Animal Testing: A Still Necessary Evil?
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Penicillin, insulin, HIV treatments, organ transplants and prosthetic surgeries, chemotherapy, vac...
The Animal Kingdom
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Until the age of 18, I was a vegetarian. Veganism existed as a practice, but the word had not...
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...
How does climate change affect coral reefs?
This article is also avilable in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Coral reefs, often described as the “rainforests of the sea,” are critical to marine bi...
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...
Salmon farming in Iceland: the environmental toll of a growing industry
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Once a symbol of toil and tradition, fishing is undergoing a profound transformation. Today, much ...
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...
Rewilding: Meaning and Benefits of Active Ecological Restoration
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano On January 7th 2025 and for several following weeks, Scotland found itself at the center of a nati...
Biodiversity and Health: A Vital Alliance for Our Future
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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
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COP16 between biodiversity and food to reform the agribusiness sector
Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano / This article is also available in Italian In recent years, the Conferences of the Parties on Biological Diversity (CBD) have seen intense an...