Our world’s fisheries … are in trouble!

The world’s appetite for fish and fish products shows no sign of slowing. This report demonstrates the significant and growing role of fisheries and aquaculture in providing food, nutrition and employment. The fisheries and aquaculture sector significantly expanded in the past decades and total production, trade and consumption reached an all-time record in 2018. However since early 1990s, most growth in production from the sector as a whole has been from aquaculture, while capture fisheries production has been relatively stable, with some growth...

Planet Earth in your hands – thats geography!

Geography is the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments. Geographers explore both the physical properties of Earth’s surface and the human societies spread across it. They also examine how human culture interacts with the natural environment and the way locations and places can have an impact on people. Geography seeks to understand where things are found, why they are there, and how they develop and change over time.  ( so LearnFromNature  Tweet  ...

World Heritage celebrates 48th anniversary

The 16th of November marks the 48th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention. This Convention protects the world’s most outstanding places, belonging to us all. Where it all began The idea of creating an international movement for protecting heritage emerged after World War I. The 1972 Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage developed from the merging of two separate movements: the first focusing on the preservation of cultural sites, and the other dealing with the conservation of nature. The...

Counting frogs

From 6-15 November 2020, you’re invited to take part in FrogID Week, Australia’s biggest frog count! Our frogs are under threat from habitat loss, disease and climate change. Taking part in FrogID Week will help provide our scientists with valuable data for the protection and conservation of frogs.Download the free app and register now. Remember, every call counts! To learn more about frogs of Australia- https://frogs.org.au/frogs/ More information and to download the app – visit https://www.frogid.net.au LearnFromNature  Tweet  ...

Sports & Nature in cities

While sports and nature often occupy and compete for the same green spaces in cities, well-planned sports infrastructure can make positive contributions to urban biodiversity. A new guide published today by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), in collaboration with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI), identifies key ecological criteria that city officials and sports venue developers can apply to incorporate the needs of nature in their planning. The new guide, published...

Outdoor classroom day

WE’RE ON A MISSION …TO CHANGE THE WORLD AND TO GIVE CHILDREN BACK THEIR CHILDHOOD! We want to make people understand that spending time outdoors is as important for children’s development as learning to read and write. We want to show how learning outside of the classroom engages and excites children in spectacular ways. We want everyone to understand that outdoor play is the key to improving children’s health, wellbeing and happiness. We want to make it clear that outdoor...

Connecting ( happy ) fish, rivers and people

World Fish Migration Day is a one-day global celebration to raise awareness for the importance of free-flowing rivers and migratory fish. The first celebration was in 2014 and, this year, we are coordinating the fourth! On this biennial international day of events, organisations from around the world organise their event around the common theme of CONNECTING FISH, RIVERS AND PEOPLE.  Why celebrate World Fish Migration Day?  Many fish need to migrate to reproduce, feed and complete their life cycles. They...

Australian bird count!

The #AussieBirdCount is a great way to connect with the birds in your backyard no matter where your backyard happens to be — a suburban backyard, a local park, a patch of forest, down by the beach, or the main street of town. You can count as many times as you like over the week, we just ask that each count is completed over a 20-minute period. The data collected assists BirdLife Australia in understanding more about the birds that...