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China is putting nature at risk with its biodiversity summit delays

10 June 2022

It's time for China to put national pride aside and let another country host the UN COP15 biodiversity conference, for the sake of wildlife, plants and habitats worldwide, says Adam Vaughan


KUNMING, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 30: A sign reading 'COP15' is set outside the Dianchi International Convention and Exhibition Center to welcome the upcoming 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) on September 30, 2021 in Kunming, Yunnan Province of China. (Photo by Yang Zheng/VCG via Getty Images)

China must lead by example to make the 2022 biodiversity talks succeed

29 December 2021

To inspire other countries at the 2022 UN Biodiversity Conference, China will need to be seen as part of the solution rather than part of the problem, but has a surprising good news story to tell, says Graham Lawton


Extinction denialism is a worrying new anti-science movement

Extinction denialism is a worrying new anti-science movement

10 March 2021

There are a growing number of people who deny the threats that many species face. It is a worrying trend, writes Graham Lawton


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How international conservation groups are betraying indigenous peoples

11 December 2019

Discrimination towards indigenous communities is rife among conservation groups – and sometimes enforced at the barrel of a gun, says Curtis Abraham


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Who owns life? The world is about to decide, with huge ramifications

6 November 2019

A debate between countries over who can access and exploit the planet’s genetic resources will have ramifications for all of us, says Laura Spinney


Adding more bioethanol to petrol is no way to go green

Adding more bioethanol to petrol is no way to go green

18 July 2019

Making “greener” fuels by adding bioethanol to petrol will wreck the environment, not save it. We need to focus on making electric cars work, says Michael Le Page


seed sowing

To feed 11 billion people, we must share crop seeds as a common good

23 January 2019

Patent-free seeds can diversify our food supply and fight climate change, say Johannes Kotschi and Bernd Horneburg


A close-up of a hedgehog

Chris Packham: 'Let's stop sleepwalking towards mass extinction'

6 July 2018

We must wake up to the ecological apocalypse caused by intensive agriculture that is unfolding under our very noses, says Chris Packham


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