Press Release – WWF On Saturday, New Zealand becomes the 48th country to begin living on borrowed time in 2021. This is the day when we have used all of our environmental resources for the year and move into overdraft. The costs of ecological overspending is seen in …
On Saturday, New Zealand becomes the 48th country to begin living on borrowed time in 2021. This is the day when we have used all of our environmental resources for the year and move into overdraft. The costs of ecological overspending is seen in deforestation, soil erosion, biodiversity loss, and the build-up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Friday, 14 May 2021, 11:49 am
On Saturday, New Zealand becomes the 48th country to
begin living on borrowed time in
2021. This is the day when we have used all of our
environmental resources for the year and move into
overdraft. The costs of ecological overspending is seen in
deforestation, soil erosion, biodiversity loss, and the
build-up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
While we
are doing slightly better than 2020, when we hit our
overshoot day on 5 May, it is likely much of that success
can be attributed to coronavirus lockdowns. Earth
Overshoot Day 2020 fell on August 22. The global 2021
date has yet to be announced.
Portugal over fishing sharks
Portugal is 3rd in Europe and 12th in the world in catching the most sharks and rays, about 1.5 million specimens per year, half of which are threatened species, warns the environmental association ANP / WWF.
The information released today by the Associação Natureza Portugal (ANP), in Portugal associated with the international “World Wide Fund for Nature” (WWF), appears in the report of the organization s first assessment of sharks and rays, with the support of the Oceano Azul Foundation.
Regarding the results, the ANP / WWF calls for the creation of a national action plan for the management and conservation of sharks and rays, which puts Portugal in the European leadership of the protection of these species, says in a statement. The environmental protection organisation says that the report “Sharks and rays: Guardians of the ocean in crisis”, is the first comprehensive study on the state of shark and rays populations in Portugal, on their
For Shielding Endangered Neighbors, Pandas Make Flimsy Umbrellas
A new study challenges a common hypothesis about how protecting charismatic species also conserves animals that are less well known.
Pandas are an example of what’s called an umbrella species: a charismatic, well-known and endangered animal whose protection benefits an entire ecosystem and all the wildlife therein.Credit.Fang Wang
By Rachel Nuwer
Like many undergraduate biology students, Fang Wang was taught that pandas are a prime example of an umbrella species a charismatic, well-known and usually endangered animal whose protection benefits an entire ecosystem and all the wildlife that lives there.