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Charity: Throwing cash at biodiversity ineffective
Rich countries throwing money at schemes designed to enhance biodiversity is ineffective, a report by charity Third World Network says.
The report calls for a profound re-organisation of the global post-pandemic economy to prevent further harm to the planet .
It recommends nothing less than a change in our entire economic model .
Cancellation of debt owed by the poorest, most biodiverse countries would be the place to start, it adds.
Developed nations in the global north should pay for their vast ecological debts , said lead author Dr Patrick Bigger from Lancaster University. There need to be no strings attached payments to those countries, said Dr Bigger. Otherwise we just continue to dig this hole and try to fill the hole with money.
Conservation efforts in Kenya, and around the world, have been hindered by structural economic processes such as debt and austerity, further contributing to the decline of species such as rhinosNew research examining the major causes of the world’s b
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image captionThe economic status quo is continuing the drive the destruction of nature, the report concludes
Rich countries throwing money at schemes designed to enhance biodiversity is ineffective, a report by charity Third World Network says.
The report calls for a profound re-organisation of the global post-pandemic economy to prevent further harm to the planet .
It recommends nothing less than a change in our entire economic model .
Cancellation of debt owed by the poorest, most biodiverse countries would be the place to start, it adds.
Developed nations in the global north should pay for their vast ecological debts , said lead author Dr Patrick Bigger from Lancaster University.
Hawaii resolution explores new management for Mauna Kea
By AUDREY McAVOYFebruary 26, 2021 GMT
HONOLULU (AP) Two Hawaii legislative committees on Thursday passed a resolution creating a working group to develop recommendations for new management of the state’s tallest mountain, Mauna Kea.
The peak is the site of a years-long dispute between those who support conducting world-leading astronomy research there and those who believe the modern telescopes desecrate a place many Native Hawaiians believe is sacred.
The University of Hawaii currently manages the summit under a 65-year lease from the state of Hawaii that’s due to expire in 2033. Critics say the university has done a poor job of consulting Native Hawaiians since observatory construction began there in the late 1960s.
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