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An economy for the environment
Introducing the excellent SystemShift podcast, from Greenpeace Nordic.
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Living here as if it were forever: In memory of Ans Westra
Ans Westra died last month. She was a New Zealand thinker who used photography to ask us questions about our society. She was most well known for her photography of…
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2023 is the year for ocean resolutions
In 2023, we can make huge changes that will protect our blue planet for the future.
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Meet 4 inspiring Indigenous Leaders at COP15
Indigenous People comprise less than 5% of the world’s population yet they manage to protect 80% of the world’s existing biodiversity, despite ongoing violations of their rights and criminalization of…
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The state that proved it’s possible to go 100% organic
Jacinda Ardern once told the United Nations that “We are determined to show that we can be the most sustainable food producers in the world.” But, when she made that promise in 2019, that title was already taken, and is still firmly held by a state in northeast India, called Sikkim.
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Into the ocean twilight zone: how new technology is revealing the secrets of an under-researched undersea world
Despite New Zealanders’ close connection with the oceans, very few will have heard of “temperate mesophotic ecosystems” (TMEs). Even fewer will appreciate their importance for coastal fisheries, and possibly climate…
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Without a better plan, New Zealand risks sleepwalking into a biodiversity extinction crisis
Nature in Aotearoa New Zealand is in serious trouble. With many of our species and habitats at risk of disappearing forever, the government’s 2020 biodiversity strategy sets the scene in…
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10 facts about biodiversity, nature protection, and Indigenous Peoples’ rights
From unimaginable habitat loss to heartbreaking species extinctions, it shouldn’t be a surprise to any of us that our biodiversity – the variety of life in the world
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Why is the Convention on Biological Diversity COP15 so important for biodiversity?
Biodiversity, or “biological diversity”, is a term used to describe the enormous variety of life on our planet. Biodiversity is crucial to life on our planet, where all life forms…
