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With 15 questions, this quiz will take you through some of the International Resource Panel’s research over the past 15 years and test your knowledge on the status of the world’s natural resources and their relationships with our daily life. 1. How much biodiversity loss is caused by the extraction and processing of natural resources (such as water, food, energy, metals and minerals)? *

Nature Insight: Speed dating with the Future’, an IPBES podcast, is spreading the love for science and nature. Its aim is to change perceptions and ignite interest even in animals like the bat. Bats are often blamed for ills but in reality we, as humans, have expanded into bats' territory. Credit: Geoff Brooks/Unsplash Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, Feb 17 2022 (IPS) - In a busy world where…

By Hannah Seo | Published Feb 15, 2022 The record megadrought is straining reservoirs and inflaming wildfires. The Western US and northern Mexico are experiencing severe water shortages. The ongoing drought has depleted aquifers and shrunk reservoirs—and the dryness is exacerbating wildfires. These conditions are extreme: A new study shows that the American West is living through its…

By Craig Hanson, Elise Mazur, Fred Stolle, Crystal Davis and Tim Searchinger According to a landmark new study, 102 million hectares (Mha) (252 million acres) of land — an area the size of Egypt — have been converted to crops since the start of the 21st century. To put this into perspective, while it took more than 8,000 years for humanity to convert 1.1 billion hectares (2.8 billion acres)…

Land restoration is an effective nature-based solution for combating rural poverty and climate change across Latin America. But without well-designed public incentives that reward farmers and forest managers for protecting and growing trees, it will be difficult to achieve the region's food security, climate, forest conservation, and biodiversity goals. This issue brief evaluates the public…

By Kelly Levin, Sophie Boehm and Rebecca Carter o The newest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) paints a troubling picture: Climate change is already impacting every corner of the world, and much more severe impacts are in store if we fail to halve greenhouse gas emissions this decade and immediately scale up adaptation. Following on the first…