• People

The Business Case For Nature Is Being Made At World Economic Forum

• #30x30
• nature
• nature-dependent
• World Economic Forum

A new report entitled “Nature Risk Rising: Why the Crisis Engulfing Nature Matters for Business and the Economy” that was just released to coincide with the start of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum makes it clear that businesses are more dependent on nature than previously thought, with approximately $44 trillion of economic value generation moderately or highly dependent on nature.

Why This Matters:  As if we needed more reasons why we should save nature, now the World Economic Forum’s experts make it clear that it is in the world’s financial interest to do so.

• Politics

How the West Was Lost

• Endangered Species Act
• extinction
• nature
• United Nations
• wildlife

By Kate Wall When one thinks of the western United States it’s hard not to conjure up images of wildlife and wilderness.  But a coalition of “western” lawmakers wants to change that.  Last week the Congressional Western Caucus formally announced a raft of legislation aimed squarely at the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The ESA has […]

• Health

120 Minutes of Nature Needed Each Week

• forest bathing
• healing
• health
• nature
• well being

The study in Nature’s Scientific Reports surveyed people about how they felt and how much time they had spent out of doors, and the study’s authors found that the participants were more likely to report feeling well if they had spent more than 120 minutes out of doors over the past week, with little difference between key groups (such as the elderly) or how the outdoor time was spent (longer versus shorter outdoor activities).  The benefits peaked between 3 and 5 hours, with no further reported well-being gain after that.

• Animals

After the UN Extinction Report — Now What?

• Brett Baier
• endangered species
• extinction
• Fox News
• IFAW
• nature
• United Nations

The United Nations report on the extinction crisis that came out on Monday made a relatively big splash. ICYMI, a group of scientists called the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), determined that biodiversity is declining at the fastest rate in human history, and only “transformational changes” to the way society operates can save the planet from ruin. 

• Animals

New Report Hopes to Spark “Paris Moment” for Biodiversity

• animals
• biodiversity
• Convention on Biodiversity
• extinction
• nature
• United Nations

A major United Nations scientific report on biodiversity will be released later today, after a week of negotiations on the final text written by 400 leading scientists from 130 nations assessing the state of Nature — and its impact on humanity — across the globe, according to a draft obtained by Agence France-Presse (AFP). 

• People

Earth Week Exclusive Interview with Dr. M. Sanjayan, CEO Conservation International

• climate change
• climate movement
• Conservation International
• Earth Week
• marine protected areas
• nature
• plastic

For more than 30 years, Conservation International has been protecting nature across the globe — they are currently working with 2000 partners in 30 countries to build a healthier, more prosperous and more productive planet. ODP:  Sanjayan, as the leader one of the largest conservation organizations in the world, what are the biggest challenges you […]

• Animals

Two Cool Things: Great New Nature Documentaries

• BBC
• documentary
• Hostile Planet
• National Geographic
• nature
• Our Planet

Environmentally-themed documentary films and TV series are having a Renaissance.

• People

The True Cost of That “Instagram-able” Moment

• conservation
• nature
• social media

By: Miro Korenha, Founder and Publisher of Our Daily Planet   The past two weeks have brought Southern California not only a migration of a billion butterflies but also a super bloom of poppies and other wildflowers that have set social media accounts abuzz. It’s understandable, these were both brilliant natural displays and worthy of the […]