What is beewashing?
Who doesn't remember the cartoon Maya the Honey Bee, first released in the 1970s, in which a curious little bee explores the world with her friend Will? Over the decades, through advertising, t...
Stopping the rise of the lakes in the Rift Valley
Last year, around five thousand people were displaced by the rising water level of Lake Naivasha, 50 kilometres from Nairobi. Similarly happened on Lakes Nakuru and Lake Baringo, located further nor...
Massimo Labra: “Biodiversity is Italy's real productive asset”
Biodiversity is not just about agriculture, fishing or forests. It affects every business, even ones that don't realise it. This is one of the clearest messages from the new Business and Biodiv...
IPBES 2026 Report: business-as-usual is eroding biodiversity, but companies can benefit from saving it
When he first began working on these topics, Matt Jones liked to pose a challenge: name a business activity that does not, in some way, depend on biodiversity. “No one has ever managed to prov...
Ocean Economy, without reporting obligations, biodiversity and ecosystems are at risk
On 17 January, the High Seas Treaty (Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction, BBNJ) entered into force, aimed at protecting the ocean and managing maritime activities in international waters ...
Earth may be in crisis, but we can still choose our future: UNEP GEO-7
In one of Africa's major cities, Nairobi, Kenya, the seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) is being held in early December. In this context, UNEP has published the new&...
Navigating wetland conservation in challenging political climates
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The Convention on Wetlands COP15, which concluded at the end July in Zimbabwe, left me with much f...
The vital role of soil diversity for sustainable agriculture
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The smell of wet earth is unmistakable and evokes something in all human beings. But why do we lik...
Biodiversity is not a given
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano “What we need now is political courage, social commitment and the practical implementation o...
From the Pacific to Sicily: the relentless Mediterranean odyssey of the Asian seaweed
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Edoardo Piretto’s weathered hands have been scraping scales off fish since he was nine, in t...
Integrating Knowledge for the Conservation of Amazonian Biodiversity
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The Amazon is the biome of superlatives. As the world's largest tropical forest and often describe...
Third UN Ocean Conference: a missed opportunity to protect marine life
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Frome Nice - The Third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) concluded on Friday, the 13th of Ju...
3Bee, the Nature-tech Company that Surveys Biodiversity
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The buzzing of bees and bumblebees in a meadow on the outskirts of a large city; satellites in orb...
Biodiversity and Health: A Vital Alliance for Our Future
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Nature is fundamental to the health of people and communities. But when the word “biodiversi...
COP16 biodiversity Rome: 200 billion dollars for nature and how to mobilise them
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano From Rome – A roadmap to mobilise at least 200 billion dollars from public, private, philant...
Climate-Biodiversity-Water Nexus: the protection of ecosystem services in South America
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano In recent years, major and historical-record wildfires have devastated regions worldwide, includin...
Indigenous lands are key to conserving biodiversity and mitigating climate change
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation have become priorities on the global agend...
Ireland’s booming economy is ruining its nature. Can it restore the balance?
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Ireland has every reason to be proud of itself. The global financial crisis of 2007 to 2009 dealt ...
Biodiversity loss in Latin America, the burden of international trade
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano What do a German eating his traditional sausages, a Frenchman tasting his typical cheeses and an I...
The innovations set to reshape life in 2025
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Whoever thinks research is not exciting might be in for a surprise. In 2025, we could witness gene...