UN launches Decade on Ecosystem Restoration to counter ‘triple environmental emergency’

New York: Heads of Government, religious leaders, activists and artists joined the United Nations on Friday in a rallying cry to heal the planet, launching the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.

Major reports on biodiversity, ecosystem services to be launched at UN-backed meeting in Medellin

New York, Mar 16 (JEN): With our planet’s flora and fauna facing unprecedented threats, science and policy experts are set to gather next week in Medellin, Colombia, for a United Nations-backed meeting to consider five landmark reports aiming to inform better decisions by Governments, businesses and even individuals on biodiversity, and issues of land degradation and restoration.

New study reveals Australia’s most endangered ocean ecosystem

Melbourne, Feb 15 (IBNS): A new study has found almost all of Australia’s shellfish reefs have disappeared, making them the country’s most threatened ocean ecosystem.