In response to the escalating impacts of climate change, the Danish government has awarded a KSh 907.9 million grant to support communities in Northern Kenya and the coastal region. The funds, provided through the Danish Development Agency (DANIDA), will bolster a four-year initiative led by the Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT), focusing on nature-based solutions. The…

According to the best estimates of the world’s environmental experts, human activities have driven species to extinction at rates perhaps 1,000 times the natural, or background, rate, and future rates of extinction will likely be higher. To show how the experts arrived at these conclusions, it is necessary to pose and attempt to answer a…

Yi Fei Chung, The University of Queensland and Jonathan Rhodes, Queensland University of Technology Imagine replanting various native species only to have them die because the area is too hot or too dry. Or reconnecting woodland habitat only to lose large tracts to bushfire. Well, our new research suggests those scenarios are entirely possible. We…

A Hawaiʻi vacation will cost you more in the near future thanks to a new “green fee” that the governor signed into law today. Hawaiʻi has officially become the first U.S. state to enact a so-called “green fee” — a charge added onto hotel room stays and other short-term visits to help protect the local…

A small fee stands to make a big impact in Hawai‘i. Hawai‘i lawmakers passed a groundbreaking bill that will impose a small tax on visitors in an effort to protect the islands from the growing risks of a warming planet. Funds generated by this “green fee,” as it is being called, will be used to…

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Following the lead of carbon credits, another way of investing in nature’s services promises to gain traction this year at COP30 in Brazil. Biodiversity credits are emerging as a tool to promote conservation, attract private financing, and address the twin challenges of biodiversity loss and the climate crisis. Brazil already has early-stage projects. They range…

AndrewLozovyi / Depositphotos.com Property owners new to the area, or even some longer-term residents, might not be aware of the stewardship programs offered by the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority and the Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority that can be of direct benefit to properties and people. Along with clean water and shoreline naturalization programs, both Authorities…