Rewarding the custodians of forests: Payments for ecosystem services can help foster community conservation

These incentives are not handouts, but rather a long-overdue recognition of the invaluable services these communities have been providing for …

Forests are breaking up in tropics but coming together elsewhere — here’s what it means for wildlife & climate

Forest fragmentation is bad news for many unique animal and plant species 

How bees can monitor pollution for us — everything from toxic metals to antimicrobial resistance

Honey bees can reveal patterns of contamination that might otherwise go unnoticed.  

India needs a single, comprehensive policy to tackle invasive species: Ankila Hiremath

Down To Earth speaks to plant ecologist Ankila Hiremath as the IPBES gets ready to release its landmark report on invasive species

Invasive alien species lead to extinctions of plants & animals across Earth, IPBES report points out

Though it is possible to eradicate and control these species, it might not happen by 2030  

Invasive alien species in focus at 10th plenary of IPBES

Report on invasive species & their control to be approved at the plenary was developed over four years by 86 leading experts from 49 countries

An epic global study of moss reveals it is far more vital to Earth’s ecosystems than we knew

They are likely to play increasingly important roles as vascular plants decline under predicted hotter, drier & more variable global climates