Leading thinkers in environmental economics and conservation are asking a pressing question. Why are we ignoring the destruction of the living world?

It means that for the rest of 2019, all the energy that people use is unsustainable in the long term and that the planet has absorbed as many carbon emissions as it can.

A paper published in Science today outlines a new “Global Deal for Nature,” officially launching an effort to establish science-based conservation targets covering all of planet Earth, including terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems.

The Ferrero group has confirmed its participation in the international Cocoa and Forests Initiative (CFI), through joining other global firms in producing action plans to tackle deforestation and support key African farming communities.

A Ghanaian consortium that focuses on nature conservation have emerged winners of the first African Biodiversity Challenge (ABC) a regional initiative that seeks to collect primary data on biodiversity to enhance its information management. 

Extractive activities such as mining are causing profound ecological and social damage in Africa. 

Maintaining natural capital is vital for the function of our societies and people’s well-being. 

Many businesses will welcome the UK’s new emphasis on integrating biodiversity into investment decisions, but action needs to be accelerated and investment expanded if we are to attain the sustainable societies that we envy in some of our northern European neighbour countries, argues Malcolm Robertson, principal ecologist and James MacGregor, environmental economist, at Ramboll.

An assessment which calculates how much Scotland's natural capital is worth has been carried out for the first time, estimated at £273bn.

Natural resources in Scotland have been valued at one-third of the UK’s total by a groundbreaking new study.