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A phenomenal presentation by Dr. Sylvia Wood (the Director of Science and Research at Habitat) on making the transition from academia to environmental consulting. Habitat specializes in conservation planning and biodiversity monitoring.

They have placed many of their projects and maps online:
en.habitat-nature.com/noscarte

Municipalities and farmers are making great contributions to biodiversity and need encouragement!

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@mizoraman

Amazing platform! I will spend quite some time wandering through your country :)

Just one suggestion: mark the national borders with a line, but don't cut the ecoregions. First of all, because nature knows no borders and ecosystems need to be considered as a whole for conservation and sustainable use. But by this you can make also a subtile statement against nationalism and hate.
(all this, of course only if the data is easily available...)

Anyway, thank you for your work! I forwarded the link already to several contacts in the region!

@ecotenet @gbif

How to Repair the Planet? One Answer Might Be Hiding in Plain Sight.
We tend to look at #environmental problems in isolation. A holistic approach would be more effective, a new report says.
New trees help to lock away planet-warming #carbon. But the choice of #trees matters: Nonnative species can also harm #biodiversity.
The report, by Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and #EcosystemServices focuses heavily on solutions.
nytimes.com/2024/12/17/climate
archive.ph/otlri

The New York Times · A Biodiversity Solution Might Be Hiding in Plain Sight.By Catrin Einhorn

Nature Positive
Australia's collapsing ecosystems declared a 'critical infrastructure'

Australia has destroyed and degraded nature. The remaining collapsing ecosystems are declared a 'critical infrastructure'. This new system of governance to organise life is framed as a 'Nature Positive' policy with the help of a large consulting business.

The remaining nature is now a market not a common good and has no rights (Rights of Nature laws). The ‘more-than-human-worlds’ becomes a market of 'ecosystem services' to serve a few of the human species. Nature is now a mere 'essential infrastructure' like roads, highway, sewers, sewage etc.

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"At least 19 Australian ecosystems have been reported to show signs of collapse or near collapse."
soe.dcceew.gov.au/overview/env

"Nature Positive Plan:
better for the environment, better for business." au gov
dcceew.gov.au/environment/epbc

"The term “nature-positive”
has become a call to action across society and business." PwC
pwc.com/gx/en/about/corporate-

##biodiversity #nature #NaturePositive #infrastructure #EcosystemServices #governance #CriticalInfrastructure #KMGBF #depletion #ResourceFrontiers #NatureNegative #Unsustainability