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The Chiquitano Forest Restoration Initiative emerged as a response to the catastrophic 2019 wildfires, which burned approximately 3.6 million hectares of Bolivia's unique dry tropical forests, marking one of the country's largest environmental disasters . Spanning Bolivia and Brazil, the Chiquitano ecoregion covers about 23.1 million hectares, with a conservation target of 60% protection but currently achieving only low-level...
The RESTORE4Cs project, launched under the EU's Horizon Europe program, represents a concerted effort to restore coastal wetlands across Europe, addressing intertwined crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and habitat degradation . With 16 partners collaborating on six pilot sites, it aims to enhance carbon sequestration, ecosystem services, and resilience . As EU Member States prepare National Restoration Plans...
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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) hosts the world's largest population of bonobos, with estimates suggesting 15,000 to 50,000 individuals remaining in the wild, threatened by habitat loss, poaching,...
Regenerative agriculture represents a paradigm shift in European farming, moving beyond sustainability to actively restore ecosystems. Rooted in principles like minimal soil disturbance, cover cropping, and biodiversity enhancement, it...
African rainforests, particularly in regions like the Congo Basin and Gabon, are biodiversity hotspots facing severe threats from poaching, climate change, and deforestation. AI camera traps—motion-activated devices enhanced with...
The Amazon rainforest, often called the lungs of the Earth, faces existential threats from deforestation, illegal mining, and poaching, endangering species such as the harpy eagle and Amazonian manatee....
2030 Biodiversity extinction: a documented collapse
According to the latest report from IPBES, up to a million animal and plant species are at risk of extinction in the coming decades,...
Introduction Climate change poses an increasing threat to endangered species worldwide. A recent report published in the journal Nature Climate Change revealed that more than 99% of endangered...
Introduction The biodiversity of our planet is in peril. Endangered species are not only innocent victims of excessive human exploitation, but they are also key indicators of the...
Introduction Wind turbines embody the hope of a transition to renewable and sustainable energy. However, behind this green promise lies a concerning reality: their impact on bird populations....
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Vineyards across Switzerland and Europe are renowned for producing some of the world's finest wines. However, the conventional methods used in viticulture, particularly the application of chemical treatments, have...