has been working towards for more than 15 years.”

” Australia today created the world’s biggest network of marine protected areas, setting an important precedent for ocean protection “

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Impending catastrophe : Earth on the brink

On Monday, June 18th, 2012   /   Sustainable development   /   Leave a comment
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This is the most important news you’ll read this week. Forget about whatever happened in this weekend’s elections in Greece, Egypts or France. Economies may crash but can recover with time. It’s not the case with the environment.

To Nature : ”  the global ecosystem as a whole can react in the same way and is approaching a planetary-scale critical transition as a result of human influence.”

Both Climate Progress and Grist wrote compelling articles on this new study that should have grabbed everybody’s attention. But well, it didn’t… Read more →

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Worth an article – My May 2012 tweets

On Tuesday, June 5th, 2012   /   Sustainable development   /   Leave a comment
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I have been committed since January 2007 to bring you each month a selection of the latest headlines and best researches on sustainable development, climate change and the world energy sector.

However, I don’t blog as much as I would like to and generally write around 25 posts per month. But many more news are worth reading. This is why I use Twitter to share dozens of news that are worth your time.

I believe it offers a good complement to this website. So if you are on Twitter and like this selection, don’t hesitate to start following me. Read more →

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