General Assembly of the United Nations, in its 75th session of 30 August 2021, adopted the Resolution on World Wetlands Day. The Resolution was co-sponsored by 75 Member States and can be found in the six official languages of…
Five Ways We Can Stem Global Warming
The Earth is getting warmer and time is running out to prevent irreversible damage to our planet. The average surface air temperature has risen about 1°C since 1900, with over half the increase coming since the mid-1970s, as human…
Climate Change in 2021: There’s No Turning Back Now
Across a quarter century of U.N. climate conferences tasked with saving humanity from itself, one was deemed a chaotic failure (Copenhagen in 2009), another a stunning success (Paris in 2015) and the rest landed somewhere in between. This year’s…
Lobsters, Octopus and Crabs Recognised as Sentient Beings
Amendment to Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill following LSE report on decapod and cephalopod sentience Crabs, octopus and lobsters to be recognised as sentient beings in government policy decision making Decapod crustaceans and cephalopod molluscs will be recognised under the…
Get on the Green Track! Submit Your Event and Join the Debate on Nature and Biodiversity
What is the Green Track? On the Green Track is the European Union campaign on biodiversity and nature for young people, organised in collaboration with the Global Biodiversity Youth Network (GYBN), that will be implemented in spring 2022, ahead…
Six Ways to Stop Microplastics Getting into Your Body
Microplastics are “one of the greatest manmade disasters of our time”, according to the Natural History Museum. That’s bad news, given they are also everywhere; in tap water, the food you buy, the clothes you wear and the air…
This Is How Species Extinction Hits People
A million animals and plants around the world are endangered. The impacts can be as serious as the impacts of climate change, “writes the Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger. “The first proposal in a draft new agreement on biodiversity conservation, which…
2021 Call for Projects World Wetlands Days 2022
For local initiatives in the 27 Mediterranean countries that are Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention Deadline: 10 November 2021 1 – French Biodiversity Agency French Biodiversity Agency (OFB) is a public state institution of an administrative nature, created…
Demonstration of an Aquaponics System
From September 6 to 10, a course was held in Burgas, which is part of the aquaponics training system, developed in communication between specialists from five countries – Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey and Cyprus. During the course, on September…
An Aquaponics Training System Is Being Developed in Burgas
A training program for aquaponics is being developed in Burgas – systems for simultaneous cultivation of fish and plants. Installations could supply fresh produce a family or developed on an industrial scale. Creating a sustainable agricultural business today requires the…