Cop26 : YOUNG PEOPLE DEMAND ACTION

    COP President Alok Sharma urges ministers to consider youth priorities in COP negotiations and national climate action Young climate leaders join ministers and senior figures in Glasgow 23 countries make national climate education pledges including net-zero schools and putting climate at the heart of national curriculums Views of over 40,000 young climate leaders presented to ministers, negotiators and officials Young climate leaders came together in Glasgow today with negotiators, officials and ministers from across the world, making their...

New Zealand bat winner of Bird of the Year

https://youtu.be/cNf9F7lkWos Congratulations to the pekapeka long-tailed bat!   New Zealand only has two land mammals, and they’re both bats. This is the first time our native bat has been included in Bird of the Year, and it has flown away with the title. These flying furballs are threatened by the same problems as our native birds – predators, habitat loss and climate change. The more we do to protect them, the more it helps their feathered friends, and vice versa.   source...

COP26 – how does climate change impact upon invertebrates?

COP26 – how does climate change impact upon invertebrates?   As the world’s leaders focus their minds on tackling climate change at COP26 this month, Buglife  Conservation Director, Craig Macadam looks at how invertebrates are already feeling the effects of a changing climate. This expands on the climate change focus in Buglife’s NoInsectinction Campaign Climate change is widely recognised as being one of the major long term threats to biodiversity. Most recent predictions are that our climate will become warmer, patterns...

COP26 climate change summit – day 2

What Happened on Day 2 of the COP26 Climate Change Summit President Biden headed home from Glasgow with agreements to cut methane emissions and deforestation, but he rebuked the leaders of China and Russia for not attending.   key points: Biden hails two big agreements at COP26 and scolds Russia and China. As Biden leaves Glasgow with progress on climate change, the most important goals remain elusive. The U.S. says $100 billion a year in climate aid for developing nations...

Wonderful Wildlife Mag with new features

Introducing the new-look BBC Wildlifemagazine and website BBC Wildlife has had a make-over!   “BBC Wildlife magazine and the Discover Wildlife website have a brand new look, and we’ve still got the in-depth and expert nature writing, photography, advice, guides and more that you’ve come to know and love. Launched in 1963 and first titled Animals magazine, BBC Wildlife has evolved over the years. This will be its 16th incarnation! While  our photo- and feature-packed magazine is still at the...

Protecting architectural masterpieces a key to our past and future

The director of the World Heritage Centre Mechtild Rössler – who I have been privileged to have had direct communication with – has announced that after 30 years she will step down.  For “LearnFromNature Today “ blog I will begin a new series of weekly posts on world heritage and architecture topics. The mother art is architecture. Without architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilisation.  Frank Lloyd Wright    What people build reflect the soul...

World heritage sites impacted by COVID-19 for years to come

COVID-19 has impacted all sectors and all regions, and the world’s over 1,000 UNESCO World Heritage properties are no exception.   To understand the impact of COVID-19 on World Heritage one year after the start of the pandemic, UNESCO launched a far-reaching survey of site managers and national authorities and have published the results in the report ‘World Heritage in the face of COVID-19’. The survey found that many respondents expect the effects of the crisis on World Heritage properties...

Resources : Koalas

  Lone Pine Sanctuary  https://lonepinekoalasanctuary.com International Zoo Educators Association  https://izea.net Australian Geographic magazine  https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/tag/koala/ Australian Koala Foundation  https://www.savethekoala.com/ The Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) is the principal non-profit, non-government organisation dedicated to the effective management and conservation of the Koala and its habitat. Our main goals are to refine and update the Koala Habitat Atlas mapping of all wild Koala habitat and to get the Koala Protection Act enacted to ensure Koalas and their habitat are protected. National Geo  https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/koala  ...