Biodiversity

The unrestricted exploitation of wildlife has led to the disappearance of many animal species at an alarming rate, destroying Earth’s biological diversity and upsetting the ecological balance PHOTO:Vladimir Wrangel/Adobe Stock From agreement to action: build back biodiversity As the global community is called to re-examine our relationship to the natural

Three out of four crops across the globe producing fruits, or seeds for use as human food depend, at least in part, on bees and other pollinators. PHOTO:Photo FAO/Greg Beals We all depend on the survival of bees Bees and other pollinators, such as butterflies, bats and hummingbirds, are increasingly

Plants are life – we depend on them for 80 percent of the food we eat and 98 percent of the oxygen we breathe. But international travel and trade have been associated with the introduction and spread of plant pests. Invasive pest species are one of the main drivers of biodiversity loss